Ellen Ullman - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/ellen_ullman/?source=rss&aim=ellen_ullman en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT Warning. Warning. Warning. Fatal error. Stop. By Ellen Ullman Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/05/16/ullman_excerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/05/16/ullman_excerpt/index.html?source=rss 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." Bugged out By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2003/05/16/ullman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2003/05/16/ullman/index.html?source=rss "The Bug" author Ellen Ullman talks about the Gothic terrors that lurk between the rational lines of computer code. Hurrah for slow recounts By Ellen Ullman Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/08/online_voting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/11/08/online_voting/index.html?source=rss Online voting is neat, efficient -- and robs the political process of its human spirit. Letters to the editor Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/24/forbes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/24/forbes/index.html?source=rss 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. Letters to the editor Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/18/libertarians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/18/libertarians/index.html?source=rss "American Psycho": Trenchant social commentary? Plus: Linking to hate sites; techno-geeks debate libertarianism. Twilight of the crypto-geeks By Ellen Ullman Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/13/libertarians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/13/libertarians/index.html?source=rss Lone-wolf digital libertarians are beginning to abandon their faith in technology uber alles and espouse suspiciously socialist-sounding ideas. The dumbing-down of programming By Ellen Ullman Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/13/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/13/feature/index.html?source=rss Part Two: Returning to the source. Once knowledge disappears into code, how do we retrieve it? The dumbing-down of programming By Ellen Ullman Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/12/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/12/feature/index.html?source=rss Rebelling against Microsoft and its wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing. First of two parts. sliced off by the cutting edge By Ellen Ullman Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/16/ullman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/16/ullman/index.html?source=rss A software engineer despairs at keeping up with every new techno-trend. Second excerpt from Ullman's 'Close to the Machine.' 21st: Elegance and Entropy By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/interview/index.html?source=rss Ellen Ullman talks about what makes programmers tick. Disappearing into the code By Ellen Ullman Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/ullman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/ullman/index.html?source=rss 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." Sexing the Machine By Laura Miller Fri, 16 May 2003 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/09/11/tech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/09/11/tech/index.html?source=rss Three digital women debate gender, technology and the Net. An e-mail roundtable with authors Ellen Ullman and Sadie Plant.