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How do you find your way in an age of information overload? How can you filter streams of complex information to pull out only what you want? Why does it matter how information is structured when Google seems to magically bring up the right answer to your questions? What does it mean to be "findable" in this day and age? This eye-opening new book examines the convergence of information and connectivity. Written by Peter Morville, author of the groundbreaking Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, the book defines our current age as a state of unlimited findability. In other words, anyone can find anything at any time. Complete navigability.
Morville discusses the Internet, GIS, and other network technologies that are coming together to make unlimited findability possible. He explores how the melding of these innovations impacts society, since Web access is now a standard requirement for successful people and businesses. But before he does that, Morville looks back at the history of wayfinding and human evolution, suggesting that our fear of being lost has driven us to create maps, charts, and now, the mobile Internet.
The book's central thesis is that information literacy, information architecture, and usability are all critical components of this new world order. Hand in hand with that is the contention that only by planning and designing the best possible software, devices, and Internet, will we be able to maintain this connectivity in the future. Morville's book is highlighted with full color illustrations and rich examples that bring his prose to life.
Ambient Findability doesn't preach or pretend to know all the answers. Instead, it presents research, stories, and examples in support of its novel ideas. Are we truly at a critical point in our evolution where the quality of our digital networks will dictate how we behave as a species? Is findability indeed the primary key to a successful global marketplace in the 21st century and beyond. Peter Morville takes you on a thought-provoking tour of these memes and more -- ideas that will not only fascinate but will stir your creativity in practical ways that you can apply to your work immediately.
"A lively, enjoyable and informative tour of a topic that's only going to become more important."
--David Weinberger, Author, Small Pieces Loosely Joined and The Cluetrain Manifesto
"I envy the young scholar who finds this inventive book, by whatever strange means are necessary. The future isn't just unwritten--it's unsearched."
--Bruce Sterling, Writer, Futurist, and Co-Founder, The Electronic Frontier Foundation
"Search engine marketing is the hottest thing in Internet business, and deservedly so. Ambient Findability puts SEM into a broader context and provides deeper insights into human behavior. This book will help you grow your online business in a world where being found is not at all certain."
--Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D., Author, Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
"Information that's hard to find will remain information that's hardly found--from one of the fathers of the discipline of information architecture, and one of its most experienced practitioners, come penetrating observations on why findability is elusive and how the act of seeking changes us."
--Steve Papa, Founder and Chairman, Endeca
"Whether it's a fact or a figure, a person or a place, Peter Morville knows how to make it findable. Morville explores the possibilities of a world where everything can always be found--and the challenges in getting there--in this wide-ranging, thought-provoking book."
--Jesse James Garrett, Author, The Elements of User Experience
"It is easy to assume that current searching of the World Wide Web is the last word in finding and using information. Peter Morville shows us that search engines are just the beginning. Skillfully weaving together information science research with his own extensive experience, he develops for the reader a feeling for the near future when information is truly findable all around us. There are immense implications, and Morville's lively and humorous writing brings them home."
--Marcia J. Bates, Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles
"I've always known that Peter Morville was smart. After reading Ambient Findability, I now know he's (as we say in Boston) wicked smart. This is a timely book that will have lasting effects on how we create our future.
--Jared Spool, Founding Principal, User Interface Engineering
"In Ambient Findability, Peter Morville has put his mind and keyboard on the pulse of the electronic noosphere. With tangible examples and lively writing, he lays out the challenges and wonders of finding our way in cyberspace, and explains the mutually dependent evolution of our changing world and selves. This is a must read for everyone and a practical guide for designers."
--Gary Marchionini, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
"Find this book! Anyone interested in making information easier to find, or understanding how finding and being found is changing, will find this thoroughly researched, engagingly written, literate, insightful and very, very cool book well worth their time. Myriad examples from rich and varied domains and a valuable idea on nearly every page. Fun to read, too!
--Joseph Janes, Ph.D., Founder, Internet Public Library
Customer Reviews:
Well, THAT was weird..........2007-06-22
This book is an interesting follow-up to Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by the same author. This time, instead of focusing on the nuts and bolts of IA, the author spoke about the nature of findability itself.
Morville shares research and anecdotes from business, history, library science, anthropology, and neurobiology in his quest for the perfect system where everything in the world is instinctively easy to locate. Can we ever achieve ambient findability? And what would the world look like in such a place? What are the social and political ramifications of findability? Will it be big brother, or will the very concept of unquestionable authority wither and die?
