Libros
• The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014)
• Steve Jobs (2011)
• The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies (2014, coautor con Erik Brynjolfsson)
• Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007)
• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003)
• The Norton Book of American Essays (1999, editado con Walter A. McDougall)
• American Sketches: Great Men, Rebels, and Rascals, 1776-1865 (1987, editado con Charles S. Noble)
Artículos
• “The Innovative Imperative: How Companies Can Build a Culture of Creativity” (Harvard Business Review, 2015)
• “Why Steve Jobs Was a Genius” (Time, 2012)
• “The Great Innovator: How Steve Jobs Changed the World” (Time, 2011)
• “Einstein's Legacy: The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century” (Time, 2007)
• “Benjamin Franklin: The Original American” (Time, 2003)
• “The American Essay: A Tradition of Great Writing” (The New Republic, 1999)
• “American Sketches: A New Look at the Early Republic” (The New Republic, 1987)
Otros trabajos
• Produjo y escribió el documental de PBS “Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires” (1996)
• Cofundador del sitio web de noticias tecnológicas The Industry Standard (1994)
• Editor de la revista Time (1996‑2001)
• Editor gerente de la revista Time (1994‑1996)
• Redactor senior en Time (1991‑1994)