The Best of Technology Writing 2006 brings together some of the most important, timely, and just plain readable writing in the fast-paced, high-stakes field of technology. The first annual collection to target this vibrant and versatile area, ""The Best of Technology Writing 2006"" features first-rate work from an unusually diverse array of writers: best-selling authors, noted academics, and indie journalists and bloggers. The culmination of an open, on-line nominating process, ""The Best of Technology Writing 2006"" covers topics ranging from the awkwardness of virtual romance, to the future of the book, to the meaning of life in the information age. By turns epic and quirky, serious and light-hearted, but always innovative and fresh, ""The Best of Technology Writing 2006"" captures the vitality, importance, and complexity of technology today.