- Ellen Ullman
Ellen Ullman is an American
computer programmer andauthor . She has writtennovels as well as articles for various publications, including "Harper's ", "Wired", the "New York Times " and "Salon". Her essays and novels analyze thehuman side of the world of computer programming.Ullman earned a
B.A. in English atCornell University in the early 1970s. [ [http://www.girlgeeks.org/innergeek/inspiringwomen/ullman.shtml Women Who Inspire Us] (GirlGeeks)] She then turned to business programming in the following years. She eventually began writing about her experiences as a programmer in 1995 when she wrote anessay titled "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life". She lives inSan Francisco [ [http://dir.salon.com/story/books/int/2003/05/16/ullman/index.html 2003 interview with Salon.com] about her novel "The Bug"] .Essays
* "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life" (included in the 1995 collection "Resisting the Virtual Life", ISBN 0-87286-299-2)
* [http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/05/cov_12feature.html "The dumbing-down of programming"] (Salon.com,May 12 ,1998 )
* [http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/05/13feature.html "The dumbing-down of programming, Part 2"] (Salon.com, May 13, 1998)Non-fiction
* "Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents" (ISBN 0-87286-332-8, 1997)
Novels
* "The Bug" (ISBN 0-385-50860-3, 2003)
References
External links
* [http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1997/10/09interview.html Interview with Salon magazine] (
October 9 , 1997)
* [http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/15/ellen.html Interview with Stay Free magazine] (Fall 1998)
* [http://frontwheeldrive.com/ellen_ullman.html Interview with frontwheeldrive.com] (May 21 ,1999 )
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2002/05/08/eullman.DTL Interview with SF Gate] (May 8 ,2002 )
* [http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/205/Ellen-Ullman-The-Bug-page01.html Interview and discussion of The Bug] on The WELL (January, 2004)
* [http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2006/10/06.html Audio interview with Jon Udell] (October 6 ,2006 )
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