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Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing

Author Adam Greenfield
Release Date: 2006/03/01
ISBN: 0321384016
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Book Description

Ubiquitous computing--almost imperceptible, but everywhere around us--is rapidly becoming a reality. How will it change us? how can we shape its emergence?

Smart buildings, smart furniture, smart clothing... even smart bathtubs. networked street signs and self-describing soda cans. Gestural interfaces like those seen in Minority Report. The RFID tags now embedded in everything from credit cards to the family pet.

All of these are facets of the ubiquitous computing author Adam Greenfield calls "everyware." In a series of brief, thoughtful meditations, Greenfield explains how everyware is already reshaping our lives, transforming our understanding of the cities we live in, the communities we belong to--and the way we see ourselves.

What are people saying about the book?

"Adam Greenfield is intense, engaged, intelligent and caring. I pay attention to him. I counsel you to do the same." --HOWARD RHEINGOLD, AUTHOR, SMART MOBS: THE NEXT SOCIAL REVOLUTION

"A gracefully written, fascinating, and deeply wise book on one of the most powerful ideas of the digital age--and the obstacles we must overcome before we can make ubiquitous computing a reality."--STEVE SILBERMAN, EDITOR, WIRED MAGAZINE

"Adam is a visionary. he has true compassion and respect for ordinary users like me who are struggling to use and understand the new technology being thrust on us at overwhelming speed."--REBECCA MACKINNON, BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Everyware is an AIGA Design Press book, published under Peachpit's New Riders imprint in partnership with AIGA.

Table of Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Section 1. What is Everyware?
    1. Thesis 01
    2. Thesis 02
    3. Thesis 03
    4. Thesis 04
    5. Thesis 05
    6. Thesis 06
    7. Thesis 07
    8. Thesis 08
  6. Section 2. How is Everyware Different from What We're Used to?
    1. Thesis 09
    2. Thesis 10
    3. Thesis 11
    4. Thesis 12
    5. Thesis 13
    6. Thesis 14
    7. Thesis 15
    8. Thesis 16
    9. Thesis 17
    10. Thesis 18
    11. Thesis 19
    12. Thesis 20
    13. Thesis 21
    14. Thesis 22
    15. Thesis 23
  7. Section 3. What's Driving the Emergence of Everyware?
    1. Thesis 24
    2. Thesis 25
    3. Thesis 26
    4. Thesis 27
    5. Thesis 28
    6. Thesis 29
    7. Thesis 30
    8. Thesis 31
    9. Thesis 32
    10. Thesis 33
  8. Section 4. What are the Issues We Need to be Aware of?
    1. Thesis 34
    2. Thesis 35
    3. Thesis 36
    4. Thesis 37
    5. Thesis 38
    6. Thesis 39
    7. Thesis 40
    8. Thesis 41
    9. Thesis 42
    10. Thesis 43
    11. Thesis 44
    12. Thesis 45
    13. Thesis 46
  9. Section 5. Who Gets to Determine the Shape of Everyware?
    1. Thesis 47
    2. Thesis 48
    3. Thesis 49
    4. Thesis 50
    5. Thesis 51
  10. Section 6. When Do We Need to Begin Preparing for Everyware?
    1. Thesis 52
    2. Thesis 53
    3. Thesis 54
    4. Thesis 55
    5. Thesis 56
    6. Thesis 57
    7. Thesis 58
    8. Thesis 59
    9. Thesis 60
    10. Thesis 61
    11. Thesis 62
    12. Thesis 63
    13. Thesis 64
    14. Thesis 65
    15. Thesis 66
    16. Thesis 67
    17. Thesis 68
    18. Thesis 69
  11. Section 7. How might We Safeguard Our Prerogatives in an Everyware World?
    1. Thesis 70
    2. Thesis 71
    3. Thesis 72
    4. Thesis 73
    5. Thesis 74
    6. Thesis 75
    7. Thesis 76
    8. Thesis 77
    9. Thesis 78
    10. Thesis 79
    11. Thesis 80
    12. Thesis 81
  12. Conclusion
  13. Index
  14. Acknowledgments
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