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Hamlet Linden

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11-19-2003 22:01

Thanks to everyone who showed up earlier tonight! I'll be running the conversation as a series of NWN entries next week. Meanwhile, here's a place to discuss *The Bug*, Ellen, the book club, and anything and everything to related to them...

Hamlet Linden

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11-20-2003 13:34

I also asked this at the event, but I wanted to get a more complete tally here:

Show of hands, how many residents read/are reading *The Bug*? If you qualify for either, please post!

paulie Femto

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I read The Bug

11-20-2003 13:35

I read it.

Cienna Rand

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11-20-2003 13:50

I read it. Had been meaning to since Slashdot did a review, this just pushed me over the edge.

It's something I can really relate to as a software developer. (Testers really are the devils)

Beryl Greenacre

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11-21-2003 09:57

I'm almost done with "The Bug." It's not exactly Hemingway, but it offers a layperson (i.e., me) a view into the world of programmers. And it's a quick read.

Hamlet Linden

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11-21-2003 16:00

We unfortunately had to end the Book Club someone abrubtly, and I got the sense some people had more questions or comments for her. If so, please post here in the next few days, and I'll forward the best 3-5 questions to Ellen by e-mail. Hopefully she'll be able to answer them (no promises!) before we go to press.

Dionysus Starseeker

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11-24-2003 12:07

Hehe... I just started reading Cory's book... :^x

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Hamlet Linden

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11-25-2003 17:48

Heh!

Anyway, the first two parts of Ellen's interview are up now. Feel free to offer comments and questions here, as they occur.

secondlife.com/notes

Abigail Baskerville

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11-25-2003 17:52

I'm currently reading The Bug. It was a great event, by the way.

Hamlet Linden

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12-01-2003 23:58

Thanks!

So I'm running the Q&A portion of Ellen's
appearance over the next couple days-- be
sure to post any follow-up questions here or
e-mail them to me at [email]hamlet@secondlife.com[/email]
or just IM Hamlet Linden, and I'll make sure
Ellen has a chance to respond...

Mezzanine Peregrine

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12-02-2003 03:44

Ah, mentioned is the Zen of finding a bug.

And ... then theres always the opposite of Zen, for those bugs bugs which are still there after 12 hours of sleepless schedule-driven other-peoples-code searching madness. Those are fun too, for a given definition of tun.

Hamlet Linden

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01-11-2004 20:43

Hey look, Ellen made the top ten of Salon's Best Novels of
2003 list!

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/01/10/fiction_2003/index.html

No one writes more eloquently than Ullman (a Salon contributor) about the peculiar mind-set of the people who create the digital tools we use every day, the software that shapes our work lives and in some ways our imaginations themselves. With "The Bug," she follows up the trenchant essays in "Close to the Machine" with a thriller-like tale of hubris and self-destruction that never stoops to cheap tricks...

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The Hamlet Linden Book Club presents: Ellen Ullman, author of The Bug

The Hamlet Linden Book Club presents: Ellen Ullman, author of The Bug
Hamlet Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 9 Apr 2003 Posts: 882	11-19-2003 22:01 Thanks to everyone who showed up earlier tonight! I'll be running the conversation as a series of NWN entries next week. Meanwhile, here's a place to discuss The Bug, Ellen, the book club, and anything and everything to related to them...
Hamlet Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 9 Apr 2003 Posts: 882	11-20-2003 13:34 I also asked this at the event, but I wanted to get a more complete tally here: Show of hands, how many residents read/are reading The Bug? If you qualify for either, please post!
paulie Femto Into the dark Join date: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1,098	I read The Bug 11-20-2003 13:35 I read it.
Cienna Rand Inside Joke Join date: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 489	11-20-2003 13:50 I read it. Had been meaning to since Slashdot did a review, this just pushed me over the edge. It's something I can really relate to as a software developer. (Testers really are the devils)
Beryl Greenacre Big Scaredy-Baby Join date: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,312	11-21-2003 09:57 I'm almost done with "The Bug." It's not exactly Hemingway, but it offers a layperson (i.e., me) a view into the world of programmers. And it's a quick read.
Hamlet Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 9 Apr 2003 Posts: 882	11-21-2003 16:00 We unfortunately had to end the Book Club someone abrubtly, and I got the sense some people had more questions or comments for her. If so, please post here in the next few days, and I'll forward the best 3-5 questions to Ellen by e-mail. Hopefully she'll be able to answer them (no promises!) before we go to press.
Dionysus Starseeker Mostly Harmless Join date: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 764	11-24-2003 12:07 Hehe... I just started reading Cory's book... :^x _____________________ Life beyond Second Life? Nah... "...you will get as many answers as people you ask." -- Kenichi Chen hehe... yep
Hamlet Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 9 Apr 2003 Posts: 882	11-25-2003 17:48 Heh! Anyway, the first two parts of Ellen's interview are up now. Feel free to offer comments and questions here, as they occur. secondlife.com/notes
Abigail Baskerville Junior Member Join date: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 1	11-25-2003 17:52 I'm currently reading The Bug. It was a great event, by the way.
Hamlet Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 9 Apr 2003 Posts: 882	12-01-2003 23:58 Thanks! So I'm running the Q&A portion of Ellen's appearance over the next couple days-- be sure to post any follow-up questions here or e-mail them to me at [email]hamlet@secondlife.com[/email] or just IM Hamlet Linden, and I'll make sure Ellen has a chance to respond...
Mezzanine Peregrine Senior Member Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 113	12-02-2003 03:44 Ah, mentioned is the Zen of finding a bug. And ... then theres always the opposite of Zen, for those bugs bugs which are still there after 12 hours of sleepless schedule-driven other-peoples-code searching madness. Those are fun too, for a given definition of tun.
Hamlet Linden Linden Lab Employee Join date: 9 Apr 2003 Posts: 882	01-11-2004 20:43 Hey look, Ellen made the top ten of Salon's Best Novels of 2003 list! http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/01/10/fiction_2003/index.html No one writes more eloquently than Ullman (a Salon contributor) about the peculiar mind-set of the people who create the digital tools we use every day, the software that shapes our work lives and in some ways our imaginations themselves. With "The Bug," she follows up the trenchant essays in "Close to the Machine" with a thriller-like tale of hubris and self-destruction that never stoops to cheap tricks...