The Digital Migrant

a guide to computers for the curious and confused

Are you confused by computers or know someone who is? Find some much-needed clarity in The Digital Migrant. Written in a conversational narrative style, The Digital Migrant manages to do what all those illustrated hands-on guides and how-to books don’t - get people engaged with technology and explain it in a way that just clicks.

Learning about computers with diagrams and a glossary is like trying to learn another language without understanding any of the culture of the country where it’s spoken - boring and unnecessarily difficult.

The Digital Migrant’s six straightforward chapters aim for a discussion that’s not too heavy and not too light. You’ll learn a bit of the history of computers, how they think, how they talk to each other using the internet, how a search engine works, the difference between operating systems, all about viruses and computer security and how computers are changing society.

The Digital Migrant is the book frustrated offspring will make their parents read, if only to stop them asking how to get the email working. Entertaining and enlightening, it isn’t by any means the last word on any of the topics it covers, but it should be the first.

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The Digital Migrant is in the final stages of proofreading and will be published in the next few months (July - September 2009). Fill in your details below if you'd like to be notified when the book is ready to order. More information will be available shortly.