Pat Rondon reviewed Life in code by Ellen Ullman
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4 stars
In lean prose, Ullman recounts dual experiences as both a computing insider — technically proficient, well-connected enough to run into Larry Page at parties, deeply attuned to the habits and rhythms of software developers — and outsider — a woman in an industry that skews heavily male, a humanities enthusiast in an environment where "human" is practically a pejorative, and a deep skeptic of startup culture living in the heart of Silicon Valley. She saves the best for last, when Ullman dons her Jane Jacobs glasses to examine the computing industry's impact on, and disconnection from, its hometown.