http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/16/favorite-tech-writing/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/03/16/favorite-tech-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-148020 Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Read or Written Anything About Technology And Gender Lately? Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:13:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4433#comment-148020 [...] Read or Written Anything About Technology And Gender Lately? Eszter Hargittai at Crooked Timber writes: “The University of Michigan Press is putting together a volume called The Best of Technology Writing 2006. The editorial team is soliciting suggestions for pieces, including blog posts. [W]e’re asking readers to nominate their favorite tech-oriented articles, essays, and blog posts from the previous year. The competition is open to any and every technology topic—biotech, information technology, gadgetry, tech policy, Silicon Valley, and software engineering are all fair game. But the pieces that have the best chances of inclusion in the anthology will conform to these three simple guidelines: 1. They’ll be engagingly written for a mass audience; if the article requires a doctorate to appreciate, it’s probably not up our alley. Preference will be given to narrative features and profiles, “Big Think” op-eds that make sense, investigative journalism, sharp art and design criticism, intelligent policy analysis, and heartfelt personal essays. [...] [...] Read or Written Anything About Technology And Gender Lately? Eszter Hargittai at Crooked Timber writes: “The University of Michigan Press is putting together a volume called The Best of Technology Writing 2006. The editorial team is soliciting suggestions for pieces, including blog posts. [W]e’re asking readers to nominate their favorite tech-oriented articles, essays, and blog posts from the previous year. The competition is open to any and every technology topic—biotech, information technology, gadgetry, tech policy, Silicon Valley, and software engineering are all fair game. But the pieces that have the best chances of inclusion in the anthology will conform to these three simple guidelines: 1. They’ll be engagingly written for a mass audience; if the article requires a doctorate to appreciate, it’s probably not up our alley. Preference will be given to narrative features and profiles, “Big Think” op-eds that make sense, investigative journalism, sharp art and design criticism, intelligent policy analysis, and heartfelt personal essays. [...]

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