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Perfect Thing : How the IPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness by Steven Levy (2007, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100743285239
ISBN-139780743285230
eBay Product ID (ePID)57118817
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NamePerfect Thing : How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectGlobalization, Popular Culture, Hardware / Mobile Devices, General, Digital Media / Audio
TypeTextbook
AuthorSteven Levy
Subject AreaComputers, Social Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Dewey Edition22
Reviews"More than a tale about the birth of the iPod, this entertaining book is a twelve-horn hallelujah chorus celebrating how this 'perfect thing' is propelling music from the past into this century and beyond. Add it to your Readlist." -- Kevin Kelly, former executive editor, Wired, "Wonderful....The Perfect Thingis a thoroughgoing treatment of the iPod from many different perspectives -- social, economic, technical, psychological -- packed with insights from one of the tech world's most astute observers." -- Cory Doctorow,Boing Boing, "Loads of fun, jammed with entertaining connections, unexpected riffs, and endless stuff you've never heard of before." -- Kevin Drum, "Washington Monthly", "Loads of fun, jammed with entertaining connections, unexpected riffs, and endless stuff you've never heard of before." -- Kevin Drum,Washington Monthly, "More than a tale about the birth of the iPod, this entertaining book is a twelve-horn hallelujah chorus celebrating how this 'perfect thing' is propelling music from the past into this century and beyond. Add it to your Readlist." -- Kevin Kelly, former executive editor,Wired, "More than a tale about the birth of the iPod, this entertaining book is a twelve-horn hallelujah chorus celebrating how this 'perfect thing' is propelling music from the past into this century and beyond. Add it to your Readlist." -- Kevin Kelly, former executive editor, "Wired", "Entertaining.... [The Perfect Thing] does a handy job of crystallizing and commemorating the dawn of the iPod age." -- Janet Maslin, The New York Times, "Entertaining....[The Perfect Thing]does a handy job of crystallizing and commemorating the dawn of the iPod age."-- Janet Maslin,The New York Times, "Entertaining...."[The Perfect Thing]" does a handy job of crystallizing and commemorating the dawn of the iPod age." -- Janet Maslin, "The New York Times", "Wonderful...."The Perfect Thing" is a thoroughgoing treatment of the iPod from many different perspectives -- social, economic, technical, psychological -- packed with insights from one of the tech world's most astute observers." -- Cory Doctorow, "Boing Boing", "Wonderful.... The Perfect Thing is a thoroughgoing treatment of the iPod from many different perspectives -- social, economic, technical, psychological -- packed with insights from one of the tech world's most astute observers." -- Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing, "Entertaining....[The Perfect Thing]does a handy job of crystallizing and commemorating the dawn of the iPod age." -- Janet Maslin,The New York Times, "Loads of fun, jammed with entertaining connections, unexpected riffs, and endless stuff you've never heard of before." -- Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly
Dewey Decimal006.5
Table Of ContentContents iPod Timeline Perfect Identity Origin Cool Personal Download Shuffle Apple Podcast Coda Afterword: iPod, iSaw, iConquered, iPhone Notes Acknowledgements Index
SynopsisThe iPod has become a full-blown cultural phenomenon, giving us a new vocabulary (we shuffle our iTunes on our nanos), revolutionizing the way we experience music and radio through the invention of podcasting, opening up new outlets for video, and challenging the traditional music industry as never before. The design itself has become iconic: there is even a shade of white now called iPod White. Steven Levy has had rare access to everyone at Apple who was involved in creating the iPod -- including Steve Jobs, Apple's charismatic cofounder and CEO, whom he has known for over twenty years. In telling the story behind the iPod, Levy explains how it went from the drawing board to global sensation. He also examines how this deceptively diminutive gadget raises a host of new technical, legal, social, and musical questions (including the all-important use of one's playlist as an indicator of coolness), and writes about where the iPhenomenon might go next in his new Afterword. Sharp and insightful, The Perfect Thing is part history and part homage to the device that we can't live without., Tech-savvy writer Levy takes readers step by step through the research, development, and ultimate domination of the Apple iPod--todays cultural icon and a massive force in the music industry., The iPod has become a full-blown cultural phenomenon, giving us a new vocabulary (we shuffle our iTunes on our nanos), revolutionizing the way we experience music and radio through the invention of podcasting, opening up new outlets for video, and challenging the traditional music industry as never before. The design itself has become iconic: there is even a shade of white now called iPod White. Steven Levy has had rare access to everyone at Apple who was involved in creating the iPod -- including Steve Jobs, Apple's charismatic cofounder and CEO, whom he has known for over twenty years. In telling the story behind the iPod, Levy explains how it went from the drawing board to global sensation. He also examines how this deceptively diminutive gadget raises a host of new technical, legal, social, and musical questions (including the all-important use of one's playlist as an indicator of coolness), and writes about where the iPhenomenon might go next in his new Afterword. Sharp and insightful, "The Perfect Thing" is part history and part homage to the device that we can't live without.
LC Classification NumberML74.4.I48L48 2007
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