The book excited me - until the usual mess - it's _marked down_ to $50 USD, out of reach for most of us -
On Sun, 10 Apr 2011, Rob Myers wrote: > I don't know about that group but you might like Dave Berry's new book, > Which I will be reviewing for Furtherfield soonish - > > The Philosophy of Software > Code and Mediation in the Digital Age > David M. Berry > > http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=395958 > > "The Philosophy of Software is a critical introduction to the subject of > code and software, and develops an understanding of its social and > philosophical implications in the digital age. The book has been written > specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical > background and provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new > media forms. Software is a tangle, a knot, which ties together the > physical and the ephemeral, the material and the ethereal, into a > complete system that can be controlled and directed. However, software > exceeds our ability to place limits on its entanglement, for it has in > the past decade entered the everyday home through electronic > augmentation that has replaced the mechanical world of the twentieth > century. From washing machines to central heating systems, children's > toys to television and video; the old electro-magnetic and > servo-mechanical world is being revolutionised by the silent logic of > virtual devices. It is time, therefore, to examine our virtual situation." > > == email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ webpage http://www.alansondheim.org music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qy.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
