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In Electronic Dreams, Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, as people set aside their worries of electronic brains and Big Brother and embraced the wonder technology of the 1980s. This book charts the history of the rise and fall of the home computer, the family of futuristic and quirky machines that took computing from the realm of science and science fiction to being a user-friendly domestic technology.
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Awesome outline of electronic history
- By Johnny on 09-28-17
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Awesome book!
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By: Randall Lane
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Thinking Machines
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- Narrated by: Gus Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Mostly platitudes with no depth
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Explore/Create
- My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark
- By: Richard Garriott, David Fisher
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
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The Modern Day Explorer
- By Elijah on 04-17-17
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- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
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Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into 56 short years. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to cofound and run Apple in addition to turning Pixar into a groundbreaking animation studio. A college dropout, Jobs took unconventional steps in his path to success and inspired the best and the brightest to come with him and "change the world".
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IDEO, the widely admired, award-winning design and development firm that brought the world the Apple mouse, Polaroid's I-Zone instant camera, the Palm V, and hundreds of other cutting-edge products and services, reveals its secrets for fostering a culture and process of continuous innovation.
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This is an old book!
- By EPR review on 01-05-17
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In The Idea Factory, New York Times Magazine writer Jon Gertner reveals how Bell Labs served as an incubator for scientific innovation from the 1920s through the1980s. In its heyday, Bell Labs boasted nearly 15,000 employees, 1200 of whom held PhDs and 13 of whom won Nobel Prizes. Thriving in a work environment that embraced new ideas, Bell Labs scientists introduced concepts that still propel many of today’s most exciting technologies.
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Great story -- horrible pauses
- By Rodney on 01-29-13
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Automate This
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good start, book runs out of sustenace
- By RealTruth on 02-15-13
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Dave Barry in Cyberspace
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When Dave Barry goes mano a mano with the Information Superhighway, it's guaranteed to be a rip-roaring adventure. This self-proclaimed computer geek and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist starts with the motto, "Never read the instructions," and slides from there into the world of hardware, software, Windows 95, and the critical issue of RAM ("the bottom line is, if you're a guy, you cannot have enough RAM").
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Disappointing and Dated
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Group Genius
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In this authoritative and fascinating new audiobook, Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative: even when you're alone. Sawyer's audiobook is filled with compelling stories about the inventions that changed our world.
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Worth reading
- By Glenn on 12-29-10
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Seven Games
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Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable.
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All about computers and games
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Borrowing Brilliance
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Really good but...
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- Pete
- 02-07-16
It's a classic
A must read for anyone interested in the history of the software industry. The "hacker ethic" theme feels outdated now, but the stories are captivating.
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- dagda
- 02-25-16
A good audio book.
A good audio book, this book will give you a good understanding of the pc. And I think it is a must for anyone thinking of looking at computers as a hobby or a job.
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- Odie
- 02-27-17
Great book on the history of computer
Very interesting to hear about how it all started and the key players who moved forward the dream of everyone having a personal computer.
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- joey
- 05-06-22
interesting history on the early days of computers
A pretty cool history about computer 'hackers' through the ages. The author does a great job of organizing the narrative into a series of themed eras, focusing on different themes, personalities, and locations that were important for the development of the digital world.
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- John Cunningham
- 06-29-16
Great start, last 25th year is just an afterword
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Hearing all of the stories of the 80's hackers -- I actually had met several of the guys, and had friends in the industry, and it was a crazy time. I was disappointed that the "25th anniversary update" didn't do more to cover in the more recent history, other than brief afterwords that elude to the more recent use of the hacker ethic.
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- Bill Butcher
- 07-15-17
Dr.bergeron
great book, really makes you appreciate what you don't have to deal with in today's computer professions.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-15-19
Excellent story and excellent performance
One of the most important subjects in the history of mankind in an entertaining bundle.
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- Gerardo Orozco
- 11-03-18
Great read! Last minute is totally contradictory
The last min is all copyright stuff messages contradicting the hacker ethic :)
Yet, someone like me has to help pay the bills.
Great inspiring stories. Back to hack life
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- KD
- 06-09-18
Hackers is AWESOME!
I love reading Steven Levy books. Hackers is one of those books. I teach Cyber Security and Computer Info Tech and this books makes so much sense. It really helps to know the beginnings and how the field evolved. I highly recommend this book.
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- Western Backpacker
- 11-10-21
Hackers
An accurate protrayal of the growth of th PC industry. The author skips over very influential individuals to focus on minor players in the industry. It is more if a historic article as the industry moves quickly.
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