The Social Life of Information

Biography: John Seely Brown is the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the Director of its famous Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Over the years, his research has focused on human learning and the management of radical innovation. His additional research interests include digital culture, ubiquitous computing, and organizational learning.

Brown is a cofounder of the Institute for Research on Learning, a member of the National Academy of Education, an a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. He also serves on numerous advisory boards and boards of directors. His many awards include the 1998 Industrial Research Institute Medal for outstanding accomplishments in technological innovation, the 1999 Holland Award in recognition of the best paper published in Research Technology Management, and a bronze medal at the Charleston International Film Festival for the film Art - Lunch - Internet - Dinner, of which he was an executive producer. His publications include the book Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation and nearly one hundred papers in a range of scientific journals.

Paul Duguid is a historian and social theorist affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. He was formally a member of the Institute for Research on Learning in Palo Alto. His interests in multidisciplinary, collaborative research has led him to work with social theorists, and social psychologists.

His writing has appeared in a broad array of scholarly fields and journals including anthropology, business history, cognitive science, computer science, design, education, economic history, human-computer interaction, management, organization theory, and wine history. Duguid has also written essays and reviews for a variety of less specialized publications, including the Times Literary Supplement, the Nation, and the Threepenny Review. While continuing to address the issues reflected in this book, he is currently also investigating the historical development of the institutions that shaped international trade in the eighteenth century.

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Books at MeansBusiness by: John Seely Brown
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