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Best of Technology Writing 2007

by Steven Levy (Ed.)

Description

"Just superb"
—Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good for You

The Best of Technology Writing 2007 is the year's best writing on tech: a collection as imaginative and compelling as its dynamic subject.

Together 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.

Featuring contributions from
Kevin Berger
Paul Boutin
Kiera Butler
Joshua Davis
Julian Dibbell
Matt Gaffney
Lori Gottlieb
John Gruber
Jeff Howe
Kevin Kelly
Jaron Lanier
Preston Lerner
Farhad Manjoo
Justin McElroy
Ben McGrath
Katharine Mieszkowski
Emily Nussbaum
Jeffrey M. O'Brien
Larry O'Brien
The Onion
Adam L. Penenberg
John Seabrook
Philip Smith
Aaron Swartz
Clive Thompson
Jeffrey R. Young

Praise for Best of Technology Writing 2007

"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 You

About the Editor

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.

Extended Copyright Information

Originally published in the United States of America by
The University of Michigan Press and
The University of Michigan Library.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.

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Best of Technology Writing 2006

by Brendan I. Koerner (Ed.)

Description

An innovative collection of writing about the fast-moving, high-stakes field of technology

The Best of Technology Writing 2006 brings together some of the most important, timely, and just plain readable writing in the fast-paced, high-stakes field of technology. The first annual collection to target this vibrant and versatile area, The Best of Technology Writing 2006 features innovative work from an unusually diverse array of writers: best-selling authors, noted academics, and indie journalists and bloggers. The culmination of an open, on-line nominating process, this collection covers topics ranging from jetpacks, to the ethics of genetically cloned pets, to the meaning of life in the information age. By turns epic and intimate, serious and playful, The Best of Technology Writing 2006 captures the vitality, importance, and complexity of technology today.

Featuring contributions from
David A. Bell
David Bernstein
Mike Daisey
Joshua Davis
Jay Dixit
Daniel Engber
Dan Ferber
Steven Johnson
Steven Levy
Farhad Manjoo
Lisa Margonelli
David McNeill
Justin Mullins
Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah
Adam L. Penenberg
Daniel H. Pink
Evan Ratliff
Alex Ross
Jim Rossignol
Jesse Sunenblick
Edward Tenner
Clive Thompson
Joseph Turow
Richard Waters

Praise for Best of Technology Writing 2006

"The essays collected in this book are sparkling, imaginative pieces of journalism that just happen to be about technology. People steeped in the world of AJAX or Massively Mulitplayer Online Games will find a lot to value here, but so will readers simply in search of good writing."
—James Fallows, National Correspondent for Atlantic Monthly

"The human experience is being shaped by our symbiotic relationship to technology. What makes this collection wonderful is that it's not about the technology, per se, but it's about this changing human experience. I will look forward to it every year."
—Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do With My Life?

About the Editor

Brendan I. Koerner is a contributing editor for Wired, a columnist for both the New York Times and Slate, and a fellow at the New America Foundation. His first book will be published by The Penguin Press in 2008.

Extended Copyright Information

Originally published in the United States of America by
The University of Michigan Press and
The University of Michigan Library.

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Free Culture

by Lawrence Lessig

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