Being digital
By: Nicholas Negroponte.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Digital communications -- Social aspects; Technology and civilization; Computer networks -- Social aspects; Interactive multimedia -- Social aspects
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.