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The Seductive Computer

Author : Derek Partridge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 184996498X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book The Seductive Computer written by Derek Partridge and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT systems explode budget estimates, bust production deadlines by years, and then fail to work properly. Why this IT-system crisis? Poor programmers? Inadequate project management? No. The Seductive Computer argues that the fundamental nature of programming technology itself is the real culprit; it promises perfection but can only deliver emergent chaos. It is also an insidiously compelling technology, peculiarly male oriented. IT systems, an unavoidable and increasing reality in all our lives, are something new to man - large-scale discrete complexity. The Seductive Computer explains this novelty that defies human understanding. This book illustrates in a simple yet thorough manner the underlying concepts necessary for understanding the IT-system crisis - not ‘How To Program’ but what the demands of programming are. It then proceeds to lay out the full gamut of issues - all stemming from the nature of the technology. From development to maintenance IT-system personnel are grappling with incipient chaos. The technicians are seduced by the detailed challenge of the technology. The scientists are seduced by the promises of their technology. The managers and users are seduced by the mysteries of the technology. No IT system is ever fully understood by anyone, so surprising behaviours will always emerge. What can be done? We must rein in our expectations of IT systems: what they can do, and how reliably they can do it. On the positive side, The Seductive Computer discusses novel paradigms that look beyond the current discrete technology: neural computing and precise approximation computing.

Computerization and Controversy

Author : Rob Kling
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN 13 : 9780124150409
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Computerization and Controversy written by Rob Kling and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 1996 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this comprehensive reference is a collection of 78 articles that examine the social aspects of computerization from a variety of perspectives. Fields represented include computer science, information systems, management, journalism, psychology, law, library science, and sociology.

Creative Computer Graphics

Author : Annabel Jankel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521262518
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Creative Computer Graphics written by Annabel Jankel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-11-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Computer Graphics presents the dynamic visual power of images created with computer technology. From the pioneering efforts in the 1950s to the current achievements of modern exponents in the US, UK, France and Japan, the book explores computer graphic images through the techniques and technology used to create them. Scientific research laboratories, video games, NASA space simulations, feature films, television advertising and industrial design are some of the areas where computer graphics has made an impact. The book traces the history, assesses the current state of the art and looks ahead to the future where computer graphic images and techniques are to become progressively more important as a means of expression and communication.

The Human-dimensions of Human-computer Interaction

Author : Elspeth McKay
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1586038699
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Human-dimensions of Human-computer Interaction written by Elspeth McKay and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book uses a narrative style; simplifying jargon for the non-technical reader. It is a techno-journey commencing with the background history of computing to contrast with HCI in today's techno-world; filling the gap in the literature that only sparsely covers the vast number of human-dimensions (or social context) of computer usage. The target audience includes: IT professionals, postgraduate information systems' students, corporate trainers, general computer users, educational technology researchers, academics at universities and other types of community-based learning Institutions."--BOOK JACKET.

Strategies for Managing Computer Software Upgrades

Author : Shaw, Neil G.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1930708963
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Strategies for Managing Computer Software Upgrades written by Shaw, Neil G. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The speed with which companies are bringing new software products to market is having a serious impact on information technology use in organizations. As vendors release new software products, customers are faced with the prospect of upgrading to the new software. If not managed properly, the upgrade might cost inordinate amounts of money and/or curtail employee productivity. To aid IT managers, this book provides strategies for managing issues associated with the implementation of software upgrades. In addition, the book presents selected research papers which provide indepth treatment of the most critical aspects of software upgrade management"--Provided by publisher.

