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- Added review of The E-Bomb to the International Affairs and National Security section.
- Added review of The Silicon Eye to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of The Wisdom of Crowds to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of A Left-Hand Turn Around the World to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of Stargazer to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Computer Security: 20 Things Every Employee Should Know to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Creating the Twentieth Century to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of The Flight of the Creative Class to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Why Globalization Works to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Why People Believe Weird Things to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of Revolution in the Valley to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of The Tipping Point to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Islands in the Clickstream to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of The European Dream to the International Affairs & National Security section.
- Added review of The Digital Sublime to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Moved to an irregular update schedule due to increased writing load.
- Added review of Entanglement to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of The Bug to the Science Fiction section.
- Added review of Taking Chances to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Raw Spirit to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Hiding the Elephant to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information to the International Affairs & National Security section.
- Added review of Eastern Standard Tribe to the Science Fiction section.
- Added review of Singularity Sky to the Science Fiction section.
- Added review of Apple Confidential 2.0 to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Masters of Doom to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added a new page with a daily news item from Randy Cassingham's This Is True newsletter. There are free and premium editions of This is True, but the premium edition only costs $20 a year. I encourage everyone to subscribe...it's hilarious!
- Added review of Online! The Book to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Hacking Matter to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Spying with Maps to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
- Added review of Black Ice to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of The Best of The Joy of Tech to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Bringing Down the House to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
December 8, 2003
- Added review of The Myth of Homeland Security to the International Affairs & National Security section.
- Added review of The New Ruthless Economy to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of The Ambient Century to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of Envisioning Information to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of Beyond Fear to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Click On Democracy to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of High Tech Harvest to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of The Soft Cage to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
- Added review of Customer-Driven IT to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Clocks and Culture to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of Artifacts to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added review of A Network Orange to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
September 1, 2003
- Added review of Signor Marconi's Magic Box to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Went on vacation for the month of August. The next review will be up on September 1, 2003.
- Fixed link below to Natural-Born Cyborgs.
- Added review of Working the Room to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of Natural-Born Cyborgs to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of Unlocking the Clubhouse to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added a link to darwinmag.com on the News page.
- Added review of Hiding In Plain Sight to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of
From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog - A History of the Software Industry to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of The Mac is Not a Typewriter to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
- Added ChangeNotes update service link to the bottom left corner of the index page.
- Added review of How Would You Move Mount Fuji? to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Dark Fiber to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Added review of Gonzo Marketing to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Persuasive Technology to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Exploring the Matrix to the Science Fiction section.
April 28, 2003
- Added review of Making Markets to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added review of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom to the Science Fiction section.
April 7, 2003
- Added review of Flesh and Machines to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
March 31, 2003
- Added review of The Bride of Science to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
March 24, 2003
- Added review of Lords of the Harvest to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
March 17, 2003
- Added review of Pause & Effect to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
March 3, 2003
- Added review of World Without Secrets to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
February 24, 2003
- Added review of Faster Than the Speed of Light to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
February 17, 2003
- Added review of Pattern Recognition to the Science Fiction section.
February 10, 2003
- Added review of Be Careful Who You SLAPP to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
February 3, 2003
- Added review of Web Privacy with P3P to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
January 20, 2003
- Added review of Wireless Nation to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
January 13, 2003
- Added review of What Just Happened to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
January 6, 2003
- Added review of Microchip to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
December 30, 2002
- Added review of The Medium of the Video Game to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
December 16, 2002
- Added review of Rebel Code to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
December 9, 2002
- Added review of Ruling the Root to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
December 2, 2002
- Added review of Smart Mobs to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
November 25, 2002
- Added review of Robo sapiens to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section.
November 11, 2002
- Added review of The Art of Deception to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
November 4, 2002
- Added review of The Clustered World to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
October 28, 2002
- Added review of The Perfect Store to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
October 21, 2002
- Added review of Envisioning Cyberspace to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
October 7, 2002
- Added review of Netocracy to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
September 29, 2002
- Added review of Secrets and Lies to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
September 22, 2002
- Added review of The Penguin Atlas of Media and Information to the International Affairs & National Security section.
September 15, 2002
- Added review of The Internet and Society to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
September 8, 2002
- Added review of Small Pieces Loosely Joined to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
August 25, 2002
- Added review of Netspionage to the International Affairs & National Security section.
August 18, 2002
- Added review of Digital Babylon to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section.
August 11, 2002
- Added review of Scrolling Forward to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section.
