Life in code

a personal history of technology

306 pages

English language

Published July 10, 2017 by MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-53451-6
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OCLC Number:
987376102

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4 stars (1 review)

2 editions

Worthwhile collection

4 stars

This book has an emotional quality which is missing from a lot of critical tech writing. Really worthwhile collection, although the contents are quite varied I expect something here will appeal to anyone who enjoyed Close to the Machine.

The outsider-becomes-insider accounts of the tech world of 1990s San Francisco were probably the sections I enjoyed the most while reading them. The short section of essays on artificial life - including the role of the body in intelligence - are the ones that I'm still thinking about six months later.

Subjects

  • Computer programmers
  • History
  • Computer programming
  • Biography
  • Internet

Places

  • United States