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Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out Mizuko Itō This study reports on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings - at home, in after school programs, and in on… OL13745981W
Practical Open Source Software Practical Open Source Software Nicole C. Engard The library community is abuzz about open source software. Open source usually refers to an application whose source code is made available for use or modification as users see fit. Make sense? Proba… OL15370283W
Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia Volume 3 Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia Volume 3 Charles M. Schulz Based on the Charles M. Schultz Characters. Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia Vol. 4, Featuring Cars and Trains and Other Things that Move OL15400758W
A Social Networking Primer for Librarians A Social Networking Primer for Librarians Cliff Landis Social networking is rapidly infiltrating the information environment, and it is essential that librarians understand how best to use these sites and tools with their work to better serve their users… OL15422526W
New Media Art New Media Art Mark Tribe,Reena Jana Taschen 25th Anniversary Special Edition OL15609714W
Optical Fiber New Developments Optical Fiber New Developments Sergiy Korposh The optical fibre technology is one of the hop topics developed at the beginning of the 21th century and could do many services for application dealing with lighting, sensing and communicating system… OL15631141W
Design Is a Job Design Is a Job Mike Monteiro Co-founder of Mule Design and raconteur Mike Monteiro wants to help you do your job better. From contracts to selling design, from working with clients to working with each other, this brief book is … OL16798753W
Content Strategy for Mobile Content Strategy for Mobile Karen McGrane You don't get to decide which platform or device your customers use to access your content: *they do*. Mobile isn't just smartphones, and it doesn't necessarily mean you are on the move. It's a pr… OL16798754W
A Nervous City A Nervous City Chris Pannell The Internet has over-filled our cups with information. If ignorance is bliss, are we still comfortable with knowing, or thinking we know so much? We’ve got plenty to take responsibility for: adverse… OL16806908W
The Forest Passage The Forest Passage Ernst Jünger Ernst Jünger’s *The Forest Passage* explores the possibility of resistance: how the independent thinker can withstand and oppose the power of the omnipresent state. No matter how extensive the techno… OL17051118W
Modern Romance Modern Romance Eric Klinenberg,Aziz Ansari From NYU Wagner: At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share… OL17366804W
Exploring BeagleBone Exploring BeagleBone Derek Molloy **In-depth instruction and practical techniques for building with the BeagleBone embedded Linux platform** Exploring BeagleBone is a hands-on guide to bringing gadgets, gizmos, and robots to life … OL17858976W
BeagleBone Robotic Projects - Second Edition BeagleBone Robotic Projects - Second Edition Dr. Richard Grimmett **Key Features** - Build powerful robots with the all new BeagleBone Blue - Communicate with your robot and teach it to detect and respond to its environment - Control walking, rolling, swimm… OL17858980W
Bad Blood Bad Blood John Carreyrou Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup is a nonfiction book by journalist John Carreyrou, released May 21, 2018. It covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biot… OL17892614W
Radicalized Radicalized Cory Doctorow Four short stories about the near future and the dystopia we're building for ourselves. OL19545315W
The age of spiritual machines The age of spiritual machines Ray Kurzweil Imagine a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite. This is not science fiction. T… OL1958851W
The Big Score The Big Score Michael S. Malone Starting with the birth of Hewlett-Packard in the 1930s, Malone illustrates how decades of technological innovation, driven by the need for better hardware, laid the foundation for the meteoric rise … OL27002060W
Skeptics' Guide to the Future Skeptics' Guide to the Future Steven Novella,Bob Novella,Jay Novella Informed and directed speculation about the kinds of futures sciences and technologies may deliver. OL27493391W
Prey Prey Michael Crichton Prey is a novel by Michael Crichton, his thirteenth under his own name and twenty-third overall, first published in November 2002, making his first novel of the twenty-first century. The novel serves… OL46883W
Book of Pages Book of Pages David Whiteland It's a collection of observations on the modern world, made by following the journey of Jiriki, a simple monk from the mountains. The book is unusual, because (amongst other things) the main characte… OL8934510W
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