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Title:
Context / Cory Doctorow ; [foreword by Tim O'Reilly.]
Author:
Doctorow, Cory.

O'Reilly, Tim.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : Tachyon Publications, c2011.
Call Number:
HM851 .D63 2011
Abstract:
"Further selected essays on productivity, creativity, parenting, and politics in the 21st century"--Cover.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781616960483
Physical Description:
238 p. ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Title on cover reads: ©ontext [with copyright symbol].
Contents:
Foreword / Jack and the Interstalk : why the computer is not a scary monster -- Teen sex -- Nature's daredevils : writing for young audiences -- Beyond censorware : teaching web literacy -- Writing in the age of distraction -- Extreme geek -- How to stop your inbox exploding -- What I do -- When I'm dead, how will my loved ones break my password? -- Radical presentism -- A cosmopolitan literature for the cosmopolitan web -- When love is harder to show than hate -- Think like a dandelion -- Digital licensing : do it yourself -- New York, meet Silicon Valley -- With a little help : the price is right -- You shouldn't have to sell your soul just to download some music -- Net neutrality for writers : it's all about the leverage -- Proprietary interest -- 'Intellectual property' is a silly euphemism -- Saying information wants to be free does more harm than good -- Chris Anderson's Free adds much to The long tail, but falls short -- Why economics condemns 3D to be no more than a blockbuster gimmick -- Not every cloud has a silver lining -- Why I won't buy an iPad (and think you shouldn't, either) -- Can you survive a benevolent dictatorship? -- Curated computing is no substitute for the personal and handmade -- Doctorow's first law -- Reports of blogging's death have been greatly exaggerated -- Streaming will never stop downloading -- Search is too important to leave to one company, even Google -- Copyright enforcers should learn lessons from the war on spam -- Warning to all copyright enforcers : three strikes and you're out -- For whom the Net tolls -- How do you know if copyright is working? -- News Corp Kremlinology : what do the Times paywall numbers mean? -- Persistence pays parasites -- Like teenagers, computers are built to hook up -- Promoting statistical literacy : a modest proposal -- Personal data is as hot as nuclear waste -- Memento mori -- Love the machine, hate the factory -- Untouched by human hands -- Close enough for rock 'n' roll.
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