Автор: Bratton Benjamin H. Название: The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty ISBN: 026202957X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262029575 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 7587.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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A comprehensive political and design theory of planetary-scale computation proposing that The Stack -- an accidental megastructure -- is both a technological apparatus and a model for a new geopolitical architecture.
What has planetary-scale computation done to our geopolitical realities? It takes different forms at different scales -- from energy and mineral sourcing and subterranean cloud infrastructure to urban software and massive universal addressing systems; from interfaces drawn by the augmentation of the hand and eye to users identified by self -- quantification and the arrival of legions of sensors, algorithms, and robots. Together, how do these distort and deform modern political geographies and produce new territories in their own image?
In The Stack, Benjamin Bratton proposes that these different genres of computation -- smart grids, cloud platforms, mobile apps, smart cities, the Internet of Things, automation -- can be seen not as so many species evolving on their own, but as forming a coherent whole: an accidental megastructure called The Stack that is both a computational apparatus and a new governing architecture. We are inside The Stack and it is inside of us.
In an account that is both theoretical and technical, drawing on political philosophy, architectural theory, and software studies, Bratton explores six layers of The Stack: Earth, Cloud, City, Address, Interface, User. Each is mapped on its own terms and understood as a component within the larger whole built from hard and soft systems intermingling -- not only computational forms but also social, human, and physical forces. This model, informed by the logic of the multilayered structure of protocol "stacks," in which network technologies operate within a modular and vertical order, offers a comprehensive image of our emerging infrastructure and a platform for its ongoing reinvention.
The Stack is an interdisciplinary design brief for a new geopolitics that works with and for planetary-scale computation. Interweaving the continental, urban, and perceptual scales, it shows how we can better build, dwell within, communicate with, and govern our worlds.
Описание: From the cofounder of Square, an inspiring and entertaining account of what it means to be a true entrepreneur and what it takes to build a resilient, world-changing company In 2009, a St. Louis glassblowing artist and recovering computer scientist named Jim McKelvey lost a sale because he couldn't accept American Express cards. Frustrated by the high costs and difficulty of accepting credit card payments, McKelvey joined his friend Jack Dorsey (the cofounder of Twitter) to launch Square, a startup that would enable small merchants to accept credit card payments on their mobile phones. With no expertise or experience in the world of payments, they approached the problem of credit cards with a new perspective, questioning the industry's assumptions, experimenting and innovating their way through early challenges, and achieving widespread adoption from merchants small and large. But just as Square was taking off, Amazon launched a similar product, marketed it aggressively, and undercut Square on price. For most ordinary startups, this would have spelled the end. Instead, less than a year later, Amazon was in retreat and soon discontinued its service. How did Square beat the most dangerous company on the planet? Was it just luck? These questions motivated McKelvey to study what Square had done differently from all the other companies Amazon had killed. He eventually found the key: a strategy he calls the Innovation Stack. McKelvey's fascinating and humorous stories of Square's early days are blended with historical examples of other world-changing companies built on the Innovation Stack to reveal a pattern of ground-breaking, competition-proof entrepreneurship that is rare but repeatable. The Innovation Stack is a thrilling business narrative that's much bigger than the story of Square. It is an irreverent first-person look inside the world of entrepreneurship, and a call to action for all of us to find the entrepreneur within ourselves and identify and fix unsolved problems--one crazy idea at a time.
Автор: Stack, Carol Название: All Our Kin ISBN: 0061319821 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061319822 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman`s sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm"
Автор: Stack Steven Название: The Bottom of the Lake ISBN: 1948365820 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781948365826 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2759.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Four girls. Four stories. And an ending none of them saw coming.
When Vanessa, Lindsey, and Claire sneak away from Camp Kimi for a night of junk food and ghost stories, they meet Dani, a strange and distant girl none of them have seen before. As each tells her own scary tale, they reveal personal truths they could never share directly. But the newcomer has a story of her own, and before they know it, the three friends find themselves an unwitting part of it-and there might be no escape.
Автор: Price Michael H., Wooley John, Stack Frank Название: Forgotten Horrors Vol. 9: Into the Ectoplasmic Spasmochasm ISBN: 1977881564 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977881564 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4311.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Since birth Kendall V. Fontenot was never the type to limit himself nor his potential to the stereotyped views of others. Fontenot was clearly an independent, out-of-the-box thinker, from the time he was a little tot.
Fontenot was only seven years old when he first stumbled across the laws of supply, demand and profit. His very first foray into the realm of business began at school, as a precocious pencil salesman--serving his peers' insatiable appetite for demolishing pencils in a popular kid's game.
After discovering how to turn one quarter into two, it was as if young Fontenot had discovered an enthralling new magic trick, called business. Fascinated now, young Fontenot dedicated his entire childhood to tinkering with business idea after business idea, to create profit for himself--and to financially unburden his mother after his parents' painful separation.
Dealing with all of the regular coming-of-age challenges that a young man faces in school, family, and neighborhood life, Fontenot somehow managed to carve out a business schooling of his own making. Amidst it all, he kept himself in a perpetual state of experimentation and self-learning around the laws of business.
Facing setback after setback, challenge after challenge, each year of Fontenot's developing life became the priceless lessons and the pearls of wisdom that would ultimately make him a self-made millionaire by the tender age of twenty.
Born African-American, male, and one of two children in a single parent Baton Rouge, Louisiana home isn't typically known as the road to riches--but Fontenot's memoir reveals he's not the type to look for well worn paths or commonly traveled roads; instead, he believes in paving roads where there are none.
Kendall never liked being shunned, dismissed or underestimated because he was young. He believed and continues to believe that hard work, good work and achievement is all the merit one needs regardless of age.
Now, as a young successful African American entrepreneur, Fontenot wants to share his success tips to a generation of American youth and beyond. Fontenot believes that dreams become available when families can live in abundance and not want. He also believes that an individual's or family's greatest hope of reaching that plateau of freedom, is through entrepreneurship.
Today, at the age of 30, Fontenot wants to be a very visible and active role model for young men and women of ambition--as well as people of all generations who are interested in making their dreams reality.
Fontenot's personal childhood goal was to achieve wealth, retire his family and live in financial freedom. Perhaps he met that goal a little earlier than expected.
Mr. Fontenot now owns one of the largest "Buy Here, Pay Here" minority owned auto-dealerships in the state of Louisiana.
His current ambitions are to rollout a formidable network of "Buy Here, Pay Here" dealerships nationwide in a franchise model. And with the precedent of success he's already set, no one has any reason to doubt that's exactly what he'll do.
If you are looking for a simple and clear blueprint on making money at any age, Mr. Fontenot's, "The Good Life & How To Get It," should be first and foremost book on your bookshelf.
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