{"product_id":"close-to-the-machine-by-ellen-ullman-9781805331957","title":"Close to the Machine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEllen Ullman's humane, insightful, and beautifully written memoir is a cult classic exploring the ever-complicating intersections between people and technology. Writing from 1990s San Francisco, where she ran a programming business that served everyone from credit card companies to AIDS clinics, she describes the strange ecstasies of programming and the even stranger social dynamics of the emerging California tech world. Here, she crosses paths with the men and women of the emerging internet: sleeping with them, competing with them, trying to get them to debug her systems and decode her desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEqually evocative of the messiness of life and the artful efficiency of code, \u003cem\u003eClose to the Machine\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply personal, prescient account of working at the forefront of computing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470297252076,"sku":"9781805331957","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805331957-close-to-the-machine.jpg?v=1775215606","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/close-to-the-machine-by-ellen-ullman-9781805331957","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}