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Geeks Bearing Gifts by Ted Nelson (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMindful Press
ISBN-100578004380
ISBN-139780578004389
eBay Product ID (ePID)77452465
Product Key Features
Number of Pages209 Pages
Publication NameGeeks Bearing Gifts
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral, Data Processing, History
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorTed Nelson
Subject AreaComputers
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisTHE PERFECT GIFT - Whether you love the computer world the way it is, or consider it a nightmare honkytonk prison, you'll giggle and rage at Ted Nelson's telling of computer history, its personalities and infights. Computer movies, music, 3D; the eternal fight between Jobs and Gates; the tangled stories of the Internet and the World Wide Web; all these and more are punchily told in brief chapters on many topics such as The Web Browser Salad, Voting Machines, Google, Web 2.0 and much more. These short stories make great reading - it's a book to dip in and out of. You'll find answers to such questions as # ""Why do alphabets have upper case, why not numbers?"" # ""Why does everything have to be hierarchical on computers? That's not how *my* projects are organized "" ""Where did WYSIWYG come from?"" The answer will surprise you. Plus, you'll find out why the author, a well-known computer veteran, hopes it can all become much better., THE PERFECT GIFT - Whether you love the computer world the way it is, or consider it a nightmare honkytonk prison, you'll giggle and rage at Ted Nelson's telling of computer history, its personalities and infights. Computer movies, music, 3D; the eternal fight between Jobs and Gates; the tangled stories of the Internet and the World Wide Web; all these and more are punchily told in brief chapters on many topics such as The Web Browser Salad, Voting Machines, Google, Web 2.0 and much more. These short stories make great reading - it's a book to dip in and out of. You'll find answers to such questions as "Why do alphabets have upper case, why not numbers?" "Why does everything have to be hierarchical on computers? That's not how *my* projects are organized!" "Where did WYSIWYG come from?" The answer will surprise you. Plus, you'll find out why the author, a well-known computer veteran, hopes it can all become much better.
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