Book #49: I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It by Jess Kimball Leslie
I read this, despite it getting a bad review on this very group; I was inclined to agree.
I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life by Jess Kimball Leslie
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I read this, despite seeing negative reviews - the blurb made it sound interesting, and I was expecting some sort of critical analysis of our dependance on technology and social media.
Jess Kimball Leslie seems that someone who could be interesting, an open member of the LGBTQ+ community, and who seems reasonably intelligent, and I found myself wishing this book could be more interesting, but most of it did not hold my attention.
Instead of what I expected this book to be about, this appeared to be a book about its author, with some comments on how computers and social media influenced her career and business. The book's structure wasn't too bad, sticking to different eras, beginning in the 1990s, and moving chronologically to the 2010s, but it felt like it completely veered of subject a lot, and ended up feeling very self-indulgent.
Even an essay on why she doesn't like Twitter didn't impress me, although the next chapter, about the people she stalks on Facebook was more interesting, although I still found myself seeing her as smug, and a little too judgemental. Overalll, I definitely wouldn't recommend this book; I'm sure there are better analyses of modern technology out there.
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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life by Jess Kimball Leslie
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I read this, despite seeing negative reviews - the blurb made it sound interesting, and I was expecting some sort of critical analysis of our dependance on technology and social media.
Jess Kimball Leslie seems that someone who could be interesting, an open member of the LGBTQ+ community, and who seems reasonably intelligent, and I found myself wishing this book could be more interesting, but most of it did not hold my attention.
Instead of what I expected this book to be about, this appeared to be a book about its author, with some comments on how computers and social media influenced her career and business. The book's structure wasn't too bad, sticking to different eras, beginning in the 1990s, and moving chronologically to the 2010s, but it felt like it completely veered of subject a lot, and ended up feeling very self-indulgent.
Even an essay on why she doesn't like Twitter didn't impress me, although the next chapter, about the people she stalks on Facebook was more interesting, although I still found myself seeing her as smug, and a little too judgemental. Overalll, I definitely wouldn't recommend this book; I'm sure there are better analyses of modern technology out there.
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