
The Dream Machine
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Jamie Renell
Behind every great revolution is a vision, and behind perhaps the greatest revolution of our time, personal computing, is the vision of J.C.R. Licklider. He did not design the first personal computers or write the software that ran on them, nor was he involved in the legendary early companies that brought them to the forefront of our everyday experience. He was instead a relentless visionary who saw the potential of the way individuals could interact with computers and software.
At a time when computers were a short step removed from mechanical data processors, Licklider was writing treatises on "human-computer symbiosis", "computers as communication devices", and a now not-so-unfamiliar "Intergalactic Network". His ideas became so influential, his passion so contagious, that Waldrop called him "computing's Johnny Appleseed".
In a simultaneously compelling personal narrative and comprehensive historical exposition, Waldrop tells the story of the man who not only instigated the work that led to the internet, but also shifted our understanding of what computers were and could be.
Included in this edition are also the original texts of Licklider's three most influential writings: "Man-computer symbiosis" (1960), which outlines the vision that inspired the personal computer revolution of the 1970s; his "Intergalactic Network" memo (1963), which outlines the vision that inspired the Internet; and "The computer as a communication device" (1968, coauthored with Robert Taylor), which amplifies his vision for what the network could become.
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Fascinating insight into how our world was shaped.
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A true visionary
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Really Interesting
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Overall this is a really excellent book and highly recommended to anyone that has any interest in the subject matter.
The reader does a great professional job as well.
Well done
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fantastic!
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Well researched, thorough, entertaining.
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Beautiful recounting of an important story
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A must read for IT pro
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While M. Mitchell Waldrop describes in detail the individual developments made in the field, he still manages to create an atmosphere of looming demise during World War II as well as a bubble about to bust just before Apple and Microsoft created their first PCs.
This book must have required a huge amount of research and investigation and I am so glad that it exists. I only wish there was more like it.
Jamie did a great job reading it.
A truly fascinating description of the creation of
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Thorough and interesting
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