Floppy disk fever : the curious afterlives of a flexible medium

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"Floppy Disk Fever explores the curious afterlives of the floppy disk in the twenty-first century by interviewing those involved with the medium today. The book reflects on notions of obsolescence, media preservation and nostalgia, and challenges these by showing the endurance and versatility of this familiar piece of technology. From floppy filmmakers to floppy painters and beyond; what drives people to continue working with the medium that is t...

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Computer technicians Interviews

Digital preservation

Floppy disks

Nostalgia

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ISBN:

9789493148864

Description:

xvii, 139 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Floppy disks and a curable kind of melancholia / by Lori Emerson
In state of flux: beyond pillows and coasters / Niek Hilkmann
The last man in the business / Tom Persky
The gory details / Flroian Cramer
Looking forward by looking back / Clint Basinger
Everyone, everything shapes us / Nick Gentry
A memorable sort of limitation / Foone Turing
The main event / AJ Heller and Joerg Droege
An underground adventure / Adam Frankiewicz
Lost and found / Jason Curtis
Rebooting digital heritage / Bart van den Akker
Free range troublemaker / Jason Scott
Media glossary / Jason Curtis

Control Number:

3228840

Other Authors:

Walskaar, Thomas, author

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