Format:
1 online resource (ix, 265 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781421443546
Series Statement:
Studies in Computing and Culture
Content:
Readers interested in vintage computing, the history of technology, digital rhetoric, or American culture will be fascinated in this book.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Politics of User-Friendliness -- 1 On the Origins of User-Friendliness -- 2 The Sources of the Personal Computer Revolution -- 3 Appliance Computing: The Revolution Comes Home -- 4 IBM, Apple, and a Computer Literacy Crisis -- 5 The Human Factor -- Coda. Imagining an Unfriendly Future -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781421443539
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781421443539
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Black, Michael L. Transparent designs Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022 ISBN 9781421443539
Language:
English
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