If, like me, you have found your inner-nerd whilst trying to understand the complex digital world and would like to take your discoveries further than my 500 odd words a week I will be listing all my readings on this page for you.
Some will be readings I have mentioned and quoted directly in a blog post whereas others will just be additional reading I have done on a particular subject and found it easy to follow and understand whilst also being informative and interesting.
Where I can I will try and link books to topics I have mentioned on my blog, but as I said previously not all of them are related to blog posts.
MAKING IS CONNECTING – Making is Connecting is a book which
explains many forms of the digital world and how they have changed over time as
well as looking into the impact that has had socially. The book looks and
making in a literal sense with material objects but links that into how they
have influenced digital making through ideas and thought processes. This book
is again a nice simple read and you can access the introduction for free on his
website (www.makingisconnecting.org) to see if this book is one for you.
THE SPY IN THE COFFEE MACHINE – Shadbolt and O’Hara wrote
this book about the changes in surveillance and how everything we do is
monitored not only in public, but also online and even things we would
initially consider as private. This book really made me think about a whole
bunch of different issues and started making me ask questions, which is all I
ask for in a good book. It is definitely an interesting read if you want to
open your eyes to what goes on around you but be warned you might not look at
your coffee machine in the same way again!
OPEN ACCESS - Peter Suber's book on Open Access was a very interesting read for me whilst studying this topic. I found it very easy to read, it flowed so well and kept me engaged throughout with examples and easy to understand language. Not only did this book deepen my knowledge of open access it also helped me form my own opinions on whether it was a good thing and look into the future of access.
The first chapter of this book is available to read at: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_(the_book)
