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The book, whose author was described by the New York Times as having "elevated it to a high level of narrative art" [2] is "about real people working on a real computer for a real company," [3] and it won the 1982 National Book Award for Nonfiction [4] and a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
The book also covers more recent developments, including topics like floating point math, operating systems, and ASCII. The book focuses on "pre-networked computers" and does not cover concepts like distributed computing because Petzold thought that it would not be as useful for "most people using the Internet", his intended audience. [ 4 ]
Illustrated with examples from Broussard's own work and experience, this is an intensely personal journey that gives a real sense of travelling with a friend. Her descriptions of hackathons and other aspects of start-up culture are honest and atmospheric, capturing the social as well as the technical aspects of the marketplace in a way that ...
The Secret Guide to Computers is a book on computer hardware and software techniques by Russ Walter. [1] The book was written to be useful in both teaching and professional environments. [2] Its goal is to describe everything necessary to become a "computer expert," covering philosophies, technicalities, hardware, software, theory, and practice ...
The Computer Lib cover features a raised fist in a computer. Once flipped over, the Dream Machines cover shows a man with a cape flying with a finger pointed to a screen. The division between the two sides is marked by text (for the other side) rotated 180°. The book was stylistically influenced by Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog. [5]
Steven Levy - Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution; Douglas Thomas - Hacker Culture; Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution; Suelette Dreyfus - Underground: Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier; Eric S. Raymond - The New Hacker's Dictionary; Sam Williams - Free as in Freedom; Bruce Sterling - The Hacker ...
In this podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner is joined by superstar guests Randi Zuckerberg and Morgan Housel as they each share three stories -- one to educate, one to amuse, and one to ...
The Digital Hand, Vol.2: How Computers Changed the Work of American Financial, Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment Industries. Oxford. Cortada, James W. (2007). The Digital Hand, Vol 3: How Computers Changed the Work of American Public Sector Industries. Oxford. Crevier, Daniel (1994).