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The Cult of Mac (Paperback edition) ペーパーバック – イラスト付き, 2006/10/27
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No product on the planet enjoys the devotion of a Macintosh computer. Famously dedicated to their machines, many Mac fans eat, sleep and breathe Macintosh. In The Cult of Mac, Wired News managing editor Leander Kahney takes an in-depth look at Mac users and their unique, creative, and often very funny culture. From people who get Mac tattoos and haircuts, to those who furnish their apartments out of empty Mac boxes, the book details Mac fandom in all of its forms. This paperback edition includes an all-new chapter about the iPod, updates throughout, and new photos that reflect current Apple technology.
- 本の長さ288ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社No Starch Press
- 発売日2006/10/27
- 寸法20.47 x 1.93 x 25.4 cm
- ISBN-101593271220
- ISBN-13978-1593271220
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レビュー
—North Coast Mac Users Group, February 2008
"Easy to read with plenty of full colour images throughout, this would be a perfect gift for the Mac fan in your life or anyone interested in learning more about the culture surrounding the Mac. Essentially this book is an insightful and fantastic celebration."
—IT Wales, December 13, 2006
"If you love your Mac, you'll love this book."
—On Computers, December 11, 2006
Named Best Book of 2005
—MacGuide New Zealand, January/February 2006
"By the end of the book, I was completely won over — and proud to be a member of this obsessive, cultish clan."
—MacGuide New Zealand, January/February 2006
“Does an excellent job of documenting the breadth of the community.”
—TechWorld, August 3, 2005
“There is some awesome photography and layout. The aesthetic of the book actually reminds me of Mac--sleek and refined. It doesn't clutter the pages with unnecessary garble; instead, it reaches a lovely balance of beauty and function.”
—Jive Magazine, July 12, 2005
"In short, this book is the answer to those who ask you why you eat, sleep, live and breathe Macintosh, why you have so many Mac T-shirts, and why you haven't thrown out a piece of software since 1998."
—Metro Mac, May/June 2005
"This book is a rare item, and extremely well turned out... certainly worth a day or two of summer browsing or as a feature coffee table item for some."
—Edmonton Linux User Group, May 2005
"A well-written, enjoyable, informative, and entertaining account of Mac culture. It is a must-read for Mac lovers everywhere!"
—About.com, May 2005
"Beautifully done from a design and production standpoint... does a great job of chronicling why people merely USE Windows machines, but LOVE Macs."
—MacTech, April 2005
"Apple's award-winning designs have inspired a dedicated following of creative technophiles—and it seems Wired News reporter Kahney has met them all."
—SciTech Book News, March 2005
"Connected to their machines like toddlers to teddy bears, some worshippers at the altar of Apple would sooner... give a defunct 128K Macintosh a second wind as a novelty goldfish tank than accept the popularly held belief that a computer becomes obsolete the moment it's off the production line."
—Dwell Magazine, March 2005
"Leander Kahney's coffee-table book, based on his stories for Wired News, documents the over-the-top behavior of these folks, only some of whom seem to be driven by the same nerdy demons as Trekkies."
—Newsweek, Feb. 21, 2005
"A diverting, sometimes quirky and always entertaining study of why owning a Mac computer means contracting a passion for an inanimate object... a lovely book, full of great pictures and written with insight, knowledge and wit."
—The Age (Australia), Feb. 10, 2005
"It is a lovely book, full of great pictures and written with insight, knowledge and wit."
—The Age (Melbourne), Feb. 10, 2005
"The best—and most frightening—aspects of our devotion... it's all here."
—Macworld, "Hot Stuff," February 2005
"You'll have little problem spotting the well-done collection on the bookstore shelves: The cover features the back of a head with the Apple logo shaved into the hair."
—Lakeland (FL) Ledger, Jan. 30, 2005
"My enthusiasm compares nothing to Kahney who wrote this beautiful book The Cult of Mac."
