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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

Name: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
Brand: Picador USA
SKU: 9781250002488
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Contributors:

Ellen Ullman, Jaron Lanier (Introduction by)

Publisher:

Picador USA

Release Date:

2012-02-28

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography

Book Subcategory:

Business, Women, Science & Technology

ISBN 13:

9781250002488

Weight:

0.55 lbs

Size:

Pages:

208

Description

With a New Introduction by Jaron Lanier

A Salon Best Book of the Year

In 1997, the computer was still a relatively new tool---a sleek and unforgiving machine that was beyond the grasp of most users. With intimate and unflinching detail, software engineer Ellen Ullman examines the strange ecstasy of being at the forefront of the predominantly male technological revolution, and the difficulty of translating the inherent messiness of human life into artful and efficient code. Close to the Machine is an elegant and revelatory mediation on the dawn of the digital era.

About the Author

Ellen Ullman is an American computer programmer and author. She has written novels as well as articles for various publications, including Harper's Magazine, Wired, The New York Times, and Salon. Her essays and novels analyze the human side of the world of computer programming. Ullman earned a bachelor's degree in English at Cornell University in the early 1970s. She then turned to business programming in the following years. She eventually began writing about her experiences as a programmer in 1995 when she wrote an essay titled "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life." She lives in San Francisco.

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

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