Computing as writing /

"This book examines the common metaphor that equates computing and writing, tracing it from the naming of devices ('notebook' computers) through the design of user interfaces (the 'desktop') to how we describe the work of programmers ('writing' code). Computing as...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Punday, Daniel (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press [2015]
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctt19704wz
Inhoudsopgave:
  • My documents: remembering the Memex
  • Writing, work, and profession
  • Programmer as writer
  • Ebooks, libraries, and feelies
  • Invention, patents, and the technological system
  • Audience today: between literature and performance
  • Conclusion: invention, creativity, and the teaching of writing.