Just found this blog via AKMA

Shovelware by Mark Dery. I read a couple of books by him way back at the outset of the Web, when I was doing some heavy research into online community. His books were Flame Wars and Escape Velocity, both on tech-head culture and online discourse. He interviews Erik Davis (who authored TechGnosis in 1998. I have all three books, but not the latest from Dery, A User’s Guide to “The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium”

It’s been a while, but I remember I was impressed with his sociological narrative. I’ll have to check this one out (anbd the blog as well)