Everything is miscellaneous : the power of the new digital disorder / David Weinberger.

Main entry:

Weinberger, David, 1950-

Title & Author:

Everything is miscellaneous : the power of the new digital disorder / David Weinberger.

Edition:

1st Holt pbk. ed.

Publication:

New York : Holt, 2008.

Description:

277 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Originally published: New York: Times, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : Information in space -- The new order of order -- Alphabetization and its discontents -- The geography of knowledge -- Lumps and splits -- The laws of the jungle -- Smart leaves -- Social knowing -- What nothing says -- Messiness as a virtue -- The work of knowledge -- Coda : Misc.

Summary:

Philosopher Weinberger shows how the digital revolution is radically changing the way we make sense of our lives. Human beings constantly collect, label, and organize data--but today, the shift from the physical to the digital is mixing, burning, and ripping our lives apart. In the past, everything had its one place--the physical world demanded it--but now everything has its places: multiple categories, multiple shelves. Everything is suddenly miscellaneous. Weinberger charts the new principles of digital order that are remaking business, education, politics, science, and culture. He examines how Rand McNally decides what information not to include in a physical map (and why Google Earth is winning that battle), how Staples stores emulate online shopping to increase sales, why your children's teachers will stop having them memorize facts, and how the shift to digital music stands as the model for the future.--From publisher description.

Resources:
Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9780805088113 (pbk.)
0805088113 (pbk.)

Subject:

Information resources management Philosophy.
Knowledge management.
Information society.
Information technology Social aspects.
Information technology Management.
Personal information management.
Order.
Orderliness.
Knowledge Management
Gestion de l'information Philosophie.
Gestion des connaissances.
Société de l'information.
Technologie de l'information Aspect social.
Technologie de l'information Gestion.
Gestion d'informations personnelles.
Ordre.
Elektronisches Informationsmittel
Informationsmanagement
Wissensmanagement
Information organization Philosophy.

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Location: Library main 277083
Call No.: BIB 211735
Status: Available

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