The Best of Technology Writing 2007

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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 You

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.

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 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 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

digitalculturebooks 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.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Publisher: U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS

Release: August 20, 2007

ISBN: 0472032666

ISBN 13: 9780472032662

The Best of Technology Writing 2007

Steven Levy

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