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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Ellen Ullman
Hurrah for slow recounts
Online voting is neat, efficient -- and robs the political process of its human spirit.
Twilight of the crypto-geeks
Lone-wolf digital libertarians are beginning to abandon their faith in technology uber alles and espouse suspiciously socialist-sounding ideas.
The dumbing-down of programming
Part Two: Returning to the source. Once knowledge disappears into code, how do we retrieve it?
The dumbing-down of programming
Rebelling against Microsoft and its wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing. First of two parts.
sliced off by the cutting edge
A software engineer despairs at keeping up with every new techno-trend. Second excerpt from Ullman's 'Close to the Machine.'
21st: Elegance and Entropy
Ellen Ullman talks about what makes programmers tick.
Disappearing into the code
A deadline brings programmers to the place of no shame. The body melts away, the mind
races. Only one thing matters: Can you fix that demon bug? First of two
excerpts from Ullman's "Close to the Machine."
Sexing the Machine
Three digital women debate gender, technology and the Net. An e-mail roundtable with authors Ellen Ullman and Sadie Plant. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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