The Best of Technology Writing 2007 [Paperback]

Steven Levy (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 375 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr (September 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0472032666
• ISBN-13: 978-0472032662
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,340,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Essay Collection, March 21, 2010

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D. Rubel (Brighton, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Technology Writing 2007 (Paperback)

Covering topics like crowd-sourcing, data prediction, driverless cars, virtual gaming environments, human powered vehicles, music analysis, network neutrality, digital film production, search data, crossword generators, online dating, and YouTube fame this collection collates many interesting and compelling essays on a variety of topics with a range of tones from humorous to philosophical. Of course, there's an obligatory piece from the Onion, but other good funny writing includes Phillip Smith's "The Worst Date Ever for an Apple Tech" and the dark, intriguing discussion of UrbanBaby.com entitled "Mothers Anonymous" by Emily Nussbaum. As for philosophy, Kevin Kelly's "Scan This Book!" makes a wonderful argument for freeing information whereas Clive Thompson's "A Head for Detail" reminds us that even though we can create a surrogate memory, we probably should avoid doing so unless we're willing to surf through a sea of metadata to find the memory we need. Finally, Jason Lanier's "Digital Maoism: the Hazards of the New Online Collectivism" should be required reading for anyone interested in the collision between information science and sociology. Overall, this essay collection (like the rest published annually by UM) serves as a great resource to discuss how new technological developments impact how we live, work, think, and feel.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Collection Of Essays From The Blogosphere, December 10, 2007

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Philip Smith "fixyourthinking" (greenville sc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Technology Writing 2007 (Paperback)

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.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collections of tech essays., October 5, 2007

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This review is from: The Best of Technology Writing 2007 (Paperback)

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.