Whole Earth Index

Whole Earth Review, January 1985

“It is not our hand that we put into the computer, it is our attention.”

Sections:
  1. Features
  2. Departments/Review
  3. Whole Earth Software Catalog Version I.I
Whole Earth Review, January 1985
  1. FEATURES
      1. Monkey Trap by Birrell Walsh: Thinking machines grab our attention and won't let go
        1
      2. Metal Lunch by Don P. Mitchell
        4
      3. Biting The Hand That Feeds by Stewart Brand: Ungrateful wretches criticize munificent benefactor.
        5
      4. The Ambivalent Miseries of Personal Computing by Art Kleiner: Haste, seduction, and trivialization await computer users.
        6
      5. Six Grave Doubts About Computers habits, identity, and thoughts by Jerry Mander: We are blinded into acceptance by a few paltry benefits.
        10
      6. Housebound by Joan Howe
        21
      7. Mythinformation by Langdon Winner: Computers promise the fountains of utopia, but only deliver a flood
        22
      8. The Back Office by Peter Calthorpe: Post-industrial factories and electronic sweatshops.
        30
      9. Public Image by Larry Hunter: Computers merge small clues into a remarkably complete image of your habits, identity, and thoughts.
        32
      10. The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
        40
  2. DEPARTMENTS/REVIEW
    1. COMMUNICATIONS
      1. The Rise of the Computer STATE
        38
      2. Forecasting the Telephone
        38
      3. The Second Self
        39
      4. Neuromancer
        39
      5. Good Movies: Winter by Sheila Benson
        73
    2. WHOLE SYSTEMS
      1. Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
        56
      2. The Classics of Western Spirituality
        56
      3. Sunsets, twilights and evening skies
        57
      4. Beyond Vision
        57
      5. Field Guide to the Birds of North America
        58
      6. Zoobooks
        58
    3. LAND USE
      1. The Freshwater Aquaculture Book
        59
      2. The Book of Edible Nuts
        59
    4. COMMUNITY
      1. Menopause, Naturally
        60
      2. Can You Prevent Cancer?
        60
      3. The Human Body/The Facts of Life
        61
      4. Galloway’s Book on Running
        61
      5. The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
        62
      6. Simple Living Investments for Old Age
        62
      7. The Barter Network Handbook
        63
      8. Making Money Making Music
        63
      9. Clothes for Disabled People
        64
      10. Weird Chairs
        64
      11. Cheesemaking
        65
    5. NOMADICS
      1. Getting Into America
        66
      2. Just in Case
        66
      3. The Complete Walker III
        67
      4. Bed & Breakfasts, Inns & Guesthouses
        67
      5. Right-of-Way
        67
      6. The Mountain Bike Book
        68
      7. Hon Folder
        68
      8. Skiing Right
        68
      9. Canoecraft
        69
      10. Blue Hole Sunburst
        69
      11. The Canoe
        69
    6. SOFT TECHNOLOGY
      1. Heart Interface Inverter
        70
      2. Zomeworks
        70
      3. Tide Tank
        70
      4. Livos Organic Wood Finishes
        70
      5. The Consumer’s Guide to Earth
        70
      6. Sheltered Housing
        70
      7. Commonsense Architecture
        71
    7. LEARNING
      1. The Synonym Finder
        72
      2. Semiotext(e)
        72
    8. BACKSCATTER
      1. 98 Echoes from readers to Whole Earth Review
        98
    9. BUSINESS
      1. Gossip ms WER Update
        101
      2. Masthead
        102
      3. “Or Whole Earth Access”
        102
      4. “Or Computer Literacy”
        102
      5. Unclassifieds
        102
      6. Thank you
        103
      7. Financial Report
        103
  3. WHOLE EARTH SOFTWARE CATALOG VERSION I.I
      1. Introduction by Stewart Brand
        74
      2. Omni Complete Catalog of Computer Software
        75
    2. MAGAZINES
      1. Recommended tools
        75
      2. Update
        75
    3. HARDWARE
      1. Update
        76
      2. The Complete Model 100 edited by James Stockford
        76
      3. Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100
        76
      4. ThinkJet Printer
        76
      5. TEXT POWER 100
        76
      6. TYPE +
        77
      7. LUCID
        77
      8. TELESTOCK
        78
      9. TEL-LETR
        78
      10. CompuServe Model 100 Special Interest Group
        78
      11. RAM Bank
        78
      12. P-Drive
        78
      13. CCR-82 Cassette Player
        78
      14. Radio Shack Bar Code Reader
        78
      15. Portable 100 Magazine
        78
    4. PLAYING
      1. Recommended tools
        79
      2. Update
        79
      3. SUNDOG
        80
      4. RUN FOR THE MONEY
        80
      5. POGO JOE
        81
    5. WRITING
      1. Recommended tools
        81
      2. Update
        81
    6. ANALYZING
      1. Recommended tools
        82
      2. Update
        82
    7. ORGANIZING
      1. Recommended tools
        82
      2. Update
        83
      3. FILEVISION
        83
      4. MAXTHINK
        84
    8. ACCOUNTING
      1. Recommended tools
        85
      2. Update
        85
      3. MANAGING YOUR MONEY
        85
    9. MANAGING
      1. Recommended tools
        86
      2. Update
        86
      3. SYMPHONY
        87
      4. FRAMEWORK
        87
      5. Upward Mobility by Ken Milburn: Getting data from one program to another
        89
    10. DRAWING
      1. Recommended tools
        90
      2. Update
        90
      3. PICTURE-IT VIDEO SHOW
        91
      4. THE DIGITAL PAINTBRUSH SYSTEM
        91
      5. QUICK-DRAFT
        92
    11. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
      1. Recommended tools
        92
      2. Update
        93
    12. PROGRAMMING
      1. Recommended tools
        94
      2. DESK ACCESSORY MOVER
        94
      3. FDUMP
        94
    13. LEARNING
      1. Recommended tools
        95
      2. Update
        95
      3. Kids on Keys
        95
      4. KIDWRITER
        96
      5. STORYMAKER
        96
      6. MILLIKEN WORD PROCESSOR
        96
      7. BANK STREET WRITER
        96
    14. ETC.
      1. Recommended tools
        97
      2. Update
        97
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