I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life Audiobook (Free)

‘Get off your mobile phone and examine Jess Kimball Leslie’s funny book!’

Andy Cohen, sponsor of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live

I REALLY LIKE MY COMPUTER BECAUSE MY FRIENDS LIVE IN It really is a hilarious memoir of developing up in the early days of the web and celebrating technology’s part in our lives.

Coming of age in suburban Connecticut in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Jess Kimball Leslie looked to the nascent Internet to get the tribes she couldn’t find IRL: fellow Bette Midler enthusiasts; women who seemed impossibly certain of their sexuality; interns trudging through similarly soul-crushing media careers. Through effortlessly comedic storytelling and looks at technology through the age groups (with photos!), Jess goes on a journey through the hilarious moments that technology and the web changed her existence.

From accounts of the lawless boards of early AOL to the perpetual senior high school reunions that are modern-day Facebook and Instagram, Jess’s essays color a clear picture: That every folks has a much more twisted, meaningful, emotional romantic relationship with the online world than we realize or let on.