Computer Vignettes

Author : Richard Bellman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Computer Vignettes written by Richard Bellman and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Seduction Campaign

Author : Lloyd Reman
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491726784
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book The Seduction Campaign written by Lloyd Reman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lloyd Reman The Seduction Campaign Mindy Brand, a Harvard University undergrad and budding liberal activist, feels burdened by expectations; her late father was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard professor who uncovered a Republican presidential scandal. Boston's Kurt Jennings feels no such pressure. Raised by unassuming parents, the habitual womanizer looks forward to creating his own legacy; he's the protégé of a right-wing talk show host. Mindy and Kurt's paths would likely never cross, but when Mindy researches three untimely deaths during the election season? Mindy thinks American companies are conspiring to kill Americans?liberal Americans, in particular. Thinking she's a target, she reluctantly tells Kurt seeking his help to investigate further. He agrees to help, influenced in no small part by Mindy's good looks. But there's something Kurt should have considered more carefully: the other person Mindy confided in wound up dead.

Insights Into Teachers' Thinking And Practice

Author : Christopher Day
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135387605
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Insights Into Teachers' Thinking And Practice written by Christopher Day and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of original research conducted by scholars from Europe and North America. The papers consider the evolution of research on teachers' thinking, the nature of professional knowledge, and philosophical and moral dimensions of teachers' thinking.

The Seductive Truth

Author : Elizabeth Lennox
Publisher : Elizabeth Lennox
ISBN 13 : 1944078657
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Seductive Truth written by Elizabeth Lennox and published by Elizabeth Lennox. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A conservative republican and a liberal democrat. Oil and water. Cats and dogs. Two worlds that should never comingle. And yet, Tallia couldn’t seem to resist Stephen’s charm, wit and his brilliance, even though he spouted the opposing political views from her own. Stephen took one look at the beautiful woman and knew that her bleeding heart ideas weren’t going to get in the way. He dismissed her political views and only saw the brilliant, beautiful, witty woman.

Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer

Author : Wendell Berry
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 164009458X
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer written by Wendell Berry and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief meditation on the role of technology in his own life and how it has changed the landscape of the United States from "America's greatest philosopher on sustainable life and living" (Chicago Tribune). "A number of people, by now, have told me that I could greatly improve things by buying a computer. My answer is that I am not going to do it. I have several reasons, and they are good ones." Wendell Berry first challenged the idea that our advanced technological age is a good thing when he penned "Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer" in the late 1980s for Harper's Magazine, galvanizing a critical reaction eclipsing any the magazine had seen before. He followed by responding with "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine." Both essays are collected in one short volume for the first time.

The Art Of Seduction

Author : Robert Greene
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847651402
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Art Of Seduction written by Robert Greene and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-09-03 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which sort of seducer could you be? Siren? Rake? Cold Coquette? Star? Comedian? Charismatic? Or Saint? This book will show you which. Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once. When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections and enslaved great minds. In this beautiful, sensually designed book, Greene unearths the two sides of seduction: the characters and the process. Discover who you, or your pursuer, most resembles. Learn, too, the pitfalls of the anti-Seducer. Immerse yourself in the twenty-four manoeuvres and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over their target. Understand how to 'Choose the Right Victim', 'Appear to Be an Object of Desire' and 'Confuse Desire and Reality'. In addition, Greene provides instruction on how to identify victims by type. Each fascinating character and each cunning tactic demonstrates a fundamental truth about who we are, and the targets we've become - or hope to win over. The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer on the essence of one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate power trip. From the internationally bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The 33 Strategies Of War.

Mechanisms

Author : Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262113112
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Mechanisms written by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new "textual studies" and archival approach to the investigation of works of new media and electronic literature that applies techniques of computer forensics to conduct media-specific readings of William Gibson's electronic poem "Agrippa," Michael Joyce's Afternoon, and the interactive game Mystery House.

Curriculum in a New Key

Author : Ted T. Aoki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135704430
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Curriculum in a New Key written by Ted T. Aoki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-09-22 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ted T. Aoki, the most prominent curriculum scholar of his generation in Canada, has influenced numerous scholars around the world. Curriculum in a New Key brings together his work, over a 30-year span, gathered here under the themes of reconceptualizing curriculum; language, culture, and curriculum; and narrative. Aoki's oeuvre is utterly unique--a complex interdisciplinary configuration of phenomenology, post-structuralism, and multiculturalism that is both theoretically and pedagogically sophisticated and speaks directly to teachers, practicing and prospective. Curriculum in a New Key: The Collected Works of Ted T. Aoki is an invaluable resource for graduate students, professors, and researchers in curriculum studies, and for students, faculty, and scholars of education generally.

