Sure, Wired is full of ads. And some articles weigh heavy on the entertainment industry. But it also provides some of the *best* writing on technology that any magazine has to offer.
Case in point, this article from the April 2005 issue: La Vida Robot How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship.
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Sure, Wired is full of ads. And some articles weigh heavy on the entertainment industry. But it also provides some of the *best* writing on technology that any magazine has to offer.
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Case in point, this article from the April 2005 issue:
La Vida Robot
How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/robot.ht
Take 15 minutes and read this. It is an amazing story, and extremely well written.
http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_playe