PETER COCHRANE is one of the sharpest commentators around on the convergence of society and business issues. He is a co-founder of ConceptLabs, where he acts as a mentor, advisor, consultant and business angel to a wide range of companies around the globe. He is the former CTO and Head of Research at BT, as part of a career at the telecoms giant spanning 38 years. He holds a number of prominent posts as a technologist, entrepreneur, writer and humanist, and was the UK’s first Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology. He is the author of 108 Tips for Time Travellers.

• Standby xiWhere Did This Book Come From? xvByte 00 – Boot Up 1Byte 01 – Education That Doesn’t Fit 8Byte 02 – Conference Turnaround 13Byte 03 – Salesmanship 17Byte 04 – The Coming Oil Crisis 22Byte 05 – Summits, Models and Machines 26Byte 06 – Counter-Intuitive Networks 30Byte 07 – Linear and Non-Linear 35Byte 08 – Exponential Growth – So Misunderstood 40Byte 09 – Don’t Make Life Harder Than It Already Is 48Byte 10 – The 3G Chasm – Deeper Than We Thought 53Byte 11 – Science and Belief 58Byte 12 – Cochrane’s Law of Secretaries 63Byte 13 – Control Freaks – Scales of Grey 67Byte 14 – Butterfl yWings.com 72Byte 15 – Short-Term Economics 78Byte 16 – No Market Savvy 82Byte 17 – How Was Christmas Online For You? 85Byte 18 – Wrong Shopping Protocol 90Byte 19 – Chips in Everything – Including Me 95Byte 20 – The Cyborgs Are Here 99Byte 21 – Web Realities 103Byte 22 – Another Management Goof! 107Byte 23 – Porno or No Porno? 111Byte 24 – Uncontrollable Bits 115Byte 25 – Who Goes There? 119Byte 26 – Wireless Everything 123Byte 27 – Communications Compromised 127Byte 28 – Insecure Thinking 132Byte 29 – Wear, Where, Were-ables 137Byte 30 – How Many Mobile Phones Do You Need? 141Byte 31 – The Right Technology For The Right Job 145Byte 32 – Network Power 149Byte 33 – DIY Networking 154Byte 34 – Stupid Entertainment 159Byte 35 – Net Police 164Byte 36 – Who’d Be a Copyright Lawyer? 168Byte 37 – Software Licensing – Time To Get Angry 172Byte 38 – Technology Fatigue 176Byte 39 – Circuit or Packet – Clean or Dirty? 180Byte 40 – It’s Our Brains That Lack Bandwidth 184Byte 41 – Save Everything – But Don’t Be Tidy 189Byte 42 – The Blue Sack 193Byte 43 – Being a Squirrel 197Byte 44 – Reliability and Downtime 203Byte 45 – Screen Tests 208Byte 46 – G-Force 212Byte 47 – Naturism in Engineering 216Byte 48 – An Invisible Revolution 222Byte 49 – The Lull Before – Smarter Machines? 227Byte 50 – Sleep? 231Index 235

"You will find it hard to put down..." (Reading Chronicle, 29/7/04)"A series of remarkable insights into work, communication, the family, communities and just about everything else touched by technology" (The Times, 23rd September, 2004)"You will find it hard to put down." (Institute of Directors, Autumn 2004)"...a man with something to say to a world that should listen." (City to Cities, November/ December 2004)"...his ideas are provocative, his opinions refreshing and his knowledge extensive...ideal for holiday reading..." (Library & Information Update, July 05)"...a series of challenging insights into work, communication and the family... a must-read for anyone..." (Long Range Planning, Number 38, 2005)