Dixon, Chris
Summary: "The Internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of creativity and innovation. In the past decade, the Internet has fallen under the control of a tiny group of massive companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon argues that the dream of an open network for fostering creativity and entrepreneurship...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 DIXWong, Phyllis Michael
Summary: "Phyllis Michael Wong tells the stories of the "Gossard Girls," women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in Ispheming and Gwinn in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. Particularly as the Upper Peninsula's mines were exhausted and its stands of timber depleted, the Gossard Girls' income sustained both their families and the local economy"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2022
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI UP WongBergen, Mark
Summary: "The definitive, deeply reported account of YouTube, the company that upended media, culture, industry, and democracy-by a leading tech journalist Across the world, people watch over a billion hours of video on YouTube every day. The sheer amount of video produced there is beyond comprehension. Every minute, over five hundred hours of footage are uploaded to the site, the equivalent of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 BERSchiffer, Zoë
Summary: "When Elon Musk took over Twitter, two versions of reality emerged. In one, he was a free-speech crusader, a fearless visionary who could grab back power from Twitter's entitled workforce, motivate them to get "extremely hardcore," and multiply Twitter's profit and potential by orders of magnitude. In the other reality, there was the truth. Pulled from hundreds of hours of inside interviews...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Wagner, Kurt
Summary: "In battle for the Bird, Bloomberg journalist Kurt Wagner takes the reader inside Twitter's everchanging headquarters, charting its rise from flippant 140-character posts to one of the world's most consequential tech companies. From Jack Dorsey's triumphant return as CEO in 2015 to the rise and fall of @realDonaldTrump to the contentious $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, Battle for the Bird...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC 2024
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Chertoff, Michael
Summary: "Chertoff [posits] that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be ... overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data--more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop--should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343 CHESummary: Clock in to The Office for even more inappropriate remarks, uncomfortable silences, and petty behavior. Join Michael Scott, the clueless boss of the Scranton Branch of Dunder Mifflin who 'manages' to create unending comical drama despite his best intentions. Trusty and loyal assistant-to-the-regional manager Dwight Schrute continues to uphold the office honor and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Of 5Rojas, Meridith
Summary: "With just an idea and wi-fi, Meridith Valiando Rojas started her wildly successful company, DigiTour. Now she is sharing her stories, tip and tricks, and more in Selfie Made: Your Ultimate Guide to Social Media Stardom. Whether you want to be a social star or online entrepreneur, Meridith has you covered! As one of the first companies in the social media ecosystem Meridith and her company...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 302.2 ROJSummary: A hilarious, biting look at everyday office life. The show revolves around David Brent, the oblivious general manager of a paper company who instigates petty office rivalries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV OFFSummary: Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the common good, and state-funded higher education.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHESmith, Ben
Summary: "The origin story of the Age of Disinformation: the candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and Buzzfeed and Nick Denton of Gawker Media, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale in the first two decades of the 21st century helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society. If attention is the new oil, Ben Smith's Traffic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.4 SMIRobison, Peter
Summary: "A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cutthroat management--that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation Boeing is a century-old titan of American industry. The largest exporter in the US, it played a central role in the early days of commercial flight, World War II bombing missions, and moon landings. It remains a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 ROBGreen, Sara
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Google Inc. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338 GRETarnoff, Ben
Summary: "Ben Tarnoff issues a rallying cry for a new, democratic internet. This means deprivatizing the network to create an internet where people, and not profit, rule"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Green, Sara
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about Larry Page. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PAGE GRESchmidt, Eric
Summary: "Jack Welch's Straight from the Gut was once the essential primer for managers, but today's leaders need a new playbook. In HOW GOOGLE WORKS, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg distill their decades of working in the high-tech industry into a practical and fun-to-read guide for those who want to succeed in an ever-changing business landscape. The book offers how-to advice on strategy,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crand Central Publishing 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 SCHWitt, Stephen.
Summary: How Music Got Free is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It’s about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 WITCase, Steve
Summary: Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs, shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology. We are entering, he explains, a new paradigm called the "Third Wave" of the Internet. The first wave saw AOL and other companies lay the foundation for consumers to connect to the Internet. The second wave saw...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 CASMcClelland, Audrey Couto.
Summary: "Mothers have been looking for the middle ground for more than half a century. Staying at home and raising the kids full-time isn't it. Working full-time and rushing home to tuck the kids in at 7 p.m. sharp ain't it either. Even part-time work outside the house can be a scramble for most women, as they try to "have it all" between 9 am and 5 pm. To work or not to work? That seems to be the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Paperbacks 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 MCCFarnworth, Cordelia
Summary: A struggling shoe factory owner and a drag queen form an unlikely partnership to create sturdy stiletto shoes for performers, helping to bring the shoe factory back from the brink of collapse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Music Video Distributors 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KINMitnick, Kevin D. (Kevin David)
Summary: "Like it or not, your every move is being watched and analyzed. Consumer's identities are being stolen, and a person's every step is being tracked and stored. What once might have been dismissed as paranoia is now a hard truth, and privacy is a luxury few can afford or understand. In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick illustrates what is happening without your knowledge--and he...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005 MITCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 005.8 MITSummary: Documents the exploits of a paper supply company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The employees are led by manager Michael Scott, a deluded boss who cares about the welfare of his employees while trying to put his own spin on company policy. From sexual politics to performance reviews to email espionage, the employees at Dunder-Mifflin are there to get the job done ... or not.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Of 2Summary: Michael Scott is an earnest but clueless boss who can't help but contribute his own irreverent commentary to the daily happenings at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company. As the staff deals with potential office closures, mergers, romances and advancement, Michael is always there to say all the wrong things at all the right times.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD OFFCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Tv Of 3Schultz Nicholson, Lorna
Summary: "The biography of Canadian Joey Moss, a man born with Down syndrome who worked with the NHL Edmonton Oilers hockey team, and was an inspiration for neurodiverse people and an advocate for inclusivity"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022