The Best of Technology Writing 2007

by Steven Levy

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 You

Together the essays in The Best of Technology Writing 2007...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472032666
• ISBN13: 9780472032662
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent collection

This is a great book to carry around on your errands and read whenever you get the chance. It's full of short articles from multiple periodicals, blogs, newspapers, etc. They are all extremely well written, insightful, and relevant to todays technological state of the world (but what less would you expect from a collection of the BEST tech writing of the year). There are stories with meaningful psychological and philosophical implications, such as Aaron Swartz's, "A Non-Programmers Apology" that emphasizes the importance of following your passions for work. The last paragraph left me laughing and crying a bit - it's great. And there are stories that most anyone can enjoy, an example would be "Mothers anonymous" a great profile of [...], a open-posting website for all types of mothers across the work. The juxtaposition of this sort of motherhood advice with old Dr. Spock is hilarious and priceless... I'd highly recommend this book, and I can't wait to read the newer collections.

A Great Collection Of Essays From The Blogosphere

This is a great collection of essays from the blogosphere covering tech topics and some integrating tech into very funny stories. This is written pretty much as the who's who amongst bloggers for 2006-2007. Great bedtime reading.

Great collections of tech essays.

Superb collection of tech essays with some emphasis on the information technology/internet side of things. Nicely touches on the human element (social networking) and the changes that connected computers have brought to this aspect of human behavior. Very funny in parts.