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Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
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Smart Mobs takes us on a journey around the world for a preview of the next techno-cultural shift. The coming wave, says Rheingold, is the result of super-efficient mobile communications-cellular phones, wireless-paging, and Internet-access devices-that will allow us to connect with anyone, anytime, anywhere.Rheingold offers a penetrating perspective on the new convergence
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Paperback, 288 pages
Published
October 16th 2003
by Basic Books
(first published 2002)
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When this book was published, I was in 8th grade and 100mb zip drives were the hottest technology to enter my school. This book was written Facebook was invented, before wikipedia became important, and while 'wireless internet' was still a geek fantasy. Upon seeing the publication date, I wondered how much weight this book could hold considering the rapid recent advances.
So after reading the wonderfully concise book of 210 pages I was amazed to find that Rheingold had seemed to have taken the ...more
So after reading the wonderfully concise book of 210 pages I was amazed to find that Rheingold had seemed to have taken the ...more
Jun 08, 2008
Misti
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Recommends it for:
tech-junkies, history buffs, and creative thinkers
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This is a great way to introduce people to the programs and ideas possible with today's technology. Even though Rheingold wrote this foray into the world of Scandinavian and Japanese text messaging back in 2002, it appears the US still hasn't entirely caught up with them and a lot of the points he makes are as prevalent today as they were more than half a decade ago (a feat, considering the rapid progression of today's technology by old-timey standards).
Ultimately, I walked away from this book ...more
Ultimately, I walked away from this book ...more
This is the one that got me into Moblogs - mobile blogs - and I landed on Textamerica. It's now defunct, although I was able to find a lot of my friends from there and reconnect on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram - all of these are connected to the ideas that Rheingold writes about in this book.
Smart mobs. Flash Mobs. Social networking. All of it is so fascinatingly covered - and pretty accurately - 10 years after he wrote this.
Read this book to get a great feel for where things were headed ...more
Smart mobs. Flash Mobs. Social networking. All of it is so fascinatingly covered - and pretty accurately - 10 years after he wrote this.
Read this book to get a great feel for where things were headed ...more
Reading this book (published in 2003!) now was pretty cool because it casts some perspective/context on nascent mobile tech and just how rapidly phones have developed in the past few years. An interesting read if you're interested in how these technologies could be leveraged for social change (both good and bad), especially when the mobile phone becomes the preferred or sole internet access/communication tool of choice. *Also, I want to be Howard Rheingold when I grow up. His research seems
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Howard Rheingoldin Mobiilijoukot olikin mielenkiintoista luettavaa. Vuonna 2003 kirjoitettu mobiilikulttuurin mullistusta ja muutosta sen seurannaisvaikutuksia käsittelevä kirja osuu monissa kohdin oikeaan, mutta monta muuta tulevaisuuden skenaariota jäikin toteutumatta.
Kahdeksaan lukuun jaoteltu kirja johdattelee lukijansa kännyköiden maailmaan ja langattomien verkostojen myötä uudenlaisiin yhteistyömahdollisuuksiin ja sosiaaliseen kanssakäymiseen. Jo kirjan nimi tarkoittaa sitä, että ei enää ...more
Kahdeksaan lukuun jaoteltu kirja johdattelee lukijansa kännyköiden maailmaan ja langattomien verkostojen myötä uudenlaisiin yhteistyömahdollisuuksiin ja sosiaaliseen kanssakäymiseen. Jo kirjan nimi tarkoittaa sitä, että ei enää ...more
This is some deep thinking introspection right here. Recommend.
prescient in many places.
rambles at times.
worth a read
rambles at times.
worth a read
his is an important book, especially for anybody interested in the future of mass communications, politics and/or our society. Rheingold talks about how portable devices, pervasive connectivity and increasingly powerful hand-held computing is leading to the creation of virtual communities tied together by their devices and not by their physical proximity. Remember Moore's Law applies to hand-held phone/computers. Most of his examples are not in the US. Rheingold makes the point that we are far
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Outdated, obvious analysis that fails to delve into the philosophical or functional meaning of social technology. Totally missed its opportunity. There is no reason to dedicate 3 pages to describing what a blog is. You are better off with Ray Kurzweil's book or any book on complex adaptive systems.
