David Weinberger, author of Small Pieces Loosely Joined (which title is the best four word description of the Web, ever), has written a kids version of it called What the Web Is For. More kids versions of "grown-up books" should be written...I imagine such an exercise could help the author focus their arguments and improve the end product.

This entry was published on March 24, 2002 at 07:00 am.

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