Comments on: Writing the Interface http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/writing-the-interface/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Matt B. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/writing-the-interface/#comment-1996 Matt B. Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:58:13 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=850#comment-1996 <p>Not relevant since it’s fiction, but what did you think of the portrayal of the code writers in Mark Costello’s _Big If_? I thought Jens’ defense of code-as-poetry could’ve come from a memoir as easily as a novel. </p> Not relevant since it’s fiction, but what did you think of the portrayal of the code writers in Mark Costello’s _Big If_? I thought Jens’ defense of code-as-poetry could’ve come from a memoir as easily as a novel.

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/writing-the-interface/#comment-1995 KF Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:38:24 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=850#comment-1995 <p>I read <i>The Bug</i> over the summer—right about the same time you were reading it, judging from the post you wrote—and really liked it, overall.  But there’s something about the memoir that I find more affecting, and I guess I’m trying to puzzle out why. </p> <p> I did read the Stone, as well as Paige Baty’s <i>e-mail Trouble</i>, which I might add to the list.  Is there something to the fact that all the titles we’ve come up with so far are written by women?  Or is that coincidence? </p> I read The Bug over the summer—right about the same time you were reading it, judging from the post you wrote—and really liked it, overall.  But there’s something about the memoir that I find more affecting, and I guess I’m trying to puzzle out why.

I did read the Stone, as well as Paige Baty’s e-mail Trouble, which I might add to the list.  Is there something to the fact that all the titles we’ve come up with so far are written by women?  Or is that coincidence?

]]> By: Matt K. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/writing-the-interface/#comment-1994 Matt K. Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:32:03 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=850#comment-1994 <p>The question about first-person memoirs is a good one. You might have a look at both Sandy Stone’s _War of Desire and Technology_, which has some autobiographical sections, and Brenda Laurel’s _Computers as Theatre_ (not so autobiographical, but a classic on interface theory and I think an excellent match with Ullman). Jon Katz’s _Geeks_ isn’t first-person either but teaches extremely well. </p> <p> Ullman, incidentally, just published a novel, _The Bug_. </p> The question about first-person memoirs is a good one. You might have a look at both Sandy Stone’s _War of Desire and Technology_, which has some autobiographical sections, and Brenda Laurel’s _Computers as Theatre_ (not so autobiographical, but a classic on interface theory and I think an excellent match with Ullman). Jon Katz’s _Geeks_ isn’t first-person either but teaches extremely well.

Ullman, incidentally, just published a novel, _The Bug_.

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