Jul 28, 2014
Sonia Lavadinho
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geeks, sociologues, géographes, spécialistes de la mobilité
Un livre que j'ai malheureusement lu trop tard pour qu'il me soit aussi prophétique qu'il le promettait...
Le plus drôle des faits que j'ai retenu, c'est le fait qu'en 2002, l'on appelait encore le WiFi par son autre nom, le standard "802.11b". Le mot est tellement rentré dans les moeurs depuis que l'on a de la peine à imaginer qu'à une époque pas si lointaine, la stabilité de cette désignation n'était pas assurée...
L'histoire de la naissance du WiFi, racontée à la page 136 et suivantes, vaut le ...more
Le plus drôle des faits que j'ai retenu, c'est le fait qu'en 2002, l'on appelait encore le WiFi par son autre nom, le standard "802.11b". Le mot est tellement rentré dans les moeurs depuis que l'on a de la peine à imaginer qu'à une époque pas si lointaine, la stabilité de cette désignation n'était pas assurée...
L'histoire de la naissance du WiFi, racontée à la page 136 et suivantes, vaut le ...more
Remember the Flash Mob craze? This is a nice exploration of the phenomenon, its technological origins and implications for the future. While perhaps not as relevant or "hot" as it once was, the thoughts on technologically inspired social phenomena (txt messaged organized resistance) are still interesting. The ubiquitous wireless future is not here and will likely not be a reflection of Rheingold's musings, but this is still an entertaining read.
Fine overview. Better than "Crowdsourcing," even if they explore slightly different subjects - the premises are pretty similar. I am frustrated that a discussion of technology and how it impacts humans can ignore the work of Neil Postman. But perhaps that relates to a lot of what books in this genre reiterate - the growing knowledge, expanding ideas, flourishing so-called knowledge culture. That pervasive idea gives the permission slip not to know it all. But, it still bothers me.
This book takes a look at the increasing popularity of mobile "pervasive" technologies and explores what the implications might be.
Do you know the impetus for the invention of eBay? A husband invented it because his wife collected Pez dispensers and wanted to exchange with others. Now they are billionaires. READ THE BOOK for more tidbits like this ;)
Do you know the impetus for the invention of eBay? A husband invented it because his wife collected Pez dispensers and wanted to exchange with others. Now they are billionaires. READ THE BOOK for more tidbits like this ;)
Just reread this... Still amazing to me how Rheingold predicted and identified the extent to which social media exactly like Twitter, facebook, etc would change our world. This was written in 2002! I don't think half the stuff really sank in when I read it in 2003... Would like to read what he is writing about now!
This book leans a bit toward the techno-utopian side of things, but is easy and entertaining to read. Rheingold focuses on specific ways technology is drastically changing (for the better) the ways in which we communicate, but glosses over the possible negatives.
Great Read
Howard [http://www.rheingold.com]Rheingold explains why technology matters and what it means for human relationships. A bit thick on sociology at moments, but all in all he does an excellent job of distilling the academic speak to why it's important. Great book.
Howard [http://www.rheingold.com]Rheingold explains why technology matters and what it means for human relationships. A bit thick on sociology at moments, but all in all he does an excellent job of distilling the academic speak to why it's important. Great book.
This is a must read if you text message, e-mail etc. on your mobile device. The author accurately, and in an almost visionary way, describes how communication technologies are changing social interaction - for millenials ...
This book really opens your eyes to how technology is changing our society and the way we relate to people. It was such a fun read. The kind of information that would make for good conversation at a party or a social gathering.
Jul 28, 2009
Scallet
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An important book in understanding the origins of participatory culture.
Rheingold always manages to stay at the cutting edge of emergent media and the exciting developments in the realm of digital collaboration.
Excellent book -- you must read.
Made me realise the potential of the mobile revolution.
An interesting premise.
Great stuff but now dated. Read more recent book or follow author on Twitter for current updates.
Very good book, but perhaps I'm too close to the subject. I found it a little bit of a thin broth.
Interesed about this book. Later a will accounced my opinions
A decent book on the digital society with various examples on the telecommuting, Internet and so on. It was published in 2002, but can be viewed as a forecast for the current social networks trend.
4 stars for prescience. Rheingold was writing in 2002. His use of the word 'revolution' is a little problematic and symptomatic of a general lack of capitalist analysis or critique.
Aug 17, 2007
lohee
marked it as to-read
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