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The best of technology writing 2007 / Steven Levy, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steven Levy, Editor
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technical writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : digital, HTML file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The artist as mad scientist / Kevin Berger
- The rise of crowdsourcing / Jeff Howe
- Mothers anonymous / Emily Nussbaum
- iTunes to sell your home videos / The onion
- Scan this book / Kevin Kelly
- A head for detail / Clive Thompson
- You're soooooooo predictable / Jeffrey M. O'Brien
- Say hello to Stanley / Joshua Davis
- The worst date ever for an apple tech / Philip Smith
- Defend ironton / Justin McElroy
- This is a bike, trust us / Preston Lerner
- Game master / John Seabrook
- A Berkeley engineer searches for the "truth" about the twin towers / Jeffrey R. Young
- Listen to this / Kiera Butler
- Top 10 things I've learned about computers from the movies and any episode of 24 / Larry O'Brien
- The corporate toll on the internet / Fahad Manjoo
- Dragon slayers or tax evaders / Julian Dibbell
- Revenge of the nerds / Adam L. Penenberg
- I make $1.45 a week and I love it / Katharine Mieszkowski
- Good journalism / John Gruber
- You are what you search / Paul Boutin
- A non-programmer's apology / Aaron Swartz
- The ultimate crossword smackdown / Matt Gaffney
- How do I love thee? / Lori Gottlieb
- Digital Moaism / Jaron Lanier
- It should happen to you / Ben McGarth.
- Notes:
- "DigitalCultureBooks"--Spine.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472900541
- 0472900544
- 9780472032662
- 0472032666
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