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Internet_art : from the birth of the web to the rise of NFTs / by Kholeif, Omar,author.(CARDINAL)873065;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.Prelude: Time is just a memory. What's in a name? -- Beginnings: from here to there to everywhere -- 1989: the year that changed the world -- Will this destroy us? -- Time machine: pioneering anarchists -- The rise of the digital -- Living media -- You and me and everyone we know: find me in an ocean of images -- The possibilities of a digital culture -- The shape of the future -- Is the earth a scorched cable? -- We are the metaverse: a parting verse."Since 1989, the year the World Wide Web was born, the art world has grappled with the rise of networked culture. This unprecedented survey of the artists and innovators in this area from 1989 to today is interwoven with the personal narrative of one of the leading voices on the digital world. In this book, Omar Kholeif, whose prolific career parallels the growth of the Internet, tells the story of this mass medium and how it has fostered new possibilities for artists, both analog and digital. The book showcases work spanning a range of media from legendary artists including Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Naim June Paik, Heather Philipson, and Wu Tang. Tracing the key artists and innovators from the emergence of browser-based art to the dawn of NFTs, this is a tale for the present and the future"--
Subjects: Digital art.; Art and the Internet.; Computer art; NFTs (Tokens);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The making of Second Life : notes from the new world / by Au, Wagner James.;
Introduction : old world to new world : a brief history of the metaverse -- Touching knowledge : from virtual reality to real company -- Imagining the Net in 3-D : shunting the datastream into rivers and sky -- The engines of creation : the alchemy of user-created content -- The unwisdom of crowds : object lessons in online-world social engineering -- Self-made mankind : identity and role-playing with the digital generation -- Making love : romance and desire, digitized for your protection -- Building walls, defending territory : border disputes and culture clashing in war's shadow -- Burning down the house : democracy as a business model -- Avatar as entrepreneur : from content creator to revenue generator -- Investing in utopia : a rough explorer's guidefor corporations and organizations in the metaverse -- Law is code : crime and punishment in the Net's 3-D future -- Building a better world : research, education, and activism in an online world -- Convergence : an internet-to-online world road map for the next decade.
Subjects: Second Life (Game); Shared virtual environments.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blockchain / by Laurence, Tiana,author.(CARDINAL)799898;
Getting started with blockchain. Introducing blockchain ; Picking a blockchain ; Getting your hands on blockchain -- Developing your knowledge. Beholding the bitcoin blockchain ; Encountering the Ethereum blockchain ; Uncovering the Cardano blockchain ; Finding the Polkadot blockchain ; Examining the Solana blockchain -- Powerful blockchain platforms. Getting your hands on Hyperledger ; Applying Microsoft Azure ; Getting busy with IBM -- Industry impacts. Financial technology ; Real estate ; Insurance ; Government ; Other industries -- The part of tens. Ten (or so) free blockchain resources ; Ten rules to never break on the blockchain ; Ten top metaverse projects.A guide to blockchain technologies explains blockchain basics, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies, with real-world examples showing how blockchains function and where they add value.
Subjects: Informational works.; Self-instructional works.; Blockchains (Databases); Digital currency.; Bitcoin.; Data encryption (Computer science); Electronic commerce.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Seen yet unseen [sound recording] : a black woman crashes the tech fraternity / by Williams, Bärí A.,author,narrator.(CARDINAL)890840;
Read by the author.Bärí A. Williams dissects how tech's exclusion of Black women is at a tipping point and that only by listening to Black women can we prevent further weaponization of these technologies against minorities. In raw and personal stories, Williams recounts balancing on glass cliffs while battling the burnout that so often forces Black women out of these companies, and how the industry's lack, and loss, of Black women not only harms the businesses themselves but has troubling ramifications for their products, particularly as the promises of AI and the Metaverse loom large.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Williams, Bärí A.; African American women lawyers; Businesswomen; High technology industries.; Racism in the workplace.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Technical writing / by Lindsell-Roberts, Sheryl,author.(CARDINAL)526685;
"Technical Writing For Dummies is a master class on how to build a career writing user manuals, e-learning, streaming, simulations, and more. It even zooms into the metaverse. Whether you're new to the field, a seasoned professional, or a technical person who needs to write, this guide arms you with the skills you need to cash in on this flourishing world of technical writing. This isn't your average how-to. It's a compendium of innovative industry knowledge that will help you set yourself apart with the latest trends and best practices in technical writing"--
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Technical writing.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Money for mayhem : mercenaries, private military companies, drones, and the future of war / by Arduino, Alessandro,author.(CARDINAL)879750;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Private armies -- From Russia with love : mercenaries fit the bill -- Russian grey is the new black -- Mercenaries' Russian roulette -- Private security with Chinese characteristics : no more local guards, not yet wolf warriors -- Defending the Belt and Road Initiative from Africa to the Middle East -- How China sees its own private security sector -- The evolution of a new Chinese security actor -- Turkey's new Janissaries? -- Drone mercenaries : a new security paradigms from China, Russia, and Turkey --Drone warfare : lesson learned? -- Drone casus belli -- Cyber mercenaries : from boots on the ground to the metaverse -- Two opposites : non-combatants contractors and jihadist mercenaries -- Mercenaries, PMSC and the future of warfare."War is no longer waged only by national militaries. We are seeing a shift to a new anarchy where might makes right, but with new tools: private intelligence outfits, rent-an-army soldiers, and cyber mercenaries for hire. These groups profit from chaos and uncertainty, while accountability, transparency, and peace seem harder than ever to achieve"--
