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Andy Piper

andypiper@bookrastinating.com

Joined 3 years ago

dreamer, maker, tinkerer

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Tim Berners-Lee: This Is for Everyone (2025, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Cory Doctorow: Makers (2009, Tor)
Michael Warren Lucas: $ git commit murder (2017, Tilted Windmill Press)

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Robert W. Gehl: Move Slowly and Build Bridges (Paperback, Oxford University Press)
Lesley Downer: The Shortest History of Japan (Paperback, 2024, Old Street Publishing)
Jeff Jarvis: Web We Weave (2024, Basic Books)

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Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con (Hardcover, 2023, Verso)
Jim Boulton: 100 ideas that changed the web (2014, Laurence King Publishing)
Carl Lostritto: Computational Drawing (2022, ORO Editions)

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finished reading 100 ideas that changed the web by Jim Boulton

Jim Boulton: 100 ideas that changed the web (2014, Laurence King Publishing) No rating

"This innovative title looks at the history of the Web from its early roots in …

A fun, quick, snackable read (each chapter is only a few pages, and focuses on a single “idea that changed the web”). For a book that is nearly 10 years old, it holds up fairly well - although with the pace of change, there are obviously a number of ideas and historical references which seem very dated now (companies and technologies that have gone away, etc). I learned a few things along the way, so it was a worthwhile read.

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Jim Boulton: 100 ideas that changed the web (2014, Laurence King Publishing) No rating

"This innovative title looks at the history of the Web from its early roots in …

Nearly halfway through. Nice short snackable chapters in here. It’s nearly 10 years old and it shows (unsurprising with any book about the Internet), but I’ve learned a lot of fun things about the rise and fall of some of my favourite older services (e.g. Geocities), as well as about some of the more enduring ones. Also, made notes on some cool stuff around online computer art, useful for an upcoming talk I’m giving.

started reading How to Build a Low-Tech Internet? by Kris De Decker

Kris De Decker, Marie Otsuka, Roel Roscam Abbing: How to Build a Low-Tech Internet? (Paperback, english language, 2023)

We were told that the internet would dematerialize society and decrease energy use. Contrary to …

The opening chapter is not making me super optimistic about the sustainability of our technology, so let's see where this goes...

reviewed Twittoons by Manu Cornet

Manu Cornet: Twittoons (Paperback, Manu Cornet)

Cartoons drawn by a Twitter insider before, during, and after Musk’s acquisition.

The truth hurts (and this is painfully amusing)

This is exactly what happened. I enjoyed seeing Manu’s cartoons when we worked at Twitter at the same time, and I’m glad he carried on documenting the end of the company after the layoffs.