From Pictographic to Compugraphic

About the Book

From Pictographic To Compugraphic is an “ethnography of information technology.” The writing industry, with its roots in the Stone Age and its crest rocketing into the age of the supercomputer, is a catalog of repeated invention and innovation. What happened? And above all, why?

Beginning in the days when the memory of the aged was the ultimate repository of all knowledge, the book continues through to the invention of ever more complicated, expressive, and efficient systems of recording/record-keeping, including the alphabet, the printing press, the typewriter, and the personal computer.

About the Author

Dr. Peter Nebergall has graduate degrees in Anthropology and Classical Archaeology. Ancient writing systems have fascinated him since childhood. His previous publications include: Hard Core: Marginalized by Choice, Violent Societies, and Guerrilla Anthropology.