Here Comes Everybody
How Change Happens when People Come Together
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2009
Summary
The revolution will not be televised. It will be blogged, texted, videoed, downloaded, wikiied, file shared, twittered and emailed. Welcome to the new future of involvement. Forming groups is easier than it’s ever been—unpaid volunteers can build an encyclopaedia together in their spare time, mistreated customers can join forces to get their revenge on airlines and high street banks, and one man with a laptop can raise an army to help recover a stolen phone.
The results of this new wo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141030623 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141030623 |
| Author: | Clay Shirky |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘As crisply argued and as enlightening a book about the internet as has been written’ Daily Telegraph ‘As usable as the technology he writes about’ Independent ‘Clay Shirky’s masterpiece ! brilliant insights that make me think … that’s how it all works’ Cory Doctorow, co-editor of Boing Boing ‘Anyone interested in the vitality and influence of groups of human beings … needs to read this book’ - Steven Johnson, author of Emergence ‘Terrifically clever’ Guardian ‘Gordon Brown has been reading Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody, currently the book of the moment among webheads and new media obsessives.’ - Matthew D’Ancona, Telegraph
About The Author
Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky writes, teaches, and consults on the social and economic effects of the internet. A professor at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, he has consulted for Nokia, Procter and Gamble, News Corp., the BBC, the US Navy, and Lego. Over the years, his writings have appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, Wired, and IEEE Computer.
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