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Whole Earth Review, January 1985

Whole Earth Review, January 1985

“It is not our hand that we put into the computer, it is our attention.”

Published: January 1985
Collection: Whole Earth Review
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FEATURES
1. 1. Monkey Trap by Birrell Walsh: Thinking machines grab our attention and won't let go
    1
  2. Metal Lunch by Don P. Mitchell
    4
  3. Biting The Hand That Feeds by Stewart Brand: Ungrateful wretches criticize munificent benefactor.
    5
  4. The Ambivalent Miseries of Personal Computing by Art Kleiner: Haste, seduction, and trivialization await computer users.
    6
  5. Six Grave Doubts About Computers habits, identity, and thoughts by Jerry Mander: We are blinded into acceptance by a few paltry benefits.
    10
  6. Housebound by Joan Howe
    21
  7. Mythinformation by Langdon Winner: Computers promise the fountains of utopia, but only deliver a flood
    22
  8. The Back Office by Peter Calthorpe: Post-industrial factories and electronic sweatshops.
    30
  9. Public Image by Larry Hunter: Computers merge small clues into a remarkably complete image of your habits, identity, and thoughts.
    32
  10. The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
    40
DEPARTMENTS/REVIEW
1. COMMUNICATIONS
  1. The Rise of the Computer STATE
    38
  2. Forecasting the Telephone
    38
  3. The Second Self
    39
  4. Neuromancer
    39
  5. Good Movies: Winter by Sheila Benson
    73
2. WHOLE SYSTEMS
  1. Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
    56
  2. The Classics of Western Spirituality
    56
  3. Sunsets, twilights and evening skies
    57
  4. Beyond Vision
    57
  5. Field Guide to the Birds of North America
    58
  6. Zoobooks
    58
3. LAND USE
  1. The Freshwater Aquaculture Book
    59
  2. The Book of Edible Nuts
    59
4. COMMUNITY
  1. Menopause, Naturally
    60
  2. Can You Prevent Cancer?
    60
  3. The Human Body/The Facts of Life
    61
  4. Galloway’s Book on Running
    61
  5. The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
    62
  6. Simple Living Investments for Old Age
    62
  7. The Barter Network Handbook
    63
  8. Making Money Making Music
    63
  9. Clothes for Disabled People
    64
  10. Weird Chairs
    64
  11. Cheesemaking
    65
5. NOMADICS
  1. Getting Into America
    66
  2. Just in Case
    66
  3. The Complete Walker III
    67
  4. Bed & Breakfasts, Inns & Guesthouses
    67
  5. Right-of-Way
    67
  6. The Mountain Bike Book
    68
  7. Hon Folder
    68
  8. Skiing Right
    68
  9. Canoecraft
    69
  10. Blue Hole Sunburst
    69
  11. The Canoe
    69
6. SOFT TECHNOLOGY
  1. Heart Interface Inverter
    70
  2. Zomeworks
    70
  3. Tide Tank
    70
  4. Livos Organic Wood Finishes
    70
  5. The Consumer’s Guide to Earth
    70
  6. Sheltered Housing
    70
  7. Commonsense Architecture
    71
7. LEARNING
  1. The Synonym Finder
    72
  2. Semiotext(e)
    72
8. BACKSCATTER
  1. 98 Echoes from readers to Whole Earth Review
    98
9. BUSINESS
  1. Gossip ms WER Update
    101
  2. Masthead
    102
  3. “Or Whole Earth Access”
    102
  4. “Or Computer Literacy”
    102
  5. Unclassifieds
    102
  6. Thank you
    103
  7. Financial Report
    103
WHOLE EARTH SOFTWARE CATALOG VERSION I.I
1. 1. Introduction by Stewart Brand
    74
  2. Omni Complete Catalog of Computer Software
    75
2. MAGAZINES
  1. Recommended tools
    75
  2. Update
    75
3. HARDWARE
  1. Update
    76
  2. The Complete Model 100 edited by James Stockford
    76
  3. Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100
    76
  4. ThinkJet Printer
    76
  5. TEXT POWER 100
    76
  6. TYPE +
    77
  7. LUCID
    77
  8. TELESTOCK
    78
  9. TEL-LETR
    78
  10. CompuServe Model 100 Special Interest Group
    78
  11. RAM Bank
    78
  12. P-Drive
    78
  13. CCR-82 Cassette Player
    78
  14. Radio Shack Bar Code Reader
    78
  15. Portable 100 Magazine
    78
4. PLAYING
  1. Recommended tools
    79
  2. Update
    79
  3. SUNDOG
    80
  4. RUN FOR THE MONEY
    80
  5. POGO JOE
    81
5. WRITING
  1. Recommended tools
    81
  2. Update
    81
6. ANALYZING
  1. Recommended tools
    82
  2. Update
    82
7. ORGANIZING
  1. Recommended tools
    82
  2. Update
    83
  3. FILEVISION
    83
  4. MAXTHINK
    84
8. ACCOUNTING
  1. Recommended tools
    85
  2. Update
    85
  3. MANAGING YOUR MONEY
    85
9. MANAGING
  1. Recommended tools
    86
  2. Update
    86
  3. SYMPHONY
    87
  4. FRAMEWORK
    87
  5. Upward Mobility by Ken Milburn: Getting data from one program to another
    89
10. DRAWING
  1. Recommended tools
    90
  2. Update
    90
  3. PICTURE-IT VIDEO SHOW
    91
  4. THE DIGITAL PAINTBRUSH SYSTEM
    91
  5. QUICK-DRAFT
    92
11. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  1. Recommended tools
    92
  2. Update
    93
12. PROGRAMMING
  1. Recommended tools
    94
  2. DESK ACCESSORY MOVER
    94
  3. FDUMP
    94
13. LEARNING
  1. Recommended tools
    95
  2. Update
    95
  3. Kids on Keys
    95
  4. KIDWRITER
    96
  5. STORYMAKER
    96
  6. MILLIKEN WORD PROCESSOR
    96
  7. BANK STREET WRITER
    96
14. ETC.
  1. Recommended tools
    97
  2. Update
    97

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