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Close to the Machine : Technophilia and Its Discontents
Close to the Machine Technophilia and Its Discontents
Author: Ellen Ullman
Here is a candid account of the life of a software engineer who runs her own computer consulting business out of a live-work loft in San Francisco's Multimedia Gulch. Immersed in the abstract world of information, algorithms, and networks, she would like to give in to the seductions of the programmer's world, where "weird logic dreamers" like he...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780872863323
ISBN-10: 0872863328
Publication Date: 11/1997
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3.4 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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decent collection of tech-related essays, but not as good as the except i read off Salon a while back.


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