Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
A dissatisfied airline passenger spawns a movement with her web log. Citizens with camera-phones are more effective than photojournalists at documenting the London Transport bombings. This book provides an analysis on what the impact of social revolution will be - for better or worse - on what we do, and who we are.
'Clay has long been one of my favorite thinkers on all things Internet -- not only is he smart and articulate, but he's one of those people who is able to crystallize the half-formed ideas that I've been trying to piece together into glittering, brilliant insights that make me think, yes, of course, that's how it all works' - Cory Doctorow, co-editor of Boing Boing and author of, Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present 'In story after story, Clay masterfully makes the connections as to why business, society and our lives continue to be transformed by a world of net-enabled social toolsHis pattern-matching skills are second to none' Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Chief Software Architect
Clay Shirky writes, teaches, and consults on the social and economic effects of the internet, especially on places where our social and technological networks overlap. His goal is to describe the intersection of social tools and social life, helping people both to understand what's happening around them, and how tools could be designed that better support social activity. A professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, he has consulted for Nokia, Procter and Gamble, News Corp., the BBC, the US Navy, and Lego. Over the years, his writings have appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, Wired, and IEEE Computer. Pivotal articles include 'Exiting Deanspace', an analysis of Howard Dean's loss of the US Democratic nomination in 2004, and how his web campaign may actually have contributed to the loss, and 'Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality', about the ways that the social dynamics of online communication tend to create great imbalances of attention. A regular keynote speaker at tech conferences, he has never believed that technology is an end unto itself; rather it is our use of technology that matters.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780713999891 |
| ISBN 10 | 0713999896 |
| Title | Here Comes Everybody |
| Author | Clay Shirky |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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