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wendyblacke's review
5.0
Liz at Biblioasis was kind enough to send me an advance reader's copy of this, which is #6 in their Field Notes series.
As an early millennial born in '85, and remembering what life was like before the Internet took over, this collection of essays on the lost joy of browsing was very nostalgic. While reading I found myself reminiscing about the algorithm-free browsing of my local Acme Video, waiting in line at HMV for the latest KoRn CD, or spending hours wandering in and out of shops at the mall.
This collection of essays was so fun to read, and a little sad at times knowing that some of the things we did in the 90s are lost forever. I find myself longing for the analog past.
"How often serendipity saw to our needs back when we wandered the world without a data plan." - Jason Guriel
As an early millennial born in '85, and remembering what life was like before the Internet took over, this collection of essays on the lost joy of browsing was very nostalgic. While reading I found myself reminiscing about the algorithm-free browsing of my local Acme Video, waiting in line at HMV for the latest KoRn CD, or spending hours wandering in and out of shops at the mall.
This collection of essays was so fun to read, and a little sad at times knowing that some of the things we did in the 90s are lost forever. I find myself longing for the analog past.
"How often serendipity saw to our needs back when we wandered the world without a data plan." - Jason Guriel
mkmcelroy's review
2.5
While the book presented some interesting ideas on the value of browsing that is lost with the expanding use of the internet, the author’s monologue was needlessly pretentious. It made reading the book an unpleasant experience. The approach framed his thoughts in a way that placed his curmudgeonly opinions first, undermining his arguments.
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