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Ellen Ullman

Warning. Warning. Warning. Fatal error. Stop.
Ethan Levin wasn't worried. Programming mistakes were inevitable. He'd fix it, and move on. An excerpt from Ellen Ullman's new novel, "The Bug."
By Ellen Ullman May 16, 2003
Bugged out
"The Bug" author Ellen Ullman talks about the Gothic terrors that lurk between the rational lines of computer code.
By Scott Rosenberg May 16, 2003
Hurrah for slow recounts
Online voting is neat, efficient -- and robs the political process of its human spirit.
By Ellen Ullman Nov 8, 2000
Letters to the editor
White House protest letter draws readers' derision Plus: Do music videos give blacks a bad rap? McCain's anti-Confederate flag talk doesn't fly.
Apr 24, 2000
Letters to the editor
"American Psycho": Trenchant social commentary? Plus: Linking to hate sites; techno-geeks debate libertarianism.
Apr 18, 2000
Twilight of the crypto-geeks
Lone-wolf digital libertarians are beginning to abandon their faith in technology uber alles and espouse suspiciously socialist-sounding ideas.
By Ellen Ullman Apr 13, 2000
The dumbing-down of programming
Part Two: Returning to the source. Once knowledge disappears into code, how do we retrieve it?
By Ellen Ullman May 13, 1998
The dumbing-down of programming
Rebelling against Microsoft and its wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing. First of two parts.
By Ellen Ullman May 12, 1998
sliced off by the cutting edge
A software engineer despairs at keeping up with every new techno-trend. Second excerpt from Ullman's 'Close to the Machine.'
By Ellen Ullman Oct 16, 1997
21st: Elegance and Entropy
Ellen Ullman talks about what makes programmers tick.
By Scott Rosenberg Oct 9, 1997
Disappearing into the code
A deadline brings programmers to the place of no shame. The body melts away, the mind races. Only one thing matters: Can you fix that demon bug? First of two excerpts from Ullman's "Close to the Machine."
By Ellen Ullman Oct 9, 1997
Sexing the Machine
Three digital women debate gender, technology and the Net. An e-mail roundtable with authors Ellen Ullman and Sadie Plant.
By Laura Miller Sep 11, 1997
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