Recent manifestations such as Google, Wikipedia, and blogger watchdogs suggest the latter is more likely...
Ironically, the more information we have, the less likely anybody is to use it. Obtaining information is very painful, even if the data is easy to find. The relatively unknown Mooers law states:
"An information retrieval system will tend to NOT be used whenever it is more painful and troublesome for a customer to have information than for him not to have it." -- Calvin Mooers
Meaning, if I have a problem, I can either look up the answer, or ask somebody for help. If I ask somebody, then they might do all my work for me, which is good for me. However, if I look up the answer online, then I have to read it, understand it, and implement the solution myself. Not only must I confront my own ignorance, but its a lot more work.
Stupid Google.
Along the same lines, it's insufficient for information merely to be available and findable... it must also be believable, useful, and tailored to the audience so its easy to absorb. That's the top-to-bottom challenge, and very few people understand it. This book doesn't give much practical advice about absorbability, but it covers findability needs and existing technology quite well. The rest is up to you.
Another Rambling Book from O'Reilly.......2007-06-17
Like most O'Reilly books, the credentials of the author are impeccable, and the concept is current and relavant.
However, like most techincal publishing houses, O'Reilly does not have enough editors fluent in enough technical areas of expertise to impose order on its authors. The result is that they produce excellent texts for those already familiar with the subject, and dreadful experiences for those hoping for something other than a "Dummies" book.
"Ambient Findability" is no different. The subject is broad, the concepts are deep, and the order is completely lacking. O'Reilly seemed to have exercised no editorial restraint in the publishing of this book - it is andectoal, rambling and repetitive in parts, and generally jumps around (much like the subject of the book), without any common touch points.
The main point of the book is that information is grouped in structured and not so structured ways on the web, and being able to "find" information is predicated on how it is percieved by other parts of the web. This already is a vast ocean of space to cover. 180 pages with a lot of graphics is bound to be light, but add on rambling discourse, and you can only swallow 20-30 pages at a time, before bed.
I really believe the author is a great mind on this subject. He could do much better w/ a well disciplined editor.
A philosophy book, not a how-to book . . ........2007-06-08
. . . . But what a great philosophy book it is!
This may be the only O'Reilly book I have ever read that changed some of my basic notions about things I thought I understood, not at a "how to code this or that" level but at a "how the world works" level.
The book presents itself as a thoughtful ramble through some issues around finding and retrieving content that a person might wish to have. And it does a very good job of laying out the landscape, identifying pitfalls, and pointing out unpredictable successes (and failures).
But the real beauty of this book is its own internal organization. The author starts with tangible physical location and navigation, and then moves onto to fluently-written descriptions of virtual location and navigation. The book is thought-provoking and fairly balanced in presenting the perspectives of people who feel strongly about these issues while disagreeing vehemently with one another.
This volume offers no easy solutions, but it illuminates a landscape that needs desperately to be better understood by more people, and it does so in a readable, accessible way. I learned some things, I unlearned some things, and I had a heck of a good time doing so. Will it make me a better information architect? I hope so, but it certainly made me a more thoughtful one.
I am very interested in this kind of topic, BUT could not get into this.......2007-04-19
This felt like a long college senior thesis. Rambling, unfocused and without real-world applicability.
A good survey, timely..........2007-02-16
I find the book most useful as a survey of technologies and ideas suitably themed "ambient findability". I agree with the idea that the future of search will be more than cyberspace. The ability to search the physical world with a search engine will be extremely useful and how to make (physical world) objects findable (even at different levels of granularity) an interesting challenge (RFID tagging is one way but perhaps there are others). The combination of cyberspace and physicalspace and how to bridge between them (from augmented reality, ambient objects, to ambient sensing) is interesting. The book provides a convenient overview, in one place, of where much of computing is heading.
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Ambient Intelligence
Manufacturer: Springer
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Ambient intelligence is the vision of a technology that will become invisibly embedded in our natural surroundings, present whenever we need it, enabled by simple and effortless interactions, attuned to all our senses, adaptive to users and context-sensitive, and autonomous. High-quality information access and personalized content must be available to everybody, anywhere, and at any time. This book addresses ambient intelligence used to support human contacts and accompany an individual's path through the complicated modern world. From the technical standpoint, distributed electronic intelligence is addressed as hardware vanishing into the background. Devices used for ambient intelligence are small, low-power, low weight, and (very importantly) low-cost; they collaborate or interact with each other; and they are redundant and error-tolerant. This means that the failure of one device will not cause failure of the whole system. Since wired connections often do not exist, radio methods will play an important role for data transfer. This book addresses various aspects of ambient intelligence, from applications that are imminent since they use essentially existing technologies, to ambitious ideas whose realization is still far away, due to major unsolved technical challenges.
