I use this list to track books and lit that I’ve either read or would like to read for professional growth. It’s generally intended for long-read stuff, as opposed to articles, blog posts, or other resources that I consult on a daily basis (some of which I track, e.g., in my emulation-resources repository).
I put it here on this site as an indication of the work that I care about and strive towards, no matter where I’m currently employed.
Recently Read
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“Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies”, Cait McKinney (2020)
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“Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job”, Gavin Mueller (2021)
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“Data Feminism”, Catherine D’Ignazio, Lauren F. Klein (2020)
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“What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley”, Adrian Daub (2020)
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“Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto”, Legacy Russell (2020)
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“Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet”, Tim Hwang (2020)
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“The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most”, Lee Vinsel, Andrew L. Russell (2020)
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“Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code”, Ruha Benjamin (2019)
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“Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter”, Charlton D. McIlwain (2019)
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“How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy”, Jenny Odell (2019)
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“Animal Internet: Nature and the Digital Revolution”, Alexander Pschera (2016)
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“A People’s History of Computing in the United States”, Joy Lisi Rankin (2018)
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“Infinite Detail: A Novel”, Tim Maughan (2019)
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“The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation”, Trevor Owens (2018)
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“The Lifecycle of Software Objects (novella contained in Exhalation: Stories)", Ted Chiang (2019)
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“Tech For All: Moving Beyond the Digital Divide”, Lauren Comito, ed. (2019)
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“User Error: Resisting Computer Culture”, Ellen Rose (2003)
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“The Real World of Technology”, Ursula M. Franklin (1999)
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“Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software”, Charles Petzold (2000)
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“Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet”, Claire L. Evans (2018)
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“Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism”, Safiya Noble (2018)
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“Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing”, Mar Hicks (2018)
To Read
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“Human Operators: A Critical Oral History of Technology in Libraries and Archives”, Melissa Morrone, ed. (2018)
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“Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the World We Need”, Sasha Costanza-Chock (2020)
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“Temp: How American Work, American Business and the American Dream Became Temporary”, Louis Hyman (2018)
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“Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data”, Carissa Veliz (2021)
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“Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet”, Lisa Nakamura (2007)
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“Inventing the Internet”, Janet Abbate (2000)
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“Laziness Does Not Exist”, Devon Price (2021)
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“Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones)"", Marianne Bellotti (2021)
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“Your Computer Is On Fire”, ed. Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, Kavita Philip (2021)