What the dormouse said - Lectura Social

310 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 8 de noviembre de 2006 por Penguin Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-303676-0

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Most histories of the personal computer industry focus on technology or business. John Markoff's landmark book is about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture being counter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It's a brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and '70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into a means for freeing minds and information. In these pages one encounters Ken Kesey and the phone hacker Cap'n Crunch, est and LSD, The Whole Earth Catalog and the Homebrew Computer Lab. What the Dormouse Said is a poignant, funny, and inspiring book by one of the smartest technology writers around.

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5 estrellas

A really good reading quite on par with works by [a:Steven Levy|32131|Steven Levy|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] like [b:Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution|56829|Hackers Heroes of the Computer Revolution|Steven Levy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435697935s/56829.jpg|1407224]. I am happy to have read this one prior to [b:Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age|1101290|Dealers of Lightning Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age|Michael A. Hiltzik|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1349086333s/1101290.jpg|1088176] as it covers a lot of history prior to PARC that I wasn't conscious it was related.

Temas

Microcomputers -- History
Computers and civilization
Computer industry -- History
Nineteen sixties