Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents

Title: Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents.
Author: Ellen Ullman.

     In a quirky fashion, Ullman gives us a glimpse into the life of a consulting software engineer . . .  focusing on the import of computer technology in personal and human terms. This memoir is written by a person who not only understands how to work computers, but understands how the techie world affects her own life and that of others. As a programmer, starting in the 1990s, she parallels her own life with that of technology and also examines the strange position of being in the forefront of a predominantly male field of work.

Non-fiction; rated 3 out of 5.

Reviewed by E. Feynman

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