| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 243 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Bits are bits. The DNA of information -- Debunking bandwidth -- Bitcasting -- The bit police -- Commingled bits -- The bit business -- Pt. 2. Interface. Where people and bits meet -- Graphical persona -- 20/20 VR -- Looking and feeling -- Can we talk about this? -- Less is more -- Pt. 3. Digital life. The post-information age -- Prime time is my time -- Good connections -- Hard fun -- Digital fables and foibles -- The new e-xpressionists. |
| Summary |
In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax. "Succinct and readable. . . . If you suffer from digital anxiety . . . here is a book that lays it all out for you."--Newsday. |
| Subject |
Digital communications -- Social aspects.
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Technology and civilization.
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Computer networks -- Social aspects.
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Interactive multimedia -- Social aspects.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Negroponte, Nicholas. Being digital. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1995 (OCoLC)621916706 |
| ISBN |
0679439196 |
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9780679439196 |
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