Actionable media : digital communication beyond the desktop / John Tinnell.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: xx, 255 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9780190678081 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780190678074 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Actionable mediaDDC classification:

302.231 23 TIN

Contents:

Introduction : making media actionable The invention of ubiquitous computing Interpreting post-desktop practices Futures of computing via histories of writing A theory of two archives, from cuneiform to augmented reality Forms of actionable media Creating actionable media

Summary: In 1991, Mark Weiser and his team at Xerox PARC declared they were reinventing computers for the twenty-first century. The computer would become integrated into the fabric of everyday life; it would shift to the background rather than being itself an object of focus. The resulting rise of ubiquitous computing (smartphones, smartglasses, smart cities) have since thoroughly colonized our digital landscape. In Read more.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	302.231 TIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		37158

Introduction : making media actionable
The invention of ubiquitous computing
Interpreting post-desktop practices
Futures of computing via histories of writing
A theory of two archives, from cuneiform to augmented reality
Forms of actionable media
Creating actionable media

In 1991, Mark Weiser and his team at Xerox PARC declared they were reinventing computers for the twenty-first century. The computer would become integrated into the fabric of everyday life; it would shift to the background rather than being itself an object of focus. The resulting rise of ubiquitous computing (smartphones, smartglasses, smart cities) have since thoroughly colonized our digital landscape. In Read more.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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