Boys and their toys [[electronic resource] ] : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr
| Boys and their toys [[electronic resource] ] : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr |
| Autore | Adler Bill <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : AMACOM, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina | 155.3/32 |
| Soggetto topico |
Men - Psychology
Men - Effect of technological innovations on Men - Recreation - Psychological aspects Recreation - Equipment and supplies - Psychological aspects Household electronics - Psychological aspects Technology - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-12839-2
9786611128395 0-8144-2973-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452038103321 |
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| New York, : AMACOM, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Boys and their toys [[electronic resource] ] : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr
| Boys and their toys [[electronic resource] ] : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr |
| Autore | Adler Bill <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : AMACOM, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina | 155.3/32 |
| Soggetto topico |
Men - Psychology
Men - Effect of technological innovations on Men - Recreation - Psychological aspects Recreation - Equipment and supplies - Psychological aspects Household electronics - Psychological aspects Technology - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
1-281-12839-2
9786611128395 0-8144-2973-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777602803321 |
Adler Bill <1957->
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| New York, : AMACOM, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Boys and their toys : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr
| Boys and their toys : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr |
| Autore | Adler Bill <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : AMACOM, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina | 155.3/32 |
| Soggetto topico |
Men - Psychology
Men - Effect of technological innovations on Men - Recreation - Psychological aspects Recreation - Equipment and supplies - Psychological aspects Household electronics - Psychological aspects Technology - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
9786611128395
9781281128393 1281128392 9780814429730 0814429734 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911105334503321 |
Adler Bill <1957->
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| New York, : AMACOM, c2007 | ||
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Boys and their toys : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr
| Boys and their toys : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr |
| Autore | Adler Bill <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : AMACOM, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina | 155.3/32 |
| Soggetto topico |
Men - Psychology
Men - Effect of technological innovations on Men - Recreation - Psychological aspects Recreation - Equipment and supplies - Psychological aspects Household electronics - Psychological aspects Technology - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN |
9786611128395
9781281128393 1281128392 9780814429730 0814429734 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911141239203321 |
| Adler Bill <1957-> | ||
| New York, : AMACOM, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Buddha in the Machine : Art, Technology, and the Meeting of East and West / / R. John Williams
| The Buddha in the Machine : Art, Technology, and the Meeting of East and West / / R. John Williams |
| Autore | Williams R. John |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Disciplina | 306.0 |
| Collana | Yale Studies in English |
| Soggetto topico |
East and West
Arts and society Aesthetics, Oriental Technology - Psychological aspects Technology - Social aspects - Western countries |
| ISBN | 0-300-20657-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Asia- as-Technê -- 2. The Teahouse of the American Book Boston Bindings and Asia- as-Technê, 1890- 1920 -- 3. Mastering the Machine Technology and the Racial Logic of Jack London's Asia -- 4. Machine/Art Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, and the Chinese Written Character -- 5. The Technê Whim Lin Yutang and the Invention of the Chinese Typewriter -- 6. The Chinese Parrot Technê- Pop Culture and the Oriental Detective Genre -- 7. Technê- Zen and the Spiritual Quality of Global Capitalism -- 8. The Meeting of East and West -- A. Appendix Japanese Edition Books Published in the 1890s -- B. Appendix Chronology of Futurism/Vorticism in London, 1913- 1915 -- C. Appendix Ezra Pound 1910- 1912 vs. Ezra Pound 1914- 1915 -- D. Appendix Total Quality Management and Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- E. Appendix Zen and Management/Corporation Studies -- F. Appendix "Zen and the Art of" in Contemporary Discourse -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911126456803321 |
| Williams R. John | ||
| New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Buddha in the Machine : Art, Technology, and the Meeting of East and West / / R. John Williams
| The Buddha in the Machine : Art, Technology, and the Meeting of East and West / / R. John Williams |
| Autore | Williams R. John |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Disciplina | 306.0 |
| Collana | Yale Studies in English |
| Soggetto topico |
East and West
Arts and society Aesthetics, Oriental Technology - Psychological aspects Technology - Social aspects - Western countries |
