Meryl's Notes Blog

Tools for Thought is a book about the history and future of technology. You can read the entire thing online or purchase a print copy to read when you’ve been pulled away from the computer or your eyes need a break from the screen. The original was published in 1985 and the current edition came out in 2000. Old by technology standards, but current technology makes up a small part of the book. The following summary gives a good idea of what the book covers:

Starting with engaging portraits of such important thinkers as Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, and Jon von Neumann, Rheingold swiftly and seamlessly moves into more current affairs, checking out the men and women behind Xerox PARC, ARPANET, Apple, Microsoft, and other cornerstones of today’s environment.

Can read it online and see if you like it before you buy it… the purple text makes it hard to read it though. I haven’t had a chance to read it to provide an opinion. Let me know what you think.