Help Choose the Best Tech Writing of 2007

handle writes "You can help choose 'The Best of Technology Writing 2007' for an upcoming anthology to be published by The University of Michigan Press and University of Michigan Library. Visit us to nominate your favorite articles, essays and blog posts. The 2006 edition has been published, and you can read it online free (as in beer)."

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Continuing its stunning streak

[antifoidulus]

Slashdot finishes dead last again!

Re:Continuing its stunning streak

[Awod]

You've just won the interwebs, congrats.

Re:Continuing its stunning streak

[TERdON]

You accidentally misspellt second to last in your post...

Re:Continuing its stunning streak

[mdsolar]

Slashdot didn't place, on the other hand, slashdot links to tech writing rather than reporting on technology itself, most of the time.
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Real technical writing? No.

[Anonymous Coward]

It appears that by technical writing they mean non-technical writing about technical items (as is shown by last year's entries). Since this isn't really technical writing (and who would want to read that in their free time who was not a geek) it should belong in the Best of Non-Fiction Writing for 2006.

But if they ever actually mean technical writing then I have a great entry: NIST-NCSTAR 1. Lots of detail, lots of analysis, and even a couple of introductory chapters than only assume a BS in engineering (with an executive report that assumes no experience in anything except breathing). I'm guessing it might be a little too thick to put in their text. Perhaps they should only include the first thousand or so pages.

Lowest-karma slashdot account?

[gentimjs]

I say we submit the lowest-karma-rated slashdot account as the best tech writer ..... :-)

Re:Lowest-karma slashdot account?

[Anonymous Coward]

It would be easier to just link trolltalk (don't click this link unless you want to read a 3000 posts of the highest caliber of Slashdot writing).

Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection

[NZheretic]

If you are concerned about DRM, please vote for Peter Gutmann's A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection.

Technical requirements...

[__aaclcg7560]

Can I submit my paper using an old Epson 9-pin dot matrix printer? Kinko doesn't accept my Commodore 64 floppy diskettes for laser printing.

My nomination

[dangitman]

John C. Dvorak.

His writing is insightful, witty, technically brilliant and not at all biased. His expert analysis and predictions always hold true. And he's not a filthy publicity-seeking whore like other writers.

Re:My nomination

[MLease]

John? Is that you?

-Mike

Re:My nomination

[Anonymous Coward]

Man... what does it feel like to have John C. Dvorak's nuts on your chin?

On second thought, I don't wanna know.

My vote

[StikyPad]

I nominate the author of the Agilent E2930B DDR Exerciser and Protocol Analyzer for PCI-X 1.0 and 2.0 manual. That part on unidirectional data path verification and real-time data comparison was simply... breathtaking. I felt like I was really there.

Re:Real technical writing? No.

[danlock4]

It appears that by technical writing they mean non-technical writing about technical items

I was confused by the headline as well, thinking that "Tech Writing" was Technical Writing, when in fact it is referring to Technology Writing.