50 Digital Ideas You Really Need To Know
Tom Chatfield
(Quercus, Rs. 399)
What is the principle behind e-commerce? What constitutes netiquette? Where does spam come from? What's the difference between an MUD and an API? Do you know OCR from PPC?
Do questions such as these befuddle you? Well, that's what freelance author, consultant, game writer and theorist Tom Chatfield does here — provide a clear path through the confusion and misinformation that exists in the world of digital technology.
In a series of accessible and engagingly written essays, Tom introduces and explains some of the key aspects of the digital world and how they work.
Tom, who has done design, writing and consultancy work for games and media companies, including Google, Mind Candy, VCCP, Preloaded and Red Glasses, discusses concepts that range from malware to mash-ups, from spam to semantic web and more in this interesting book.
Twitter for Good: Change the World One Tweet At A Time
Claire Diaz-Ortiz
(Wiley, Rs. 299)
As recent events in Japan, the Middle East and Haiti have shown, Twitter offers a unique platform to connect individuals, and influence change in ways that were unthinkable only a short while ago. In this book, Claire, Twitter's head of corporate social innovation and philanthropy, shares the same strategies that she offers to organisations launching cause-based campaigns.
In an interview, Claire says, “Twitter's use in the world is expanding at startling rates. Every day, I work with individuals who send Tweets from the unlikeliest of places: earthquake survivors sending Tweets from mobile phones in Haiti and Japan, volunteers tweeting information following volcanic eruptions in Indonesia, citizens tweeting in the midst of civil unrest in the Middle East, etc. Users have come up with incredible ways to use the platform…”
Filled with examples from initiatives around the world, this book offers guidelines for harnessing individual activism via Twitter, as a force for social change.
Today, with more than 200 million users worldwide, Twitter has established itself as a dynamic force, one that every business and non-profit organisation must understand how to use effectively.
How to Unblock Everything On The Internet
Ankit Fadia
(Vikas, Rs. 150)
A Stanford University graduate who rose to fame for his hacking skills and cracking cyber terrorism, Ankit Fadia comes out with another book which tells you how to get out of the various restrictions on web browsing and other means of recreation related to it that an organisation enforces.
In today's digital age, the Internet is a gateway to the mind of the world; it contains information on various fields. However, protocol and security concerns make people restrict the flow of information. Fadia tries to address this issue.
This book is written for people of all ages, from children to adults. Written in a simple, lucid style, the book will help you understand the secret of coding with the right amount of emphasis on the technical aspects.
