Prof.
Dr. Debora Weber-Wulff | Interesting Reading
on and off the Net |
Here's a list of good books I wish I had more time to read:
- All mystery stories by Håkon Nesser!
- No logo. I've heard so much about it, I had to buy it.
- The Art of Deception. The author Kevin M. spent time in jail for his deceptions, sounded interesting, as someone I don't like was going on about how much nonsense this book was. So I bought it.
- John Irving, A Widow for a Year. Actually, anything by Irving.
- Anne Holt mystery stories, she was minister of justice in Norway briefly, I like her books.
-
Trapped in the Net
Voice mail. E-mail. Bar codes. Desktops. Laptops. Networks. The
Web. In this exciting book, Gene Rochlin takes a closer look at how
these familiar and pervasive productions of computerization have
become embedded in all our lives, forcing us to narrow the scope of
our choices, our modes of control, and our experiences with the real
world. Drawing on fascinating narratives from fields that range from
military command, air traffic control, and international fund
transfers to library cataloging and supermarket checkouts, Rochlin
shows that we are rapidly making irreversible and at times harmful
changes in our business, social, and personal lives to comply with the
formalities and restrictions of information systems.
Finally got read, with some comments:
- B.F. Skinner, Walden Two. I am disgusted at the way women are handled in the
book. Didn't occur to me 20 years ago on first read.
- Henning Mankell, all of his books. I read them in Swedish, now I can read and speak Swedish!
- Michael Moore: Stupid White Men. I got really angry at my husband as he was reading bits of this aloud to me while we were driving on vacation. So I sat down and read it (while he was reading it, too!) and was amazed - it wasn't just raving, but he had *footnotes* for everything he said. And it was rather entertaining, even if he only looks at race discrimination and not gender discrimination.
- Michael Moore: TV Nation. Couldn't put it down. This guy is nuts, he has the wildest ideas! What fun to get funding to do stuff like this, this is professional hell-raising!
- Machiavelli für Frauen.
Just read it and am enjoying using the tactics, we'll
see if it helps!
- William Cook: A Round-Trip to the year 2000. Science fiction,
published in 1925, but written many years earlier. Horrible
typesetting, wonderful story: since the word "robot" had not
yet been coined, he writes about "muglugs".
- Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things. This book is scary, because you start to see design flaws everywhere you go, and you end up either being miserable or turning into a cranky complainer.....
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