Close to the Machine

Technophilia and Its Discontents

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Social Aspects, Biography & Memoir, Reference, Computers
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Author: Ellen Ullman ISBN: 9781250024589
Publisher: Picador Publication: February 28, 2012
Imprint: Picador Language: English
Author: Ellen Ullman
ISBN: 9781250024589
Publisher: Picador
Publication: February 28, 2012
Imprint: Picador
Language: English

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.

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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.

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