Spertus has written articles treating both technical and social subjects, often combining the two. In 1993, she was profiled in
The New York Times as one of the "women who might change the face of the computer industry" and in a follow-up article in 2003. While at Google, In May 2011,
O'Reilly Media published the book
App Inventor, which Spertus co-authored with David Wolber,
Hal Abelson, and Liz Looney. She spent several summers between terms working for
Microsoft. She is married to computer scientist Keith Golden. ==References==