October 2004
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
10h 31m
English
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About the Author
Gordon Meyer (http://www.gordonmeyer.com) is a writer and software engineer who lives in a fully automated home located in the heart of Silicon Valley. His house, nicknamed CoasterHaus for its proximity to an amusement park, is better wired than most businesses and is smarter than your average house cat. It makes sure he gets up on time in the morning, watches over his dog while the family is away, and contacts him about missed visitors and telephone calls during the day. It even tucks the family in with a weather report and story each night.
When not living like George Jetson, Gordon is a designer who specializes in technology for writing and delivering onscreen instructional material. For more than a dozen years, his uncredited manuals and help systems have been used by millions of people worldwide. This book is his foray beyond the anonymous world of corporate technical publications.
Gordon holds degrees in sociology and broadcasting. He is the author of a seminal study of computer culture, The Social Organization of the Computer Underground. Prior to devoting himself to the study of technology and deviance, Gordon worked as a professional magician, an avocation he continues to this day, which perhaps explains his interest in making the difficult seem easy, throughout all of his careers.
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