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A comprehensive and absorbing look at the music of the twentieth century, with an introduction by Brian Eno.
The 20th Century saw two revolutionary changes in music. First music was deconstructed from its previously strict form, moving from formal constraints to more accessible melodies. Second, the way in which music was generated radically changed as new electronic equipment inspired experiments with sound divorced from traditional acoustic instruments.
More and more, innovative musical ideas became intertwined with technological change. Multi-track recording, editing, and improved microphones allowed for quieter, experimental elements to gain prominence. And with the advent of digital synthesizers, new music could be made by anyone and sound like almost anything.
The Ambient Century is the definitive chronicle of a century of musical change. It reveals the drift from composers to non-musicians, from the single note to the sample. Encyclopedic, yet with a strong narrative, The Ambient Century covers hundreds of artists, including such diverse artists as Gustav Mahler (the pioneer of modern music), Phillip Glass, New Order, and Moby. Lively, compelling, and authoritative-and boasting an unmatched discography. The Ambient Century is a treat for music lovers of all kinds.
Customer Reviews:
Who killed ambient music?.......2007-05-20
First, must note that i have an earlier edition of the book (2000)- And i did find the book quite useful (till the end). There's a HUGE problem, as others have mentioned. He doesn't define 'ambient', and as others have said, seems to use it to mean stuff he likes or that serves his thesis. I just do not see how Satie and Debussy leads to techo (or whatever variant, it's all "Voomta, voomta, voomta" to me). [The idea i guess is: Satie to Eno, ((i'm fine with that)); Eno to voomta- ((sorta)). But the logical flaw is using Eno as the link. He makes ambient music sometimes, but that does not make everything he touches 'ambient'. He's hired to add 'texture' to U2 and Paul Simon, that doesn't make their music ambient. QED.] There are some definitions (of 'ambient music') on Wiki that are useful. The term has no meaning when used so casually, as happened quickly to the term 'virtual'. If i tell people i make ambient music, and they imagine voomtavoomtavoomta it's completely wrong. The list of "100 essential ambient recordings" is just SILLY! There is a book titled "Who killed classical music" and that's where my review title comes from.
Probably the worst book I've ever bought.......2005-12-09
I can't begin to describe how bad this book is, but I will try. Luckily, I bought it on sale. I would have immediately chucked it, but I held on to it for two reasons. First, I love a lot of the music discussed. Second, there are some decent photos. These are also the reasons why I bought it in the first place. I eventually got rid of it, but not before it gave me a few laughs. How did this author get a contract for this book? It's basically an incoherent collection of musings on his own record collection. His writing on the early 20th century masters (Mahler, Satie, Debussy, etc.) is spectacularly awful. If you are new to classical music, PLEASE do not read what this author has to say about it. How do Mahler's symphonies qualify as "Ambient"? The author attempts to label any music he finds "cool" as "ambient." His writing style represents the absolute worst in pop music criticism - not only is it vapid, but it's remarkably awkward, a fact he attempts to conceal by including many flowery adjectives and catch phrases. AVOID, PLEASE!
An unfocused encyclopedic reference on a theme that's never defined.......2005-11-13
Mark Prendergast's THE AMBIENT CENTURY is an encyclopedia of the biggest names in "ambient music", a style that's never defined, but which might be a) music that the author digs, and b) music that the author doesn't like so much but which lends respectability to later figures.
Prendergast starts off all the way at the beginning of 1900s with innovative classical music figures such as Debussy, Mahler, and Ravel. There is little that these figures have in common with what came later, but Prendergast seems like he has to start early and so comes up with these guys. His inclusion of Schoenberg and the other Viennese composers is just crazy, since most of the minimalists (the real inspiration of techno, house, and drum & bass in the 80s and 90s) were trying as hard as possible *not* to write like that. Ditto for the inclusion of Pierre Boulez, although his friend Stockhausen merits inclusion.
Passing over the rock era (I'm not competent to comment much on this genre), I must take issue with his treatment of electronic music, which is somewhat US-centric. Sasha is presented as a minor figure that didn't achieve much until 1999, when his Ibiza compilation came out, when he had really be earning praise since 1990 (when the British press was calling him "The Man Like God"). The book then says that Sasha left the U.K. entirely for Australia, which is simply false. Frequent collaborator John Digweed is called "The James Brown of DJing", leading me to suspect that the author has never seen Digweed live.
