Visionaries, Rebels and Machines

The story of humanity’s extraordinary journey from electrification to cloudification

AvJamie Dobson

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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The electrifying story behind technology’s greatest breakthroughs.From the first sparks of electrification to the dawn of artificial intelligence, Visionaries, Rebels and Machines is a rip-roaring adventure through the history of technology.It reveals how curiosity, ingenuity, bold breakthroughs and pure chance have driven progress, leading to the artificial intelligence, automation and cloud computing that’s reshaping our world today. It’s not just about how we got here, but also where we’re heading. Understanding this evolution helps us make informed decisions, seize opportunities and stay ahead in a rapidly shifting landscape.Discover the domino effect of innovation – those unexpected connections and coincidences that have triggered ideas, innovation, experimentation and technological revolution. And, along the way, meet an eccentric cast of fascinating characters that include a video-rental entrepreneur, a bookseller-turned-tech titan, scientists electrifying frogs and a teenage cybercriminal.With wit, insight and a touch of irreverence, industry expert Jamie Dobson tells a gripping tale of risk-takers and revolutionaries, taking you on a whirlwind ride through tech’s surprising history that’s bigger, bolder and more astonishing than you ever imagined.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-19
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Right Book Press
ISBN:9781915483157

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Jamie Dobson is the co-founder of Container Solutions. A first encounter with a BBC computer and BASIC at the age of nine launched his lifelong passion for programming and software development. In 2000, Jamie graduated from the University of Hull with a degree in Computer Science and in 2003 obtained a master's degree from the University of Edinburgh were he learnt to program the supercomputers that foreshadowed the world to come. Widely recognised as a leader specialising in building high performance teams and companies, Jamie nowadays helps executive teams to succeed with the cloud. When not faffing about with computers and the people who program them, Jamie lives in Greenwich, London, where he works in peace in his writer's studio.

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'An entertaining romp through the history of technology.'-Adrian Cockcroft - Former Cloud Architect at Netflix and AWS

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Part 1: From the Enlightenment to enlightenment1. A digital and binary system of communication 2. The right call 3. The invention factory Part 2: Electrons and nuclear bombs4. The peculiar birth of a peculiar company 5. The computer 6. The wasp and the fig tree Part 3: Those who knew the score7. The Alto and the internet 8. The rise of utility computing 9. The dramatic fall of utility computing Part 4: Cloudification10. The magical computer store 11. Saturday night at the movies 12. A womb with a view 13. The computer as a community 14. Talent density 15. The computer and the company16. The secret life of teams Part 5: The enchanted loom17. The end of the world (of work) as we know it 18. Only the paranoid will survive the coming wave 19. Unintended consequences