Authors: Jennifer Cobb.
Hardcover, 258 pages
Publisher: Crown
Publication Date: 1998-05-05
Edition: 1

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    Theologian and high-tech consultant Jennifer Cobb combines her expertise to create a new theory of the Divine in the Information Age.

As computers and artificial intelligence systems become more sophisticated, the question of whether we can find spiritual life in cyberspace is beginning to be asked. CyberGrace: The Search for God in the Digital World is a bold, thought-provoking, affirmative answer to one of the most intriguing inquiries of our time.

Until now, an unbridgeable schism has separated the world of the spirit and that of the machine. According to an increasingly compelling concept known as emergence, the gulf may be an imaginary one. Fifty years ago, Jesuit paleontologist Teilhard de Chardin combined his lifelong passions of God and science to predict the emergence of cyberspace, based on his studies of evolution. Using Teilhard's theories as a starting point, Jennifer Cobb asserts that as technical systems become more complex--with simple, predictable mechanisms coalescing into hierarchies of increasing organization--something elegant, inspired, and absolutely unpredictable simply and suddenly "emerges." Many observers today see this "hand of God" showing itself in disparate disciplines, from evolutionary theory to artificial intelligence--and especially in the furthest realms of cyberspace, where brute computation seems to give way to divine inspiration.

CyberGrace offers paradoxical evidence that our machines may be conduits to a deeper spirituality. With daily headlines announcing dizzying advances in science and information technology, many people wonder about their--and their children's--ability to lead lives imbued by a sense of the sacred. In the new world, where the search for spirituality may seem scattered and unfocused, Cobb brilliantly uses the most popular and prevalent phenomenon of our times--the computer--to find a world filled with meaning and love....

    Is there something of the divine on the Internet? Conventional wisdom sees a division between the spiritual and the world of the machine. Yet the theological and philosophical theory called "emergence" suggests that the chasm between the two may be of our own creation. Using the writings of the eminent 20th-century theologian Teilhard de Chardin, Jennifer Cobb sees something more in how our technological complexity often produces something elegant and inspired. Rather than seeing creation as a one-time event, some theologians think that the creative power of God can be part of the evolutionary process. That creative power would then extend to the computer and cyberspace.

Cobb writes, "Nature has spawned us. We have spawned machines. Any line between these realms quickly becomes arbitrary." She encourages us to reject the sort of dualism between mind and body that has driven so much of Western thought, philosophy, and theology. "Real life," she states, "is never that tidy. As our days unfold, the contents of our boxes--mind, body, God--continually spill into one another, creating both personal confusion and a philosophical morass."

While investigating a wide range of questions that inform spirituality--such as "What is life?" and "Is there something other than us?"--Cobb writes with level-headed exuberance about her own experiences in finding the spiritual in computing. In her chapter on virtual ethics, she lays out a framework that can aid others in making that same connection. This is a unique and intelligent book for those who are concerned with the consequences of technology with regard to our humanity and our spirits. --Elizabeth Lewis ...

Authors: Alex Michael. Ben Salter.
Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication Date: 2003-08
Edition: 1

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    Search engine placement has become a key task for those engaged in website marketing because:

* Good positioning in search engines/directories dramatically increases visitor traffic.
* Optimizing search engine ranking is the most important and cost effective way of marketing a website.
* Customers use search engines more than any other method to locate websites.

Alex Michael and Ben Salter guide readers through proven techniques for achieving and measuring success, along with a review of the most important search engines and directories. Throughout the book there are numerous real case studies and tips to help the marketer build a world class web presence.

* Explains why and how marketers can and must optimize sites for searchability from the outset
* Describes how to optimize, for both local and international users
* Uses tutorials and walkthroughs to demonstrate how to steadily improve your site rankings...

Authors: ICON Health Publications.
Paperback, 140 pages
Publisher: ICON Health Publications
Publication Date: 2004-06-14


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    In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so....

Authors: Paige Taylor. Jerri Lejeune.
Paperback, 115 pages
Publisher: Upstart Books
Publication Date: 2004-05

Authors: David L. Brown. Kassandra Bentley.
Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 1999-03-18
Edition: 1

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    In order to take full advantage of the myriad investment opportunities afforded by the Web, you need a solid, well-informed up-to-date primer. This book is it. Co-written by the CEO of Telescan, the leader in Internet investing technology, and the President of CyberInvest.com, one of the leading online investment guides, it shows you how to seamlessly find and effectively use the vast array of online resources so you can make smart, sound financial decisions.

Providing practical guidance to help you find your cyber-bearings, Getting Started in Online Investing walks you through the various stages of the investing process while highlighting the full range of tools for each. Covering everything from finding investment ideas to managing your portfolio to keeping up with the market, it gives you the lowdown on brokers, online trading, bonds, mutual funds, and futures, as well as the best sites for news, portfolio management, education, research, and much more. Packed with helpful screen captures from actual sites, this is the guide to have for navigating the complex and crowded information superhighway....

Authors: Rachel Singer Gordon. Anne Wolfinger.
Paperback, 198 pages
Publisher: JIST Works
Publication Date: 2003-09
Edition: 4th

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    Guide provides lists and reviews of 340 of the very best sites on the Internet for information on careers, college, training, and job-search. Includes new information on electronic resumes and how to post them to online resume banks. Softcover....

Authors: Tom Koch.
Paperback, 408 pages
Publisher: Praeger Paperback
Publication Date: 1991-07-30


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    This is a book about the news--the way it is written and the forms it takes. It examines the relation between the content of public information and the potential affect of new technologies on the degree and type of information available in the public forum. Tom Koch uses concrete, casebook examples to demonstrate the degree to which news information can be changed through the efficient and cost effective application of online bibliographic resources accessed by personal computers. Koch argues that new, computer-based technologies will revolutionize news and public information by fundamentally altering the relation between writer and news subject. He shows how electronic databases, by making enormous amounts of data on virtually every subject available to the news writer or editor, have changed the equation which has defined news since at least the 1920s. To make clear the degree to which these systems will transform news, the author demonstrates how online resources can be used efficiently and inexpensively by generalists. Practical issues of online use are presented within the context of both the parameters of contemporary journalism and the means by which these technologies address its limits. Two separate chapters, one describing search technologies and the other reviewing database organization will be of practical value to both neophyte and journeyman news and public information writers alike. Using examples from his own and other's work, Koch demonstrates ways to carry out simple and inexpensive searches. His book will be especially important to the news or research librarian, reporter, and the public information or public relations writer....

Authors: Icon Health Publications.
Paperback, 96 pages
Publisher: Icon Health Publications
Publication Date: 2004-09-30


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    In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so....

Authors: Ray Spangenburg. Kit Moser. Diane Moser.
Library Binding, 104 pages
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Publication Date: 2001-09

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Digital, 3 pages
Publisher: TechProse, Inc.
Publication Date: 2002-01-22


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    This digital document is an article from The E-Tactics Letter, published by TechProse, Inc. on January 22, 2002. The length of the article is 796 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: IAB sets online ad measurement standards.(Internet Advertising Bureau, United States)(Brief Article)
Publication: The E-Tactics Letter (Newsletter)
Date: January 22, 2002
Publisher: TechProse, Inc.
Volume: 11 Issue: 4 Page: 1(1)

Article Type: Brief Article

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