
The Net Effect.
Title:
The Net Effect.
Author:
Porter, Beth.
ISBN:
9781841508115
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (194 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Preliminaries -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preamble -- Morphing From IT to ET -- Introduction: The Janus Project -- Connections -- How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix -- The Importance Of Nothing -- Section 1: The Long and Winding Slip Road -- Anatomy Of The Elegant Box -- The War That Changed Everything -- A Bodyguard Of Lies -- Tunny Turns The Tide -- Swords Into Microchips -- A Decade Of Secrets -- Computers With Your Tea -- Defense & The Big Bucks -- Time Of Transition -- Racing To The Net -- Section 2: The Clear-Eyed Acumen & Blind Dreams -- Tooled-Up -- Scaredy-Cats -- Embracing The Beast -- Who's Spinning The Web? -- Gallimaufry -- Information -- Entertainment & Leisure -- Commerce -- Section 3: The Da Vinci Syndrome -- Under The Influence -- The Virtual Architect -- Not Crying Over Spilt Paint -- Fuzzy Boundaries -- The Book Unbound -- Digi Display -- POV -- Bending Reality -- Playtime -- Inviting The Viewer -- Fashioning Worlds -- Lights, Camera, Let-Down -- Reeling You In -- Tinkle, Tinkle Little NetStar -- Music To Your Ears -- Next Stages -- Buttressing The Think Tank -- Reaping Rewards -- The Price Of Talent -- Section 4: The Internet Experience -- WWWwhat Else Is There? -- Here Be Dragons -- I Want IT and I Want It Now -- Workers Rights & Wrongs -- Web Pros & Cons -- Power To The Net People -- Securing The Net -- Sllipping Throught The Net -- Learning CyberLessons -- Community Spirit -- Coda: Qou Vadis? -- Growing Like Topsy -- Asking Better Questions -- Okay, Wotcha Got Now? -- Tomorrow -- Index -- A-B -- B-D -- D-H -- H-I -- I-M -- M-N -- N-S -- S-U -- U-W -- W-Z -- About The Author, Beth Porter -- Back Cover - Stephen Fry Review.
Abstract:
Beth Porter presents The Net Effect exploring not just how it evolved and what it does, but how it relates to the way we live. Most writing about the Net focuses on a particular aspect: its use for business, its driving technology, etc. This book aims at a broader target. It does contain some useful information about the How of the Internet, but it is more concerned with the Why of it.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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