Subjects: Mercenary troops.; Military art and science; Private military companies.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Twitch / by Morris, Tee,1968-author.; Montgomery, Emme,writer of foreword.;
Getting your game on -- Creating your broadcasting studio -- Leveling up with Twitch -- Beyond the console -- The part of tens."Twitch For Dummies will get you up to date with Twitch, the breakthrough streaming platform where you can set up a channel, increase your viewership, and find your people. Step-by-step guides and helpful, real-life examples get you ready to go live and, who knows, maybe even earn a little money while having fun online. Check out this new edition for all the details on the new Creator Dashboard interface, streaming in the metaverse, and details you need to know to get the world watching. This handy reference even covers the latest Twitch integrations for streaming from your mobile devices. Community-based entertainment has never been hotter, and Dummies shows you how to get on board." --
Subjects: Twitch (Electronic resource); Webcasting.; Streaming video.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Web3 : charting the Internet's next economic and cultural frontier / by Tapscott, Alex,author.(CARDINAL)803000;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An essential introduction and guide to navigating the next Internet revolution--everything from the metaverse and NFTs to DAOs, decentralized finance, and self-sovereign identity--from the co-author of the international bestseller Blockchain Revolution. The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new age. We've moved from the "Read-only Web," which had little functionality for interacting with content, to the "Read-Write Web," which offered seemingly endless collaborative opportunities, from sharing with our favorite people to shopping at our favorite brands. But the profusion of cyberattacks, data hacks, and online profiling have left many of us to view digital life as a Faustian bargain in need of a major rethink. That rethink is Web3, the "Read-Write-Own Web"--a decentralized Internet where individuals own their own identities and can securely trade assets like money, securities, intellectual property, and art peer to peer. Made possible by blockchains, the foundational technology of bitcoin, Web3 promises the biggest shake up of business since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping in the Middle Ages. It is the Internet's new frontier. In Web3, award-winning author and technology investor Alex Tapscott provides a cutting-edge guide to the Internet's next era. Covering everything from the metaverse and non-fungible tokens to DAOs, decentralized finance, and self-sovereign identity, this indispensable, forward-thinking book describes the building blocks and often hidden technologies that will be foundational to our cultural and economic progress"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Internet; World Wide Web; World Wide Web; Business; Blockchains (Databases); Cryptocurrencies.; Web applications.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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At any cost / by Siger, Jeffrey,author.(CARDINAL)559943;
"Chief Inspector Kaldis is initially dismayed to be asked to investigate a series of suspicious forest fires that took place last summer. In Greece, forest fires are an inevitability, and he fears he and his team are being set up to take the political blame for this year's blazes. He quickly becomes suspicious, though, that the forests were torched for profit - and for a project on a far grander scale than the usual low-level business corruption. There are whispers on the wind that shadowy foreign powers intend to establish a surreptitious mega-internet presence on the island of Syros, with the intent to weaponize the digital world to their own dark ends. Can Kaldis and his team stop the hostile foreign takeover of the idyllic island - or will the rise of the metaverse set not just Greece, but the whole world, on fire?" --
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Kaldis, Andreas (Fictitious character); Detectives; Forest fires;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Well at work : creating wellbeing in any workspace / by Sternberg, Esther M.,author.(CARDINAL)535266; Weil, Andrew,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)339787;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.Foreword / by Andrew Weil, MD -- Part I Searching for wellbeing in the workplace. Inspirations for a movement -- Defining wellbeing : from healing to whole-body health -- The wellbeing workplace : discovering a prescription for healthy workspaces -- Part II The seven domains of integrative health in the work environment. Stress and resilience : finding calm in chaos -- Movement : creating room to roam -- Sleep : how your day impacts your night -- Relationships : how and with whom your interact -- Environment : what you see and breathe -- Nutrition : what you eat -- Spirituality : slowing down and finding meaning -- Part III Looking ahead. Post-COVID workplace -- Future of work -- Conclusion: Putting it all together."Whether you work in a traditional office or a corner of your bedroom, staying well at work need not be a luxury. But wellness at work isn't just about staying physically healthy; it's also about reducing stress and improving mood, focus, energy, and productivity. Well at Work reveals how to optimize our workspaces for wellbeing across the seven domains of integrative health: stress and resilience, movement, sleep, relationships, environment, nutrition, and spirituality, and even the air we breathe. Along the way, you'll meet the scientists and doctors, designers and architects, and building science professionals who are striving to make workplaces more conducive to wellbeing. And you'll glimpse into the future of the workplace, where artificial intelligence and the metaverse will help us create environments that respond to our individual needs."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Work environment.; Well-being.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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