Today I’m giving a presentation at the National Association of Science Writers about technology writing, and one of the basic points I’ll be making is that it’s almost impossible to characterize what “tech writing” is when our daily lives are pervaded with everything from computers to biotech gadgets. Tech writing can be, as a result, focused on almost anything. This makes tech writing quite different from science writing, which is often (though certainly not always) focused narrowly on pure research, as well as publications in scientific journals.

In that spirit, I offer to you a list of articles that could be categorized as technology writing despite the fact that they are also just as focused on other topics, such as parenting and consumer decision-making. All of these stories are chosen to reflect recent examples of tech journalism.

Technology for its own sake:
World’s Smallest Storage Device Lies in the Nucleus of an Atom [IDG via New York Times]

Technology and culture/arts:
ROFL Con Main Event [NPR]

Technology and business:
Yahoo Layoffs Won’t Solve Bigger Issues [CNNMoney]

Technology as service writing or consumer-oriented writing:
Google’s iPhone Challenger [Financial Times]

Technology and crime:
Identity Theft Harder Than Ever to Prevent [io9]

Technology and the family:
Web Content “Disturbing Children” [BBC News]