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My Mother Was a Computer: Digital Subjects and Literary Texts

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We are the children of computers in more ways than one.


Grace Hopper: Computer Whiz

In the history of computers, one woman stands out. Dubbed "the Mother of the Computer Age," Hopper predicted the importance of computers in modern life, and she helped to make that happen in a career that spanned more than 40 years. Photos. Grace Hopper: Computer Whiz
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Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era

Explores the landscape of the contemporary computers and writing community. Organized in three sections--past, present, future--each presenting a new approach to thinking about theory and practice in the field. Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era
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Discovering Computers: Fundamentals

This fourth edition, from the Shelly Cashman Series, covers the same breadth, but with less depth as Discovering Computers 2008: Complete. This title is ideal for a short course on computer concepts or in application software courses. With the Shelly Cashman Series' project-oriented, step-by-step pedagogy, and full-color screenshots, this book includes new exercises, and tools on the Online Companion. Updated for currency, students will learn the latest trends in technology and computer concepts. Discovering Computers: Fundamentals
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Computing in Architectural Practice

This book provides a concise introduction for small and medium sized architectural practices considering introducing computers or using them to enhance the way in which information is originated by and communicated between members of the building team. This book covers the three main areas of architectural practice in which computers have been most useful: office management, scheme and production drawing, and project management. Necessary technical terms are clearly explained, and key ideas illustrated with figures and diagrams. Computing in Architectural Practice
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Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity by Thomas K. Landauer, ISBN 0262621088

Cutting through a raft of technical data, Thomas Landauer explains and illustrates why computers are in trouble and why massive outlays for computing since 1973 have not resulted in comparable productivity payoffs. He marshals overwhelming evidence that computers rarely improve the efficiency of the information work they are designed for because they are too hard to use and do too little that is sufficiently useful. Landauer proposes that emerging techniques for user-centered development can turn the situation around - through task analysis, iterative design, trial use, and evaluation, computer systems can be made into powerful tools for the service economy. Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity by Thomas K. Landauer, ISBN 0262621088
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Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing Their Impacts

Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and disposal? Manufacturing computers requires prodigious quantities of fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and water. Rapid improvements in performance mean we often buy a new machine every 1-3 years, which adds up to mountains of waste computers. How should societies respond to manage these environmental impacts?
This volume addresses the environmental impacts and management of computers through a set of analyses on issues ranging from environmental assessment, technologies for recycling, consumer behaviour, strategies of computer manufacturing firms, and government policies. One conclusion is that extending the lifespan of computers (e.g. through reselling) is an environmentally and economically effective strategy that deserves more attention from governments, firms and the general public. Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing Their Impacts
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