—Hindustan Times, Jan. 26, 2005
"This is possibly the best book ever written on the subject... will delight you to the max with solid research amazing photo layouts and of course all the facts and stories you can read."
—Digital Dispatch, Jan. 24, 2005
"Reading The Cult of Mac has been like joining a support program for Apple addicts—everybody shares their story, together we plumb the depths of fanaticism and the extremity of our love for all things Mac."
—Crown Dozen, Jan. 20, 2005
"It's a delight to see this book, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and has a lot of fun."
—Books-On-Line, Jan. 19, 2005
"Openly celebrates the lives of Apple's evangelistic, obsessive, demanding, and, most of all, loyal fans, who would just as soon shave an Apple logo on their head as look at you."
—Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, Jan. 10, 2005
"Owning it will make you call out to officemates who love Macs, 'Hey, get a load of this!'"
—Columbus Dispatch, Jan. 10, 2005
著者について
Leander Kahney is the Managing Editor at Wired News, where he originated the wildly popular Cult of Mac blog. He treats his subjects with insight and humor and his experiences interacting with Mac fanatics and attending Mac events around the world are highly entertaining. Before joining Wired, Kahney was a senior writer at MacWeek, and he has written for numerous publications, including Wired Magazine, Scientific American, and the London Guardian. Kahney is also the author of The Cult of iPod (No Starch Press).
登録情報
- 出版社 : No Starch Press; 第1版 (2006/10/27)
- 発売日 : 2006/10/27
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 288ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1593271220
- ISBN-13 : 978-1593271220
- 寸法 : 20.47 x 1.93 x 25.4 cm
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You'll fly through reading it smiling as you go. If I had one or two slight criticisms its that at times the author seems to reiterate the same facts but really its not that big a problem and it could do with a few extra chapters on the end now I think given the amazing developments at Apple in the last few years. Perhaps their current success will never generate the fanaticism that the early days did given that some people are starting to see getting a mac as a mainstream purchase now.
After reading this though I fancy getting in line for a product launch ha ha!
Leander Kahney, già autore di Inside Steve's Brain (dedicato al punto di vista di Jobs) ci racconta questa volta l'esperienza delle persone che hanno usufruito e continuano a utilizzare i prodotti con il marchio Apple.
Le curiosità aiutano a tenere leggera la lettura.
Kahney does an excellent job detailing the quirky, unique, and even dark underside of the Macintosh computer users. His account is exhaustive, chronicling the tribute Mac users pay to the company and the platform. Kahney includes a look at the psycho-sexual attachment, the soft porn product tributes, box collectors, tattooist, Mac bongs, and other oddball and off beat ways Macintosh users honor their favorite computer platform. He describes the sub cult of Steve (Jobs) and Steve (Wozniak) and their influence on the company and Mac acolytes.
The book is fist and foremost a testament to the loyalty of the Macintosh community, it is a book of homage. It is well designed, to the point of being almost over designed. For those looking for a serious, academic look at the cult side of Macintosh users should look elsewhere. For those interested in a glossy overview of the quirks of Macintosh users will find this an interesting and quirky exploration of the world of the Mac cult.
Being a computer user is not always an enjoyable experience. The software is not intuitive, the hardware is not reliable and so on. In fact, it is quite possible to imagine a society that abandons computers in favor of handwritten book-keeping. After reading this book I got convinced that this would never happen.
Computers are surrounded with eternal love. They are taken care of throughout their life cycle. Their purchase or birth is marked with extensive parties often videotaped. Even their packaging is saved - furniture is built of it. As computers get older their guts are replaced with newer content. There are computers 30 years old and still working. Often, one family owns as much as a dozen Macs. If one of them is not used then it is converted into a Macquarium. People decorate their computers with pictures, place Apple graphics on their bodies and cars and advertise them in hundreds of different ways.
In general, people do not treat each other as carefully as they treat their Macs. A take-home point from this very optimistic book is that beautiful things are not created but rather developed. Everybody is welcome to the exciting world of computing technology!