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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear SIGCIS,</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I’m writing to share news of my new book –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>THE PHILOSOPHER OF PALO ALTO: Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC, and the Original Internet of Things</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>–
which is out tomorrow! The book chronicles the rise of ubiquitous computing at Xerox PARC in the 80s and 90s, as well as related developments in wearable computing and AI at the MIT Media Lab.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For a longer description + some upcoming author events in Palo Alto, see the University of Chicago Press website:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo194495767.html" title="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo194495767.html"><span style="color:#00257D">https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo194495767.html</span></a></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">On June 13 at 4 PM EST, the press is hosting a virtual event, where I’ll be discussing the book with Patrick McCray (UC Santa Barbara) – here’s the registration link if you’d like to join:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/by-the-book-john-tinnell-in-conversation-with-patrick-mccray-tickets-636678762317" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/by-the-book-john-tinnell-in-conversation-with-patrick-mccray-tickets-636678762317"><span style="color:#00257D">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/by-the-book-john-tinnell-in-conversation-with-patrick-mccray-tickets-636678762317</span></a></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Best,</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">John</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">John Tinnell, PhD</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Director of Digital Studies</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Associate Professor of English</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">University of Colorado Denver</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="http://johntinnell.com/about/" title="http://johntinnell.com/about/"><span style="color:#00257D">johntinnell.com</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#00257D;text-decoration:none"> </span></span></a> </span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="color:black">Early Blurbs for</span></u><span style="color:black"> <i><u>The Philosopher of Palo Alto</u></i></span></b><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">"This riveting, up-close account reveals how one man’s dream of benevolent computing helped set us on the road to the hyper-connected, surveillance-driven nightmare we inhabit today. A deeply unsettling and cautionary tale."</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">— <b>Fred Turner</b>, author of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>From Counterculture to Cyberculture<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Democratic Surround</i></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">"In the life of Mark Weiser, John Tinnell has found a morality tale for our times. For anyone looking to understand how technology is shaping society today, <i>The Philosopher of Palo Alto</i> is a compelling and necessary read."<br>
— <b>Nicholas Carr</b>, author of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Shallows</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Glass Cage</i></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">"Along with Doug Engelbart’s intelligence augmentation and Alan Kay’s Dynabook, Mark Weiser’s ubiquitous computing is one of the three big concepts that Silicon Valley has fed off of for decades. Tinnell has done a wonderful job of
capturing the arc of Weiser’s ideas."<br>
— <b>John Markoff</b>, author of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Whole Earth</i></span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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