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The year's best writing on tech: a collection as imaginative and compelling as its dynamic subject. Together these essays capture the versatility and verve of technology writing today. Solicited through an open online nominating process, "The Best of Technology 2007" explores a wide range of intriguing topics - from "crowdsourcing" to the online habits of urban moms to the digital future of movie production. It will appeal to anyone who enjoys stellar writing.

About the Author

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, his articles, opinion pieces, and reviews have appeared in a wide range of publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Harper's Premiere, and Wired, and have received numerous awards. Levy has also written six books, including Hackers, which PC Magazine named the best Sci-Tech book written in the last twenty years, and Crytpo, which won the grand eBook prize at the 2001. His most recent book, The Perfect Thing: How the IPOD Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness will be available in paperback in Fall 2007. He lives in New York City with his wife, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Teresa Carpenter, and their son.

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  • Paperback: 375 pages
  • Publisher: University of Michigan Press (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)
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  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #741,471 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Collection Of Essays From The Blogosphere, December 10, 2007
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great collections of tech essays., October 5, 2007
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection, August 23, 2009
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.
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