Dreaming in Code
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Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg
Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it's so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers--led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch Kapor--designing a novel personal information manager meant to challenge market leader Microsoft Outlook. Their story takes us through a maze of abruptdead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they wrestle not only with the abstraction of code, but with the unpredictability of human behavior-- especially their own.
Scott Rosenberg is a writer and editor who began creating web pages in 1994 as an editor for the San Francisco Free Press and in 1995 as a co-founder of Salon, where he served as the technology and managing editor. He started blogging in 2002 and is now a contributor to Steven Levy's technology publication, Backchannel. Say Everything: How Blogging Started, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters is his book that chronicles the history of blogging. His follow-up, Dreaming in Code, delves into the world of software development and its flaws.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400082476 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400082471 |
| Title | Dreaming in Code |
| Author | Scott Rosenberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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