This is a really disappointing and often-wrong book, and a bit of an odd duck because, expect for the "coolness" of it all, the people mentioned here have little in common. If you are interested in innovative classical music in the 20th century, try Griffith's MODERN MUSIC AND AFTER: Directions Since 1940 (Oxford University Press, 1995). Similarly, those interested in electronic music would do well to find a more focused guide.
Don't Forget Your History.......2005-10-05
I am neither a musician nor an historian, but this excellent book will make an informed music lover out of you. Before this book, I appreciated ambient dub/techno in an ahistorical vacuum; now I feel as if whole new worlds have been opened up to me b/c I know how we got to where we are today. This volume will probably stand out as THE definitive book on Twentieth Century music.
I like Eno, too..........2005-08-14
The flaws in this book are many, and yet it is a good if eclectic reference.
The classical music base of ambient/electronic music is, I think, poorly presented here. Debussy is one of my favorites too - no wonder the French named an airport after him! - but to take this anti-German tilt is just wrong.
Stravinsky (who was Russian and lived in France) would have loved Spasmolytic by Skinny Puppy (Canadians but not Quebecois). Add Alban Berg (Magyar) and the Legendary Pink Dots (Nijmeganers and South Londoners) to the mix, and you see my German point. (Or not.)
I'm sorry to say this but the attention paid to Brian Eno comes across as fawning. It really detracts. Now, I got Discreet Music when It first came out and have always considered it a 20th Century classic. I also believe that Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy is one of the finest pop albums ever. But I just don't want to hear about U2 who (in my opinion) still don't know what they're looking for (not to be too negativeland about it).
This book really cries out for some major editing. That being said, there are interesting observations on last century's music.
Book Description
In Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. Ecological writers propose a new worldview, but their very zeal to preserve the natural world leads them away from the "nature" they revere. The problem is a symptom of the ecological catastrophe in which we are living. Morton sets out a seeming paradox: to have a properly ecological view, we must relinquish the idea of nature once and for all.
Ecology without Nature investigates our ecological assumptions in a way that is provocative and deeply engaging. Ranging widely in eighteenth-century through contemporary philosophy, culture, and history, he explores the value of art in imagining environmental projects for the future. Morton develops a fresh vocabulary for reading "environmentality" in artistic form as well as content, and traces the contexts of ecological constructs through the history of capitalism. From John Clare to John Cage, from Kierkegaard to Kristeva, from The Lord of the Rings to electronic life forms, Ecology without Nature widens our view of ecological criticism, and deepens our understanding of ecology itself. Instead of trying to use an idea of nature to heal what society has damaged, Morton sets out a radical new form of ecological criticism: "dark ecology."
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What is Ambient Intelligence? Is it embedding technology into objects? How does it incorporate or cater for universal desires, complex social relationships, different value systems? What about individuals' likes and dislikes, or the sustainability of economic and natural ecosystems? This book explores the increasingly relevant phenomenon of Ambient Intelligence in the form of essays by experts with illustrations.
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Not too deep for a text book.......2005-09-18
This book shows a very optimistic way of looking at the future. I find that it works well for the most part as a text book. However, the structure of the chapters could be a little clearer in some places.
Second digital revolution is just started with Ambient Intelligent!.......2005-08-09
If the first digital revolution was the digital tools that help for our task and life, the next wave of the digital revolution
is the digital environment with intelligence embedded in everyday of our life. AMI is all abouts our efforts to build that kind of intelligent digital environment.
I like this book for it's introduction of nearly all aspects of AMI- vision, technology, business, social effects, project cases in one place.
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Sacred Sonic Tools
Iasos
Manufacturer: Amber Lotus
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A Tool Box of Sounds to Tune Up Your Energy Fields by Iasos
Hardback book & CD set
Iasos is one of the original founders of classical New Age music. This CD tool box is composed of individually programmable Sonic Tools along with a visually inspiring 64-page book in full color. The CD contains 15 different sound tools. The book features the application notes for the effective use of the tools along with special effect photography created by Iasos.
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Sacred Sonic tools.......2007-10-08
This Rx for modern living has been a valued part of my life. An idea tool for massage therapists who want to compose a tailored experience for their client. Music that invites you to live more fully without telling you in words what more fully is for you. The table of sounds provides a quick reference to address your immediate needs. Outstanding photographs grace the tools write up. It's been a valued part of my life since 1998.
