Hundreds of new technologies are changing the way we work, play... and even how we think. Are they just making it easier for us to do what we already do? Or are they having a more fundamental impact? These books explore how today’s technology is transforming society - including the thoughtful musings and tongue-in-cheek outlook of the geeks responsible.

Mind Performance Hacks
By Ron Hale-Evans
February 2006 
$24.99 USD

Mind Performance Hacks provides real-life tips and tools for overclocking your brain and becoming a better thinker. In the increasingly frenetic pace of today's information economy, managing your life requires… Read more.

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We the Media
By Dan Gillmor
January 2006 
$16.99 USD

In We the Media, nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor shows how anyone can produce the news, using personal blogs, internet chat groups, email, and a host of… Read more.

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Makers (Hard Cover)
By Bob Parks
December 2005 
$24.95 USD

Celebrating digital tinkering, hardware hacks and DIY of all stripes, O'Reilly introduces Makers, a beautiful hardbound book celebrating the creativity and resourcefulness of the DIY movement. Author Bob Parks profiles… Read more.

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Open Sources 2.0
By Chris DiBona, Mark Stone, Danese Cooper
October 2005 
$29.95 USD

Open Sources 2.0 is a collection of insightful and thought-provoking essays from today's technology leaders that continues painting the evolutionary picture that developed in the 1999 book Open Sources: Voices… Read more.

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Revolution in The Valley (Hard Cover)
By Andy Hertzfeld
December 2004 
$24.95 USD

Revolution in the Valley traces the development of the Macintosh computer from its inception as an underground skunkworks project in 1979 to its triumphant introduction in 1984 and beyond. In… Read more.

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Mind Hacks
By Tom Stafford, Matt Webb
November 2004 
$24.95 USD

This exploration into the moment-by-moment works of the brain uses cognitive neuroscience to present experiments, tricks, and tips related to vision, motor skills, attention, cognition, and subliminal perception. Each hack… Read more.

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Cult of Mac (Hard Cover)
By Leander Kahney
November 2004 
$39.95 USD

Written by Wired news journalist Leander Kahney, The Cult of Mac is an in-depth look at Mac users and their unique, creative, and often very funny culture. Like fans of… Read more.

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Spam Kings
By Brian McWilliams
October 2004 
$22.95 USD

The mounting onslaught of email pitches for porn, pills, and penis enlargement has some techno-pundits declaring that spam is on the verge of destroying the Internet. In Spam Kings, author… Read more.

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Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing
By Andrew M. St. Laurent
August 2004 
$24.95 USD

Licensing is a major part of what open source and free software are all about, but it's still one of the most complicated areas of law. Understanding Open Source and… Read more.

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Just a Geek (Hard Cover)
By Wil Wheaton
June 2004 
$24.95 USD

Wil Wheaton has never been one to take the conventional path to success. Despite early stardom through his childhood role in the motion picture "Stand By Me", and growing up… Read more.

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Hackers & Painters
By Paul Graham
May 2004 
$22.95 USD

Written in clear, narrative style, Hackers & Painters examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, internet startups and… Read more.

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Dancing Barefoot
By Wil Wheaton
February 2004 
$14.95 USD

Wil Wheaton--blogger, geek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher--gives us five true tales of life, love, and the absurdities of Hollywood in Dancing Barefoot. Far from the usual… Read more.

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Apple Confidential 2.0 , Second Edition
By Owen Linzmayer
January 2004 
$22.95 USD

Apple Confidential examines the tumultuous history of America's best-known Silicon Valley start-up--from its legendary founding almost 30 years ago, through a series of disastrous executive decisions, to its return to… Read more.

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The Best of The Joy of Tech
By Nitrozac and Snaggy
November 2003 
$14.95 USD

This book is a collection of the very best from The Joy of Tech online series, and features several new, never-before-seen comics, exclusive notes from the artists about their work,… Read more.

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Even Grues Get Full
By Illiad
August 2003 
$12.95 USD

Called "Dilbert for Geeks" by Wired magazine and considered to be one of the few consistently intelligent and socially aware cartoons on the 'Net, User Friendly remains one of the… Read more.

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Steal This Computer Book 3 , Third Edition
By Wallace Wang
May 2003 
$24.95 USD

This offbeat, non-technical book looks at what hackers do, how they do it, and how you can protect yourself. The third edition of this bestseller adopts the same informative, irreverent,… Read more.

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Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free (Hard Cover)
By Sam Williams
March 2002 
$22.95 USD

Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality… Read more.

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The Root of All Evil
By Illiad
August 2001 
$12.95 USD

It's back to Columbia Internet, "the friendliest, hardest-working, and most neurotic little Internet Service Provider in the world," for our third installment from the hit online comic, User Friendly. The… Read more.

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Beyond Contact (Hard Cover)
By Brian McConnell
March 2001 
$24.95 USD

In Beyond Contact: A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations, author Brian McConnell examines the science and technology behind the search for intelligent life in space, from the… Read more.

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Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive T
By Nelson Minar, Marc Hedlund, Clay Shirky, Tim O'Reilly, Dan Bricklin, David Anderson, Jeremie Miller, Adam Langley, Gene Kan, Alan Brown, Marc Waldman, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Aviel Rubin, Roger Dingledine, Michael Freedman, David Molnar, Rael Dornfest, Dan Brickley, Theodore Hong, Richard Lethin, Jon Udell, Nimisha Asthagiri, Walter Tuvell, Brandon Wiley
February 2001 
$29.95 USD

This book presents the goals that drive the developers of the best-known peer-to-peer systems, the problems they've faced, and the technical solutions they've found. The contributors are leading developers of… Read more.

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The Cathedral & the Bazaar
By Eric S. Raymond
February 2001 
$16.95 USD

The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. This revised and expanded… Read more.

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Database Nation
By Simson Garfinkel
December 2000 
$16.95 USD

As the 21st century begins, advances in technology endanger our privacy in ways never before imagined. This newly revised update of the popular hardcover edition, Database Nation: The Death of… Read more.

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User Friendly
By Illiad
September 1999 
$12.95 USD

One of the funniest, most off-beat, and original comic strips to come along in years, User Friendly tells the story of Columbia Internet, "the friendliest, hardest-working, and most neurotic little… Read more.

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Open Sources
January 1999 
$24.95 USD

In Open Sources, leaders of Open Source come together in print for the first time to discuss the new vision of the software industry they have created, through essays that… Read more.

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