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veen · 3131 days ago · link · · parent · post: Consumers Prepare For An Internet Of Very Pointless Things
Do you happen to know a good(ish) book on the Internet of Things / telematics that doesn't suck? I've read the Age of Context and on my list is The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jeremy Rifkin, but he seems like an asshat. I've got an assignment on harbor logistics and I'm gonna write the part that talks about IoT (and why it's a nonsensical buzzword), but I'm looking for a book or two to back me up.
I don't. I don't think you'll find one - again, I maintain that "the Internet of Things" is just a buzzword rebranding of telematics to put it in terms that people who are afraid of Latin roots can understand. Age of Context was bullshit. I put that crap down the minute Scoble describe Google Glass as a "world-changing technology."