I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It

Name: I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It
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Stories from an Online Life

By Jess Kimball Leslie

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In I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It by Jess Kimball Leslie, the author shares her quirky and humorous journey navigating the digital world. Blending personal anecdotes with cultural observations, Leslie explores how technology shapes our identities and connections, offering insights into the modern phenomenon of online friendships. This memoir captures the bittersweet and transformative nature of living in an age dominated by screens.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy humorous and insightful reflections on how digital technology shapes modern friendships. Jess Kimball Leslie captures the quirks and warmth of connecting with friends through a screen, making it a delightful read for anyone who feels their virtual connections are just as real as physical ones.

For fans of You're Never Weird on the Internet and I Was Told There'd Be Cake, I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It is part humorous memoir of growing up in the early days of the Internet, part passionate defense of technology and its positive effect on our lives.

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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It is tech analyst Jess Kimball Leslie's hilarious, frank homage to the technology that contributed so significantly to the person she is today. From accounts of the lawless chat rooms of early AOL to the perpetual high school reunions that are modern-day Facebook and Instagram, her essays paint a clear picture: that all of us have a much more twisted, meaningful, emotional relationship with the online world than we realise or let on.

Coming of age in suburban Connecticut in the late '80s and early '90s, Jess looked to the nascent Internet to find the tribes she couldn't find IRL: fellow Bette Midler fans; women who seemed impossibly sure of their sexuality; people who worked with computers every day as part of their actual jobs without being ridiculed as nerds. It's in large part because of her embrace of an online life that Jess is where she is now: happily married, with a wife, son, and dog, and making a living analysing Internet trends and forecasting the future of tech.

She bets most people would credit technology for many of their successes, too, if they could only shed the notion that it's a mind-numbing drug on which we're all overdosing.

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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It by Jess Kimball Leslie is praised for its humour and the author's quirky and engaging storytelling about growing up with the Internet. Reviewers highlight its comedic portrayal of how online and offline lives have intertwined. Notable figures commend the book's entertaining and warm approach to recounting the author's experiences with digital culture and technology.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780762461714

Publisher: Running Press,U.S.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 April 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Running Press Adult

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 216g

Pages: 240

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Biography & Memoir Computing & Technology Education & Reference Humour Jess Kimball Leslie Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Jess Kimball Leslie is a rising star in the tech journalism world who writes about technology and the Internet for publications such as Elle, The Hairpin, The Awl, TechCrunch, and others. Jess is an analyst whose work has been commissioned by companies such as American Express, Google, and Samsung; a frequent speaker at large tech conferences; and a regular guest on multiple cable news shows. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife and son.