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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinberger, David, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information resources management--Philosophy.

Information resources management.

Knowledge management.

Information society.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Information technology--Management.

Personal information management.

Order.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

277 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Holt paperback edition.

Other Title:

Power of the new digital disorder

Place of Publication:

New York : Holt, 2008.

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Originally published: New York: Times, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780805088113

0805088113

OCLC:

226281006