Capturing over twenty years of thinking and writing about art, media, and technology, "Before and After the 1-Bomb is a techno-cultural history of a time when electronic, digital media flooded our homes, workplaces, and landscapes. Author Tom Sherman's series of reflections express both a love for and struggle with the new technologies and the cultural changes they have spawned. His narrative is a personal history that looks at the past, present, and future with an artist's voice and a naturalist's eyes. As Sherman opens his text, "When one is observing and describing the world, one should simply tell it like it is. Describe the good and the bad and leave nothing out because it is disappointing or frightening or unlikely. In these texts I've tried to honour that ideal."