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Author investigates future of the Internet in first humor fiction novel
While it's fairly simple to find just about anything on the Internet, author Ben Woods says there's one thing that sticks out the most: crazy people.
The Developers ($13.95, 342 pages, thedevelopersbook.com) mixes the insane and obscene with technology, romance and pop culture. But while the book's web development group tries to make its mark on the virtual world, it encounters pre-eminent issues that will soon be shaping the Internet of the future: Are individuals losing their remaining privacy due to the World Wide Web? Will online social interaction eventually replace in-person gatherings as a necessary means?
The book is now available through numerous U.S. bookstores, libraries and Amazon.com. Woods, a Baltimore resident and Purdue University graduate, currently works as a software engineer at Integrated Marketing Solutions in Baltimore. He also has written tech-humor columns for a number of media websites in the Midwest.
The Developers tells the story of Matt Severnson, who has assembled a team of hard-working, quasi-geek individuals to build a revolutionary website for a northern Michigan city. The system becomes a big hit despite the group members' idiosyncratic traits. Fast food addiction, incessant sexual tension and heated bingo competition constantly distract the team. While the opportunity arises to build the first nationwide, government-sponsored high-speed Internet portal, the issue comes second to Matt's relationship with Katy, the team's co-leader. They cannot hate each other enough to halt their steamy romance, but they can't love each other enough to share anything but a fish dinner.
ISBN 0-9764322-8-5 | Book website: thedevelopersbook.com | Author website: benwoods.com