Books About the Web (page 2)

NONFICTION

Released: June 14, 2010

COGNITIVE SURPLUS: CREATIVITY AND GENEROSITY IN A CONNECTED AGE

by Clay Shirky

"An informed look at the social impact of the Internet."

Digital-age guru Shirky (Interactive Telecommunications/New York Univ.; Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, 2008, etc.) argues that new technology is making it possible for people to collaborate in ways that have the potential to change society. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Nov. 3, 2009

GOOGLED: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

by Ken Auletta

"Though not a vivid stylist, Auletta uncovers some endlessly colorful material and assesses its prospects critically but fairly--Google will thrive, he thinks, but they'd better guard against naïveté and complacency."

The New Yorker's "Annals of Communication" columnist Auletta (Media Man: Ted Turner's Improbably Empire, 2004, etc.) goes behind the digital revolution to detail the past decade of astonishing growth at Google. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Sept. 23, 2008

PLANET GOOGLE: ONE COMPANY’S AUDACIOUS PLAN TO ORGANIZE EVERYTHING WE KNOW

by Randall Stross

"Occasionally pedestrian but always interesting take on the organization that simply wants to organize the world's information…all of it."

Yes, the Googleplex is trying to take over the world, but in the end this vaunted company is just as fallible as the others. Read full book review >

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