Microcomputers in Early Childhood Education

Author : John T. Pardeck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429766238
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Microcomputers in Early Childhood Education written by John T. Pardeck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1989, this book differed from others on the topic of microcomputers and education at the time, in that it focuses on the influence that microcomputer technology has on children in their early years, specially pre-school and elementary ages. Microcomputers have the capacity to do great harm as well as good and a full explanation of the technical and philosophical issues involved will be of interest to a number of disciplines. Other topics explored are – the potential uses of microcomputer-technology in early childhood education and current research and theory building on microcomputers and early education. This book should be read by teachers, sociologists, psychologists and researchers in education.

Contemporary Curriculum Discourses

Author : William Pinar
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820438825
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Curriculum Discourses written by William Pinar and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 1999 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JCT was the most important journal of curriculum studies during the field's paradigm shift in the 1970s. Its editors sponsored a yearly conference, which also supported the intellectual breakthrough that was the reconceptualization of American curriculum studies. This collection brings together the best of JCT articles, plus key documentary material of importance to scholars and students alike. Undergraduate and graduate students in curriculum, instruction, and foundations would find this book useful and insightful.

Eye-Tracking Technology Applications in Educational Research

Author : Was, Christopher
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522510060
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Eye-Tracking Technology Applications in Educational Research written by Was, Christopher and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception, eye-tracking technology has evolved into a critical device in psychological and sociological settings. By tracking eye movement, one can conduct lie detection, learn about neuropsychology, and measure reading response. Recently, these technologies have been implemented in Educational and School Psychology as a way to assess how students interact with content. Eye-Tracking Technology Applications in Educational Research enriches the current pool of educational research with cutting-edge applications of eye tracking in education. Seeking to advance this emergent, interdisciplinary field, this publication collects a diverse group of researchers exploring all aspects of this technology as an essential reference for educators, researchers, administrators, and advanced graduate students.

Tactical Biopolitics

Author : Beatriz Da Costa
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262514915
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Tactical Biopolitics written by Beatriz Da Costa and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists, scholars, and artists consider the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences. Popular culture in this “biological century” seems to feed on proliferating fears, anxieties, and hopes around the life sciences at a time when such basic concepts as scientific truth, race and gender identity, and the human itself are destabilized in the public eye. Tactical Biopolitics suggests that the political challenges at the intersection of life, science, and art are best addressed through a combination of artistic intervention, critical theorizing, and reflective practices. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, contributions to this volume focus on the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences and explore the possibility of public participation in scientific discourse, drawing on research and practice in art, biology, critical theory, anthropology, and cultural studies. After framing the subject in terms of both biology and art, Tactical Biopolitics discusses such topics as race and genetics (with contributions from leading biologists Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins); feminist bioscience; the politics of scientific expertise; bioart and the public sphere (with an essay by artist Claire Pentecost); activism and public health (with an essay by Treatment Action Group co-founder Mark Harrington); biosecurity after 9/11 (with essays by artists' collective Critical Art Ensemble and anthropologist Paul Rabinow); and human-animal interaction (with a framing essay by cultural theorist Donna Haraway). Contributors Gaymon Bennett, Larry Carbone, Karen Cardozo, Gary Cass, Beatriz da Costa, Oron Catts, Gabriella Coleman, Critical Art Ensemble, Gwen D'Arcangelis, Troy Duster, Donna Haraway, Mark Harrington, Jens Hauser, Kathy High, Fatimah Jackson, Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan King, Richard Levins, Richard Lewontin, Rachel Mayeri, Sherie McDonald, Claire Pentecost, Kavita Philip, Paul Rabinow, Banu Subramanian, subRosa, Abha Sur, Samir Sur, Jacqueline Stevens, Eugene Thacker, Paul Vanouse, Ionat Zurr