About the Author

Clay Shirky teaches at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, where he researches the interrelated effects of our social and technological networks. He has consulted with a variety of Fortune 500 companies working on network design, including Nokia, Lego, the BBC, Newscorp, Microsoft, as well as the Library of Congress, the U.S. Navy, and the Libyan government. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Times of London, Harvard Business Review, Business 2.0, and Wired, and he is a regular keynote speaker at tech conferences. Mr. Shirky lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews

Shirky (interactive telecommunications, NYU; Here Comes Everybody) opens his latest nonfiction work in bleak, dangerous, overcrowded 1720s London, then moves to the present digital age, showing how advancements in technology and connectivity have spurred a torrent of collaborative creativity-from carpools and campuswide study groups to Wikipedia and Linux-whose potential we've yet fully to exploit. Veteran voice artist Kevin Foley reads with authority, adding credence to Shirky's text. Not just for IT professionals, this title should appeal also to business and community leaders, who will glean much insight into the profound impact and potential of developments in the technological age. [The Penguin Pr. hc was described as a "thought-provoking, sunny, optimistic read," LJ 6/15/10.-Ed.]-M. Gail Preslar, Eastman Chemical Co. Business Lib., Kingsport, TN (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.