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Life In Code

A Personal History of Technology

Ellen Ullman 2017 Multco Hollywood 005.1092 U41L 2017

Ellen Ullman 1949
Author of Close to the Machine 2012 and The Bug 2004
essay collection from years 1994, 1998 ... 2017
p005 Programmers don't talk because they must not be interrupted ... Interruption means certain bugs.
p012 The Japanese (sponsors) received what their money was intended to buy ... odd behavior ... real top-rate engineers.
p015 Underlying every user-friendly interface is a terrific human contempt.
p017 like push buttons on a toddler's toy
p027 The internet: Mother's little helper for the male engineer
p028 I'm an engineer ... love for the intricate lives of things
p040 Slackware Linux on a PC, 1983/Stallman 1991/Torvalds
p053 Silicon Valley Linux Users Group Torvalds presentation
p074 Ed Yardini Y2K doom
p088 ... But people with too many choices are almost as unhappy as those with no choice at all.
p100 Friday party at eGroups in SoMA SF, Carl Page

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- . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ullman | Ellen Ullman ]] 1949
 . Author of [[ https://search.worldcat.org/title/733231306 | Close to the Machine 2012 ]] and [[ https://search.worldcat.org/title/56079814 | The Bug 2004]]
+ . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ullman | Ellen Ullman 1949 ]]
 . Author of [[ https://search.worldcat.org/title/733231306 | Close to the Machine 2012 ]] and [[ https://search.worldcat.org/title/56079814 | The Bug 2004 ]]
 .essay collection from years 1994, 1998 ... 2017
 .p005 Programmers don't talk because they must not be interrupted ... Interruption means certain bugs.
 .p012 The Japanese (sponsors) received what their money was intended to buy ... odd behavior ... real top-rate engineers.
 .p015 Underlying every user-friendly interface is a terrific human contempt.
 .p017 like push buttons on a toddler's toy
 .p027 The internet: Mother's little helper for the male engineer
 .p028 I'm an engineer ... love for the intricate lives of things
 .p040 Slackware Linux on a PC, 1983/Stallman 1991/Torvalds
 .p053 Silicon Valley Linux Users Group Torvalds presentation
 .p074 [[ https://yardeni.com/wp-content/uploads/bio.pdf | Ed Yardini ]] Y2K doom
 .p088 ... But people with too many choices are almost as unhappy as those with no choice at all.