The best technology writing 2009 /
| Imprint: | New Haven : Yale University Press : in association with digiculturebooks/University of Michigan Press, ©2009. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best Technology Writing |
| Subject: | Technology -- Social aspects. Information society. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Inventions. SCIENCE -- Applied Sciences. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General. Information society. Technology -- Social aspects. Electronic books. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206262 |
| Summary: | "The ubiquity of the digital lifestyle has forced us to write and think about technology in a different way.+?--Steven Johnson
In his Introduction to this beautifully curated collection of essays, Steven Johnson heralds the arrival of a new generation of technology writing. Whether it is Nicholas Carr worrying that Google is making us stupid, Dana Goodyear chronicling the rise of the cellphone novel, Andrew Sullivan explaining the rewards of blogging, Dalton Conley lamenting the sprawling nature of work in the information age, or Clay Shirky marveling at the "cognitive surplus+? unleashed by the decline of the TV sitcom, this new generation does not waste time speculating about the future. Its attitude seems to be: Who needs the future? The present is plenty interesting on its own.
Packed with sparkling essays culled from print and online publications, The Best Technology Writing 2009 announces a fresh brand of technology journalism, deeply immersed in the fascinating complexity of digital life.
and Clay Shirky |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780300156508 0300156502 0300154100 9780300154108 1282352695 9781282352698 9786612352690 6612352698 |