Networks of New York: An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban

Networks of New York: An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure

A guided tour of the physical Internet, as seen on, above, and below the cityâ€™s streets
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What does the Internet look like?
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Itâ€™s the single most essentail aspect of modern life, and yet, for many of us, the Internet looks like an open browser, or the black mirrors of our phones and computers. But in Networks of New York, Ingrid Burrington lifts our eyes from our screens to the streets, showing us that the Internet is everywhere around us, all the timeâ€”we just have to know where to look.
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Using New York as her point of reference and more than fifty color illustrations as her map, Burrington takes us on a tour of the urbanÂ network: She decodes spray-painted sidewalk markings, reveals the history behind cryptic manhole covers, shuffles us past subway cameras and giant carrier hotels, and peppers our journey with background stories about the NYPD's surveillance apparatus, twentieth-century telecommunication monopolies, high frequency trading on Wall Street, and the downtown building that houses the offices of both Google and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.
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From a rising star in the field of tech jounalism, Networks of New York is a smart, funny, and beautifully designed guide to the endlessly fascinating networks of urban Internet infrastructure.

The Internet, Burrington shows us, is hiding in plain sight.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-30
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781612195438

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-08-30
UnitCount	1
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781612195438

Networks of New York: An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure

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