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Everyware:

The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
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New Riders, Mar 10, 2010 - Computers - 272 pages

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.

  

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Review: Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing

User Review  - Jiri Jerabek - Goodreads

Great introduction into the ideas of the internet of things and ubiquitous computing. Read full review

Review: Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing

User Review  - Gina - Goodreads

Most of the technology Greenfield discussed in this book are coming out and are already in existence now. Read full review

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Selected pages

Contents

What is everyware?
9
How is everyware different from what were used to?
35
Whats driving the emergence of everyware?
89
What are the issues we need to be aware of?
121
Who gets to determine the shape of everyware?
159
When do we need to begin prepareing for everyware?
175
How might we safeguard our prerogatives in an everyware world?
225
Index
262
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

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References from web pages

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websg: Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing. Posted by Vanessa on Monday, March 13, 2006. Speaker: Adam Greenfield (synopsis) ...
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Peachpit releases Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous ...
Peachpit releases Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing. March 10, 2006: Peachpit, in conjunction with the SXSW Interactive Festival, ...
www.aiga.org/ content.cfm/ press-060310

Open the Future: Everyware, Blogjects and the Participatory Panopticon
Everyware, Blogjects and the Participatory Panopticon. fractaluniverse.jpg I love to watch the future take shape. For the past few years, I've closely ...
openthefuture.com/ 2006/ 04/ everyware_blogjects_and_the_pa.html

Buy my first book, Everyware « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
My first book, Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing, is available for purchase from Amazon. As the subtitle suggests, it’s about an important ...
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pasta&vinegar
After “Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing” Adam is now zooming on a more specific aspect of ubicomp: its influence on the urban environment. ...
liftlab.com/ think/ nova/ tag/ everyware

Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : Everyware
If the right people read it, Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing may do for the coming, computerless computing interface what Don Norman’s ...
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Adam "Everyware" Greenfield presents next book in NYC, April 9 ...
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About the author (2010)

Adam Greenfield is head of design direction for service and user interface design at Nokia. He was previously an instructor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, where he co-taught a class called Urban Computing. He lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

Bibliographic information

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TitleEveryware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
AuthorAdam Greenfield
PublisherNew Riders, 2010
ISBN0132705036, 9780132705035
Length272 pages
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