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Amazon.com ReviewThis book of previously published essays by the author of and is an eclectic chronicle of the information revolution's first 10 years. "The last decade of the twentieth century came as a surprise," writes James Gleick. What Just Happened shows how surprising it was: in the book's first piece, from 1992, Gleick notes that "a relatively small number of personal computer users use Windows." (He's a good sport about it, too, poking fun at himself in an introduction for making such an obsolete observation.) A longish piece on Microsoft from 1995 seems to correct the problem when Gleick comments on "the ever-advancing boundary of Microsoft's Windows package." Then it goes on to get something really right: "Microsoft's own power poses a threat, too--the threat that comes with the self-fulfilling destiny of any monopolist." That's a prescient observation, considering the antitrust actions taken against the company since those words were written. The closing chapter of the book is fascinating and forward-looking; it's not about what just happened but what may happen. Gleick anticipates the appearance of wristwatches containing "biometric information about your loved ones,

Who reads What Just Happened : a Chronicle from the Information Frontier?

Author

James Gleick

Publisher

Pantheon; Pantheon Books; Vintage Books

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375713910

Category

science

Subjects

Engineering, Fiction, Technology

Rating

3.33 / 5 (147 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13