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An annotated collection of 2 books on media, spanning 1995 to 2010. Featuring works by Nicholas Negroponte, Tim Wu — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.
Being Digital
Nicholas Negroponte, 1995 · Alfred A. Knopf
The shift from atoms to bits as the fundamental decentralising force. When information becomes digital, the costs of copying, distributing and transforming it fall to zero. Industries built on the scarcity of physical ca…
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Tim Wu, 2010 · Alfred A. Knopf
Every communications medium follows a cycle: it is born open and decentralised, matures, and ends up concentrating into monopolies or oligopolies. The telephone, radio, television, cinema — all followed the same pattern.…