Wired Magazine

I'm on the way to NYC to attend a NetSuite CFO conference today, and had a little time to catch up on some reading, including this month's Wired magazine (17.02- the February 2009 issue). Many of you know that I used to work for the nation's largest magazine distributor, and I had the opportunity to see just about everything sold at newsstands while there. I continue to be amazed by Wired magazine- they always seem to have the most interesting articles. This month's issue includes an article about a Geneticist/Physician's search for clues about his daughter's undiagnosed genetic disorder, how our lives are being changed by GPS technology, and a great article about how the Google/Yahoo deal got the smackdown from the politicos at W's DOJ. While the magazine seems to have a way-left-of-center political view (and some have observed a tinge of the Apple Fanboy Syndrome in its pages), I think it's one of the publications business techologists should be reading. If you would like to read articles from the magazine, you can find them at www.wired.com.
While you're at Wired.com, look over their blogs (especially Threat Level), and the Wired Science show on PBS.
Some of the things I learned this morning include:
- The cool apps for the Google Android OS for phones.
- How Obama used social media and the web to crowdsource policy proposals and prioritize their policy initiatives
- I read a great essay about emerging issues at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human rights.
The magazine also has amazing graphics throughout which help explain complex (and dry) subject matter (I'm sure the magazine costs a fortune to print).
As the owner of an Amazon Kindle (and a serious early adopter), I can tell you that the experience of reading a paper copy of Wired won't be replaced by the Kindle or the web anytime soon. Buy a copy at your local bookstore, or just fill out a subscription card and get it free for a month- a year is only $8.