Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. Selfie Consciousness
  6. 2. #WhyDoWeDoThis?
  7. 3. Transistor (Not Iotatron)
  8. 4. Emoji and Emoticons
  9. 5. Computers
  10. 6. Signs of Our Times: @ and ⌘
  11. 7. Marking Up
  12. 8. Myths and Monsters
  13. 9. Speak, Memory
  14. 10. Why Wiki?
  15. 11. Buffed-Up Gamers
  16. 12. Very, Very Big and Very, Very Small
  17. 13. The Names of Domains
  18. 14. Rise of the Robots
  19. 15. Cyber-Everything
  20. 16. Three-Letter Words
  21. 17. Everyone’s an Avatar
  22. 18. On Memes
  23. 19. Hacking Through the Net
  24. 20. Do You Grok It?
  25. 21. Sock Puppets and Astroturf
  26. 22. Bluetooth
  27. 23. The Cupertino Effect
  28. 24. The Scunthorpe Problem
  29. 25. The Coming of the Geeks
  30. 26. Beware of the Troll
  31. 27. Bitten by Bugs
  32. 28. Bits, Bytes and Other Delights
  33. 29. Twinks, Twinked, and Twinking
  34. 30. Talking Less About Trees
  35. 31. ZOMGs, LOLZ
  36. 32. Lifehacking
  37. 33. The Multitasking Illusion
  38. 34. The Streisand Effect
  39. 35. Acute Cyberchondria
  40. 36. Casting the Media Net
  41. 37. Bionic Beings and Better
  42. 38. Technological Singularities
  43. 39. Google and Very Big Numbers
  44. 40. Status Anxiety
  45. 41. The Zombie Computing Apocalypse
  46. 42. To Pwn and Be Pwned
  47. 43. Learning to Speak l33t
  48. 44. Getting Cyber-Sexy
  49. 45. Slacktivism and the Pajamahadeen
  50. 46. Gamification and the Art of Persuasion
  51. 47. Sousveillance
  52. 48. Phishing, Phreaking and Phriends
  53. 49. Spamming for Victory
  54. 50. Gurus and Evangelists
  55. 51. CamelCase
  56. 52. The Blogosphere and Twitterverse
  57. 53. Phat Loot and In-Game Grinding
  58. 54. Meta-
  59. 55. TL;DR
  60. 56. Apps
  61. 57. Fanboys and Girls
  62. 58. Welcome to the Guild
  63. 59. Facepalms and *Acting Out*
  64. 60. Finding Work as a Mechanical Turk
  65. 61. Geocaching
  66. 62. The Beasts of Baidu
  67. 63. Snowclones
  68. 64. Typosquatting
  69. 65. Egosurfing and Googlegangers
  70. 66. Infovores, Digerati and Hikikomori
  71. 67. Planking, Owling and Horsemanning
  72. 68. Unfriend, Unfavorite (and Friends)
  73. 69. Sneakernets and Meatspace
  74. 70. Going Viral
  75. 71. Dyson Spheres and Digital Dreams
  76. 72. Welcome to Teh Interwebs
  77. 73. On Good Authority
  78. 74. A World of Hardware
  79. 75. Darknets, Mysterious Onions, and Bitcoins
  80. 76. Nets, Webs and Capital Letters
  81. 77. Praying to Isidore and Tweeting the Pope
  82. 78. QWERTY and Dvorak
  83. 79. Apples Are the Only Fruit
  84. 80. Eponymous Branding
  85. 81. Mice, Mouses and Grafacons
  86. 82. Meh
  87. 83. Learn Olbanian!
  88. 84. Booting and Rebooting
  89. 85. Cookie Monsters
  90. 86. Going Digitally Native
  91. 87. Netiquette and Netizens
  92. 88. The Names of the Games
  93. 89. Flash Crowds, Mobs, and the Slashdot Effect
  94. 90. Godwin’s Law
  95. 91. From Beta to Alpha to Golden Master
  96. 92. Mothers and Daughters, Masters and Slaves
  97. 93. Bit Rot
  98. 94. Nonprinting Characters
  99. 95. Wise Web Wizards
  100. 96. Disk Drives
  101. 97. Easter Eggs
  102. 98. Why Digital?
  103. 99. Filing Away Our Data
  104. 100. Artificial Intelligence and Turing Tests
  105. . . . and Finally
  106. Acknowledgments
  107. Select Bibliography and Further Reading
  108. Notes and References
  109. Index