Wonderful healing sounds...........1998-10-25
Heart-felt appreciation for this wonderful book and CD. I had been putting it out to the Universe recently that a collection of healing sounds in one place would be in order. My answer came in this form! This contribution to the sonic world is truly unique and extremely valuable.
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Large Scale Management of Distributed Systems: 17th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2006, Dublin, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Manufacturer: Springer
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems, Operations and Management, DSOM 2006, held in Dublin, Ireland in October 2006 in the course of the 2nd International Week on Management of Networks and Services, Manweek 2006.
The 21 revised full papers and 4 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on performance of management protocols, complexity of service management, ontologies and network management, management of next generation network and services, business and service management, security and policy based management, short papers, and supporting approaches for network management.
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Only in Los Angeles
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9 x 12 112 pgs approx. 140 color photos Only in Los Angeles celebrates one of the most diverse and lively metro areas in the world. This full-color celebration showcases the many neighborhoods, people, and cultures that define the City of Angels. Coverage includes downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Beverly Hills; Chinatown, Koreatown, and Little Tokyo; beach communities from Malibu to the OC, including Santa Monica and Venice; and the many wilderness areas around this sprawling metropolis, such as the San Gabriel and Santa Monica mountains and Catalina Island.
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The science of psychoacoustics is all about using sound to achieve the brain-wave state you desire. Ambient Support for Learning, Working, and Creating is a tonal matrix designed to help you increase productivity and decrease stress—with no headphones required. Featuring three different musical tracks embedded with Tom Kenyon's BioPulse Technology™ to carry listeners into a mid-alpha brain-wave state (10 hertz), this soothing recording is superb for increasing productivity and mental clarity. Ideal for playing in the background when you need an extra edge in concentration and creativity.
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Improve Memory, Enhance Learning, and Promote Creativity.......2006-08-24
Since 1983, Tom Kenyon's listeners have been using his psychoacoustic immersion programs to create positive and lasting change in their brain capacity, mental acuity and creative power.
As a part of the Ultimate Brain Series, Ambient Support was specifically created for learning, working, and creating. Research has shown that the mid-alpha brainwave state of 10 Hz improves learning, mental clarity, and relaxed alertness. Kenyon utilizes this brainwave state embedded in three different musicals tracks to enhance these states, and subliminal suggestions are imbedded in the music for stress reduction, increased motivation and improved memory. This CD features over 60 minute's worth of music and does not require stereo headphones, which makes this a great choice for background music when you desire to enhance concentration and creativity.
I've been playing the Ambient Support CD throughout the day while performing online intuitive readings. The music is very relaxing, and I noticed that my senses and concentration seem sharper while listening to this CD. The amount and specificity of the intuitive information that flows seems enhanced, as well.
I plan on using this CD while writing reviews and articles, as well as for background music when homeschooling my son. In addition, I certainly plan on continuing using this CD while doing online readings.
Because the BioPulse technology used by Tom Kenyon promotes altered states of consciousness, massage therapists, energy healers, Reiki Masters, and psychic/tarot card readers will be delighted with the soothing music on its own. However, the added benefit of positive subliminal messages and psychoacoustical support makes this CD a remarkable tool. Students who feel anxious about learning will no doubt benefit from this CD while studying, as would anyone working on a project requiring creativity and concentration. Thus, artists of all sorts will likely enjoy and frequently use Ambient Support.
Note: according to Kenyon, subliminal messages are messages that are just below the threshold of conscious awareness. This recording utilizes auditory subliminal messages that import positive thoughts to the subconscious mind. The brief and repeating script for the subliminal messages is as follows: "I learn easily and without effort. I retain information without stress. I am motivated to learn and to succeed. I find joy and learning new things."
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Ambient Intelligence, Wireless Networking, And Ubiquitous Computing (Mobile Communications)
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Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
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Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is the next wave in computing and communications technology. Nano-sized sensors and computers, wireless networks, and intelligent software are being integrated to create AmI environments. One such AmI environment is an intelligent home that can sense changes in a house and its occupants to instantly track objects or call 911 in case of a fall or heart attack. Another AmI environment is an intelligent airport to effortlessly guide a traveler to a connecting flight, through customs, or to a waiting car service. This cutting-edge reference explains ways to plan for AmI service deployment, develop AmI software and networks, and further advance AmI capabilities. It looks at such nuts-and-bolts issues as security, architecture, systems integration, and quality of service. This forward-looking volume also covers such latest AmI developments as smart dust, smart personal object technology, and context-aware computing.
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