How Long to Read The Friendly Orange Glow

How Long Does it Take to Read The Friendly Orange Glow?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 47 minutes to read The Friendly Orange Glow by Brian Dear

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

At a time when Steve Jobs was only a teenager and Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t even born, a group of visionary engineers and designers—some of them only high school students—in the late 1960s and 1970s created a computer system called PLATO, which was light-years ahead in experimenting with how people would learn, engage, communicate, and play through connected computers. Not only did PLATO engineers make significant hardware breakthroughs with plasma displays and touch screens but PLATO programmers also came up with a long list of software innovations: chat rooms, instant messaging, message boards, screen savers, multiplayer games, online newspapers, interactive fiction, and emoticons. Together, the PLATO community pioneered what we now collectively engage in as cyberculture. They were among the first to identify and also realize the potential and scope of the social interconnectivity of computers, well before the creation of the internet. PLATO was the foundational model for every online community that was to follow in its footsteps. The Friendly Orange Glow is the first history to recount in fascinating detail the remarkable accomplishments and inspiring personal stories of the PLATO community. The addictive nature of PLATO both ruined many a college career and launched pathbreaking multimillion-dollar software products. Its development, impact, and eventual disappearance provides an instructive case study of technological innovation and disruption, project management, and missed opportunities. Above all, The Friendly Orange Glow at last reveals new perspectives on the origins of social computing and our internet-infatuated world.

How long is The Friendly Orange Glow?

The Friendly Orange Glow by Brian Dear is 642 pages long, and a total of 161,784 words.

This makes it 217% the length of the average book. It also has 198% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Friendly Orange Glow Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 44 minutes to read The Friendly Orange Glow aloud.

What Reading Level is The Friendly Orange Glow?

The Friendly Orange Glow is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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Where Can I Buy The Friendly Orange Glow?

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