Close to the Machine (eBook)

Technophilia and Its Discontents

Ellen Ullman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
208 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-78227-024-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents, Ellen Ullman's cult classic memoir of the world of computers in the 1980s and early 1990s, is an insight of a world we rarely see up close.
"Astonishing... impossible to put down"San Francisco Chronicle
"We see the seduction at the heart of programming: embedded in the hijinks and hieroglyphics are the esoteric mysteries of the human mind"
— Wired
Close to the Machine has become a cult classic: Ellen Ullman's humane, insightful, and beautifully written memoir explores the ever-complicating intersections between people and technology; the strange ecstasies of programming; the messiness of life and the artful efficiency of code. It is a deeply personal, prescient account of working at the forefront of computing.
With a new introduction by Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget
"By turns hilarious and sobering, this slim gem of a book chronicles the Silicon Valley way of life... full of delicately profound insights into work, money, love, and the search for a life that matters"
— Newsweek
Ellen Ullman's Close to the Machine, a memoir of her time as a software engineer during the early years of the internet revolution, became a cult classic and established her as a writer of considerable talent; with her second book, The Bug, she became an acclaimed and vital novelist; By Blood is her third. All three titles are published in the UK by Pushkin Press. Her essays and opinion pieces have been widely published in venues such as Harper's, The New York Times, Salon, and Wired. She lives in San Francisco.

Autor

Ellen Ullman's Close to the Machine, a memoir of her time as a software engineer during the early years of the internet revolution, became a cult classic and established her as a writer of considerable talent; with her second book, The Bug, she became an acclaimed novelist; By Blood, her second novel, is also published by Pushkin Press. She lives in San Francisco.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2012
• Einführung: Jaron Lanier
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Schlagworte: Anna Wiener • Birth of the Internet • Bruce Sterling • cult classic • Cyberpunk • cyborg manifesto • distrust that particular flavor • DONNA HARAWAY • Emily Witt • Internet culture • in the beginning was the command line • Jaron Lanier • Naomi Klein • Neal Stephenson • Silicon Valley • Uncanny Valley • William Gibson • women in computer science • women programmers • You Are Not a Gadget
• ISBN-10: 1-78227-024-8 / 1782270248
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-024-9 / 9781782270249