Comments on: The Information by James Gleick http://www.theodigital.com/2011/08/the-information-by-james-gleick.html missional theology. digital media ecology. biscuits and gravy. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Adam http://www.theodigital.com/2011/08/the-information-by-james-gleick.html/comment-page-1#comment-980 Adam Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:35:08 +0000 http://www.theodigital.com/?p=899#comment-980 I'm "reading" it too. Which means that I am 1/2 to 2/3 done and haven't picked it up in a month. The African talking drums chapter convinced me to buy the book. It's good, but gets heady. I don't know my logarithms, so that's where I got lost. Gleick does a great job of making "the history of information" actually interesting by tracing it through the lives of various key characters. I’m “reading” it too. Which means that I am 1/2 to 2/3 done and haven’t picked it up in a month. The African talking drums chapter convinced me to buy the book. It’s good, but gets heady. I don’t know my logarithms, so that’s where I got lost.

Gleick does a great job of making “the history of information” actually interesting by tracing it through the lives of various key characters.

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