http://dir.salon.com/topics/programming/?source=rss&aim=programming en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT By Cary Tennis Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/24/absent_minded/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/24/absent_minded/index.html?source=rss I fear I lack common sense in life, and this affects my performance. By David Brin Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/09/14/basic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/09/14/basic/index.html?source=rss BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2005/01/24/indian_programmers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2005/01/24/indian_programmers/index.html?source=rss "Debugging Indian Computer Programmers" is a lighthearted, first-person look at a touchy subject. By Scott Rosenberg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/09/spolsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/09/spolsky/index.html?source=rss Author Joel Spolsky talks about what Microsoft has in common with his grandparents and what Isaac Bashevis Singer has to do with code-generating schemes. By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/06/outsource_myself/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/06/outsource_myself/index.html?source=rss Bangalore resident Rachna Asirvatham has a 56K modem, a bookcase full of software manuals ... and a bunch of American clients. By Scott Rosenberg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2004/03/19/programmers_at_work/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2004/03/19/programmers_at_work/index.html?source=rss Programming must change -- but how? At a reunion of coding pioneers, answers abound. By Ellen Ullman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 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." By Scott Rosenberg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 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. By Nick Gillespie Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/03/06/buy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/03/06/buy/index.html?source=rss Only by immersing our children in marketing can we teach them to choose. By Rachel Chalmers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/30/lions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/30/lions/index.html?source=rss John Lions wrote the first, and perhaps only, literary criticism of Unix, sparking one of open source's first legal battles. By Janelle Brown Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/29/butterworth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/29/butterworth/index.html?source=rss MTVi's Nicholas Butterworth says he wants the audience to do the programming. By Sarah Vowell Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/09/22/subscriber/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/09/22/subscriber/index.html?source=rss Announcing ... the Your Town Here Arts & Lectures fall season, featuring Anglo-Saxon-American jazz puppet theater! By James Poniewozik Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/col/poni/1999/05/24/radio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/poni/1999/05/24/radio/index.html?source=rss Commercial radio will have only itself to blame if the Internet ends up eating its pablum lunch. By -- Peter Wayner Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/05/07/pascal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/05/07/pascal/index.html?source=rss A venerable language falls victim to changing programming fashions. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html?source=rss Complete Salon Technology coverage of Linux, the open-source movement and free software's ideas and personalities. By Peter Wayner Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/01/28/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/01/28/feature/index.html?source=rss For serious programmers, contributing code to Linux pays off not in dollars but in respect. By Peter Wayner Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/01/05/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/01/05/feature/index.html?source=rss It's not just Sun vs. Microsoft anymore -- as the success of little Transvirtual shows. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/13/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/10/13/feature/index.html?source=rss How Larry Wall invented a messy programming language -- and changed the face of the Web. By Ellen Ullman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 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? By Ellen Ullman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 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. By Ellen Ullman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 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.' By Scott Rosenberg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 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. By Ellen Ullman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 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." By Scott Rosenberg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/05/20/java1960520/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/05/20/java1960520/index.html?source=rss Java's a year old. Can it walk and talk yet?