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by David Weinberger (Author) "WHEN MICHAEL IAN CAMPBELL used an online alias, no one was suspicious ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Perseus Books; Reprint edition (17 April 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0738208507
  • ISBN-13: 978-0738208503
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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From a Web visionary and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto , a fascinating, ambitious look at how the Web is transforming the concepts on which our society is built . In this insightful social commentary, David Weinberger goes beyond misdirected hype to reveal what is truly revolutionary about the Web. Just as Marshall McLuhan forever altered our view of broadcast media, Weinberger shows that the Web is transforming not only social institutions but also bedrock concepts of our world such as space, time, self, knowledge-even reality itself. Through stories of life on the Web, a unique take on Web sites, and a pervasive sense of humor, Weinberger is the first to put the Web into the social and intellectual context we need to begin assessing its true impact on our lives. The irony, according to Weinberger, is that this seemingly weird new technology is more in tune with our authentic selves than is the modern world. Funny, provocative, and ultimately hopeful, Small Pieces Loosely Joined makes us look at the Web as never before.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and witty; maybe even deep too, 12 Jan 2003
This review is from: Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web (Hardcover)
If you're on the web a lot do you ever think about where you actually are?

In this book Weinberger explains how we should think about the web, with a steady pace of entertaining anecdotes, contemporary references and philosophical argument that ultimately tells us that we all love the web so much because it 'is a return to the values that have been with us from the beginning'. We love it because we can be more human without the constraints of the real world - inconveniences such as distance and time. Weinberger's metaphors are funnier, though, as with 'when you get off the trampoline, the ground doesn't feel bouncy enough'.

Take this book seriously, but not too much. Weinberger means it and makes good points well, but sometimes seems too self-consciously irreverent and witty. Even though this is amusing and less in-your-face than The Cluetrain Manifesto, it almost sounds like pseudo-intellectualism for geeks. I don't think so - Small Pieces is full of provocative ideas - but then I wouldn't would I?

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Didnt tell me anything I didnt already know, 4 Jan 2004
By Keith Appleyard "kapple999" (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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A confusing little book - from all the hype you'd think there was some earth-shattering discovery enclosed therein.

But this was just a collection of little essays about the web, the contents of which would be so plainly obvious to every 12 year-old I know. Yet for an over-40 who'd never used the Web, they wouldn't understand it either. So who is the target audience?

It doesn't even merit being considered as "Your Introduction to WWW". Very disappointing.

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