Tracing computer culture to mechanical thinking machines of the 1600s, Judd Ruggill, Ken McAllister and Joseph Chaney offer an absorbing journey into the diversity and historical sweep of computer culture. Contributors from diverse disciplines write about web design, games, and users, but also about art and art museums, World War II, self-help, crime and more. The Computer Culture Reader has lots to offer the curious and the novice as well as the cyber-experienced and the...
More DescriptionTracing computer culture to mechanical thinking machines of the 1600s, Judd Ruggill, Ken McAllister and Joseph Chaney offer an absorbing journey into the diversity and historical sweep of computer culture. Contributors from diverse disciplines write about web design, games, and users, but also about art and art museums, World War II, self-help, crime and more. The Computer Culture Reader has lots to offer the curious and the novice as well as the cyber-experienced and the cyber-addicted. - Mary Beth Haralovich, Professor, School of Media Arts, University of Arizona