Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents by Ellen Ullmann
Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

Ellen Ullmann

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

Ellen Ullmann

189 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

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 wou...

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Moods

informative 100%
reflective 87%
inspiring 62%
funny 37%
challenging 12%
emotional 12%
hopeful 12%
lighthearted 12%
relaxing 12%

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fast 37%
slow 12%

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