August 4, 2002
- Added review of Platform Leadership to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
July 28, 2002
- Added review of net_condition to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
July 17, 2002
- Added review of Cloning Silicon Valley to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
July 9, 2002
- Added review of Free as in Freedom to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
July 2, 2002
- Added review of Inside the XBox to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
June 24, 2002
- Added review of The Myth of the Paperless Office to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
June 17, 2002
- Added review of The Digital Divide to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
June 10, 2002
- Added review of Trigger Happy to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
June 2, 2002
- Added review of Our Posthuman Future to the Ethics, Rhetoric & Metaphysics section.
May 26, 2002
- Added review of Information Warfare to the International Affairs & National Security section.
May 19, 2002
- Added review of Beyond Our Control? to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
- Added link to previously published review of Manifold: Time to the Science Fiction section.
May 12, 2002
- Added review of Web Content Management to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
May 5, 2002
- Added review of The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of to the Science Fiction section.
- Added review of The Player of Games to the Science Fiction section.
April 29, 2002
- Added review of The Invisible Future to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
April 22, 2002
- Added review of Web Word Wizardry to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
April 15, 2002
- Added review of Macintosh... the Naked Truth to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
April 8, 2002
- Added review of The Difference Engine to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
April 1, 2002
- Added review of Resisting the Virtual Life to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
- Brought four new writers on board and began weekly publication schedule!
March 6, 2002
- Added review of Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millennium to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
February 14, 2002
- Added page listing reviews by publisher, which can be found on the Publishers page.
- Updated formatting of the review of The Economics of Electronic Commerce.
February 6, 2002
- Added review of Metacity/Datatown to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
November 27, 2001
- Added review of Cyberliteracy to the Ethics, Rhetoric, & Metaphysics section.
November 5, 2001
- Added review of The Laws of the Web to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
October 11, 2001
- Added review of Common Knowledge to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
September 7, 2001
- Added review of Digital Places to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
May 2, 2001
- Added review of 101 Things You Need to Know About Internet Law to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
March 28, 2001
- Added review of Crypto to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
March 6, 2001
- Added review of Internet Publishing and Beyond to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
November 30, 2000
- Added review of The China Threat to the International Affairs and National Security section.
October 6, 2000
- Added review of Leading the Revolution to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
August 21, 2000
- Added review of Cyberselfish to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
August 3, 2000
- Added review of Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce to the Commerce, Security, & the Law section.
July 15, 2000
- Added review of The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
June 23, 2000
- Added review of The Age of Access to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
June 9, 2000
- Added review of Has Feminism Changed Science? to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
April 20, 2000
- Added review of Database Nation to the Privacy & Individual Rights section.
March 29, 2000
- Added review of Building a Bridge to the 18th Century to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
March 6, 2000
- Added review of Manifold: Time.
January 1, 2000
- Added review of The Metropolis of To-morrow to the Net Culture, Art, & Literature section.
December 18, 1999
- Partial debut of new site design.
- Added review of Harvard Business School Press on Managing High-Tech Industries to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
August 18, 1998
- Added review of The Death of Distance to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
July 29, 1998
- Added review of The Transparent Society to the Privacy and Individual Rights section.
July 22, 1998
- Added review of Becoming Virtual to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
July 18, 1998
- Added review of Internet Besieged to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
July 14, 1998
- Added review of Network & Netplay to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
July 10, 1998
- Added review of Virtual Private Networks to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
July 1, 1998
- Added review of Strategic Information Warfare to the International Affairs and National Security section.
June 22, 1998
- Added review of Data Smog to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
June 15, 1998
- Added review of Blur to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
June 7, 1998
- Added review of Corporate Espionage to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
May 27, 1998
- Added review of Growing Up Digital to the Net Culture section.
May 22, 1998
- Added review of Computer Money to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
May 16, 1998
- Added International Affairs and National Security section.
- Added review of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism to the International Affairs and National Security section.
May 15, 1998
- Added review of Technology, R&D, and the Economy to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
May 10, 1998
- Inaugurated the TECHSOC-L mailing list!
- Added review of Net Gain to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
May 4, 1998
- Added review of The Soft Edge to the Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
April 21, 1998
- Added review of Web Site Stats to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
April 14, 1998
- Added essay on Iain M. Banks' The Player of Games to the Science Fiction and Society section.
April 12, 1998
- Added review of The State of the Net to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
April 1, 1998
- Added review of The Economics of Electronic Commerce to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
March 26, 1998
- Added review of Privacy on the Line to the Privacy and Individual Rights section.
March 11, 1998
- Added review of Hamlet on the Holodeck to the Net Culture section.
March 5, 1998
- Added review of Cyberwars to the Commerce, Security, and the Law section.
February 25, 1998
- Added editorial Who Needs a Stacked Deck?
February 21, 1998
- Added review of Persuasion and Privacy to Ethics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics section.
February 15, 1998
- Opening Day!!!