Comments on: From the Mixed-Up Bookshelves of Professor Timothy J. Burke https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2006/07/31/from-the-mixed-up-bookshelves-of-professor-timothy-j-burke/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: Timothy Burke https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2006/07/31/from-the-mixed-up-bookshelves-of-professor-timothy-j-burke/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:02:40 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=231#comment-1753 Yes: I think a revelation for many readers, including me when I first read it. He does help to kickstart a new way of thinking about a lot of issues.

]]> By: Doug https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2006/07/31/from-the-mixed-up-bookshelves-of-professor-timothy-j-burke/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:42:59 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=231#comment-1750 Tenner’s writing for a general rather than scholarly audience. Does that make a difference? It’s been nearly a decade since I read the book, but I remember it as clever and surprising; maybe not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but still quite worth the time.

]]> By: Timothy Burke https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2006/07/31/from-the-mixed-up-bookshelves-of-professor-timothy-j-burke/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:49:10 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=231#comment-1746 Yeah, he’s way too obsessed with a kind of skeptical hook, rather than just arguing that technological histories reveal a profound kind of unpredictability that high modernist managerialism was totally blind to (or blithe about).

]]> By: joeo https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2006/07/31/from-the-mixed-up-bookshelves-of-professor-timothy-j-burke/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:30:48 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=231#comment-1744 “Why Things Bite Back” was pretty dissapointing. He had a hard time finding any examples of things actually “biting back”. It was more like “why things are somewhat less valuable than you would think at first”.

I did like his comparison of the greater control professional golf has over improvments in sports technology than professional tennis. Improvements to rackets have made men’s tennis much less watchable, while golf has greater control over equipment and course layouts to keep fans interested. That doesn’t count as bitting back though. Better tennis rackets are better tennis rackets.

]]> By: Timothy Burke https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2006/07/31/from-the-mixed-up-bookshelves-of-professor-timothy-j-burke/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:07:01 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=231#comment-1740 Heard of it, hadn’t tried it. I’ve just created an account and I’m uploading my first Readerware list now.

]]> By: Kerim Friedman https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2006/07/31/from-the-mixed-up-bookshelves-of-professor-timothy-j-burke/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:15:25 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=231#comment-1739 Are you familiar with “Library Thing”?

http://www.librarything.com/

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