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Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A guide to raising responsible, safe, and communicative kids in the digital world. From cell phone contracts, rules for earning an allowance, and creating a family mantra, this book teaches readers to solve problems before they happen"--
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join best-selling author Steven Johnson to hear extraordinary stories behind remarkable ideas that made modern life possible, the unsung heroes who brought them about, and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations triggered.
23) Cyber-seniors
Publisher
The Best Part, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A humorous and heartwarming story of a group of senior citizens who take their first steps into cyber-space under the tutelage of teenage mentors. The spirited group of men and women are enriched by digitally re-connecting with their families and each other. Finding their footing rather quickly, the group moves on to compete for the most YouTube views while swiftly building their online inventory of friends.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Silicon Valley visionary Jaron Lanier was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. Now, in his first book, Lanier offers this cautionary look at the way the Web is transforming our lives, for better and for worse. The current design and function of the web have become so familiar that it is easy to forget that they grew out of programming decisions made decades ago. The web's first...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The director of MIT's Media Lab and a contributor to "Wired" present a set of working principles for adapting and thriving in the face of the twenty-first century's rapidly changing and unpredictable digital environments.
The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, just as billions of strangers around the world...
Author
Series
Publisher
TED Books, Simon & Schuster Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First TED Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
110 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the world at the threshold of profound changes, the question becomes: Where are the philosophers? Where are the great thinkers of today? Where is the next Jefferson, Curie, or Mandela? Which technologies and changes in the nature of life will they harness, embrace, or be inspired by? As the world's center of gravity has shifted over the centuries from Europe and then to the US, so too has the center of intellectual gravity. With that center shifting...
Author
Publisher
Design Studio Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
125 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Simon Stålenhag's Tales from the Loop is a wildly successful crowd-funded project that takes viewers on a surprising sci-fi journey through various country and city landscapes--from small towns in Sweden and the deserts of Nevada to the bitter chill of Siberia--where children explore and engage with abandoned robots, vehicles, and machinery large and small, while dinosaurs and other creatures wander our roads and fields. Stålenhag's paintings and...
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