Geeks (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Jon Katz
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Sociology and technology
- Time of Work: Late 1990’s
- Setting: Caldwell, Idaho, and Chicago, Illinois
- Principal Characters: Jon Katz, Jesse Dailey, Eric Twilegar
- Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Chicago, 1990’s, Technology, Computers, Illinois, Idaho
- Locales: Chicago, IL, Idaho
Jon Katz writes extensively in the field of computer technology, for both print and Web-based publications. He is familiar with the rise of the Internet culture and how it affects the life of both the average consumer and the highly involved lover of all things digital. He writes with great empathy and understanding of the new choices and responsibilities of the computer developers and programmers, as well as their struggle in earlier years, up to and especially including high school, a traumatic experience for most of them. Among Katz’s previous books are Running to the...
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