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Newsweek editor and tech writer Levy brings together a collection of essays, all previously published in magazines as disparate as Atlantic Monthly and Daringfireball.net. Rather than explaining what to do when the computer freezes or how to program a Blackberry, the essays are more about how people use technology. The styles range from journalistic to narrative. Some tell insiders' stories about dot.com companies. Others relate the frustrations that come with life on the Internet. Most are light in tone, assuring the reader that geeks have the same problems as the rest of us. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The year’s best writing on tech: a collection as imaginative and compelling as its dynamic subject“This book is not just an illuminating and instructive guide to our high-tech frontier. It’s also a great testimony to the power of that most ancient of technologies, the written word.”—Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good for YouTogether the essays in The Best of Technology Writing 2007 capture the versatility and verve of technology writing today. Solicited through an open online nominating process, these pieces explore a wide range of intriguing topics—from “crowdsourcing” to the online habits of urban moms to the digital future of movie production. The Best of Technology Writing 2007 will appeal to anyone who enjoys stellar writing.Steven Levy is a Senior Editor at Newsweek, where he writes the biweekly column “The Technologist.” One of the most acclaimed and versatile technology writers in the country, Levy has written six books, including The Perfect Thing (about Apple’s iPod) and Hackers, which PC Magazine’s readers voted the best sci-tech book written in the last twenty years. He has written for many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Wired.Featuring contributions fromKevin BergerPaul BoutinKiera ButlerJoshua DavisJulian DibbellMatt GaffneyLori GottliebJohn GruberJeff HoweKevin KellyJaron LanierPreston LernerFarhad ManjooJustin McElroyBen McGrathKatharine MieszkowskiEmily NussbaumJeffrey M. O’BrienLarry O’BrienThe OnionAdam L. PenenbergJohn SeabrookPhilip SmithAaron SwartzClive ThompsonJeffrey R. Youngdigitalculturebooks is an imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library dedicated to publishing innovative and accessible work exploring new media and their impact on society, culture, and scholarly communication. Visit the website at www.digitalculture.org.
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