| ISBN | 0-300-20657-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Asia- as-Technê -- 2. The Teahouse of the American Book Boston Bindings and Asia- as-Technê, 1890- 1920 -- 3. Mastering the Machine Technology and the Racial Logic of Jack London's Asia -- 4. Machine/Art Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, and the Chinese Written Character -- 5. The Technê Whim Lin Yutang and the Invention of the Chinese Typewriter -- 6. The Chinese Parrot Technê- Pop Culture and the Oriental Detective Genre -- 7. Technê- Zen and the Spiritual Quality of Global Capitalism -- 8. The Meeting of East and West -- A. Appendix Japanese Edition Books Published in the 1890s -- B. Appendix Chronology of Futurism/Vorticism in London, 1913- 1915 -- C. Appendix Ezra Pound 1910- 1912 vs. Ezra Pound 1914- 1915 -- D. Appendix Total Quality Management and Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- E. Appendix Zen and Management/Corporation Studies -- F. Appendix "Zen and the Art of" in Contemporary Discourse -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911134460603321 |
| Williams R. John | ||
| New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha
| The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha |
| Autore | Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302.231
791.43/0233/092 791.430233092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Digital cinematography
Motion pictures - Philosophy Technology - Psychological aspects Technology - Social aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-03607-7
1-283-83875-3 1-136-08986-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE DIGITAL FILM EVENT; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS, FILMOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION; PART I TECHNOLOGY'S RITUALS; STILL SPEED; TIMESURFING; THE CYBORG'S HAND: CARE OR CONTROL?; WHEN THE EYE FRAMES RED; TIME PATHS; PART II THE FOURTH DIMENSION; FILMSCRIPT; PART III JAPAN: Alterity and the Image Effect; "WHY THE FORM COUNTS": OF HOST AND GUEST; INAPPROPRIATE/D ARTIFICIALITY; TRAVELING (IN) TIME; THE DOOR OF RHYTHM; IS FEMINISM DEAD?; PART IV INSTALLATIONS; NOTHING BUT WAYS: Installation; THE PAGE SCREEN CANVAS
SECESSION EXHIBITION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MARCH 8-APRIL 22, 2001BETWEEN TWO; THE DESERT IS WATCHING |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463065903321 |
Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952->
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha
| The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha |
| Autore | Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302.231
791.43/0233/092 791.430233092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Digital cinematography
Motion pictures - Philosophy Technology - Psychological aspects Technology - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-136-08994-2
0-203-03607-7 1-283-83875-3 1-136-08986-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE DIGITAL FILM EVENT; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS, FILMOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION; PART I TECHNOLOGY'S RITUALS; STILL SPEED; TIMESURFING; THE CYBORG'S HAND: CARE OR CONTROL?; WHEN THE EYE FRAMES RED; TIME PATHS; PART II THE FOURTH DIMENSION; FILMSCRIPT; PART III JAPAN: Alterity and the Image Effect; "WHY THE FORM COUNTS": OF HOST AND GUEST; INAPPROPRIATE/D ARTIFICIALITY; TRAVELING (IN) TIME; THE DOOR OF RHYTHM; IS FEMINISM DEAD?; PART IV INSTALLATIONS; NOTHING BUT WAYS: Installation; THE PAGE SCREEN CANVAS
SECESSION EXHIBITION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MARCH 8-APRIL 22, 2001BETWEEN TWO; THE DESERT IS WATCHING |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786462403321 |
Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha
| The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha |
| Autore | Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302.231
791.43/0233/092 791.430233092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Digital cinematography
Motion pictures - Philosophy Technology - Psychological aspects Technology - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-136-08994-2
0-203-03607-7 1-283-83875-3 1-136-08986-1 9780203036075 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE DIGITAL FILM EVENT; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS, FILMOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION; PART I TECHNOLOGY'S RITUALS; STILL SPEED; TIMESURFING; THE CYBORG'S HAND: CARE OR CONTROL?; WHEN THE EYE FRAMES RED; TIME PATHS; PART II THE FOURTH DIMENSION; FILMSCRIPT; PART III JAPAN: Alterity and the Image Effect; "WHY THE FORM COUNTS": OF HOST AND GUEST; INAPPROPRIATE/D ARTIFICIALITY; TRAVELING (IN) TIME; THE DOOR OF RHYTHM; IS FEMINISM DEAD?; PART IV INSTALLATIONS; NOTHING BUT WAYS: Installation; THE PAGE SCREEN CANVAS
SECESSION EXHIBITION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MARCH 8-APRIL 22, 2001BETWEEN TWO; THE DESERT IS WATCHING |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911102028603321 |
Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952->
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| New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha
| The digital film event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha |
| Autore | Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina |
302.231
791.43/0233/092 791.430233092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Digital cinematography
Motion pictures - Philosophy Technology - Psychological aspects Technology - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-136-08994-2
0-203-03607-7 1-283-83875-3 1-136-08986-1 9780203036075 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE DIGITAL FILM EVENT; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS, FILMOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION; PART I TECHNOLOGY'S RITUALS; STILL SPEED; TIMESURFING; THE CYBORG'S HAND: CARE OR CONTROL?; WHEN THE EYE FRAMES RED; TIME PATHS; PART II THE FOURTH DIMENSION; FILMSCRIPT; PART III JAPAN: Alterity and the Image Effect; "WHY THE FORM COUNTS": OF HOST AND GUEST; INAPPROPRIATE/D ARTIFICIALITY; TRAVELING (IN) TIME; THE DOOR OF RHYTHM; IS FEMINISM DEAD?; PART IV INSTALLATIONS; NOTHING BUT WAYS: Installation; THE PAGE SCREEN CANVAS
SECESSION EXHIBITION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MARCH 8-APRIL 22, 2001BETWEEN TWO; THE DESERT IS WATCHING |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911143503503321 |
Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952->
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| New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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