Ethnography of an Interface

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Technologists frequently promote self-tracking devices as objective tools. This book argues that such glib and often worrying assertions must be placed in the context of precarious industry dynamics. By ethnographically exploring how tech executives navigate this business environment, the book reveals the practical ambiguity of digital knowledge.

Contenu

Preface; Introduction; 1. QS and the culture of personal data; 2. Seeing double in digital entrepreneurialism; 3. Acting like members, thinking like vendors; 4. Hustling with a passion; 5. The new normal; 6. The promises and failures of digital connections; Conclusion: community at a crossroads; Bibliography; Index.