Litsy

Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology | Ellen Ullman

so-so

As with basically every tech book I've ever read, I can't help but wish I was getting the same perspective on the most recent developments. 2017 is starting to feel like a long time ago, especially in internet time. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? There are personal details, but there are chapters that read like magazine articles or essays, including citation of other sources and what appear to be recounting interviews or discussion with experts/people in the fields in question. Kind of a mix of chronological and topic specific organization peppered with flashbacks. 5mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? There is some wonder and some nostalgia, but there's also 'wow, this boys club really sucks', and 'I have (legitimate) concerns about what all this tech is doing to us as humans' both then and now.
Also a fair bit of how shitty expectations/labour practices were (are?) for programmers, and a good dose of 'they don't make 'em like they used to'.
Interesting to get this POV on Y2K, the dot-com bubble. 5mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? Always love to wander through speculation about true artificial intelligence and tackling the real barriers to creating such, the larger questions about what humans know about consciousness, sentience, intelligence that could possibly be replicated in machines. The discussion of how a living being, an animal, is embodied directly affecting the development of the mind, was particularly fascinating. 5mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/? The moments where Ullman made a point of hoping/encouraging increases in diversity in the field of programming, in technological solutions that aid a better, fairer society were somewhat watered down by the pessism pervading much of her reflections.
Overall I think this book was a bit of a mismatch for me as a reader. 5mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 I'm here for robots and social change, but Ullman's painting more a dystopian vision of the future than a solar punk one, and merrily dives into computer talk when I don't actually care about/comprehend the nitty gritty (I'm part of the problem! 🤦🏼‍♂️). Lopsided choice on my part. Thank goodness the library lets me make these booboos without buyer's remorse. 5mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology | Ellen Ullman

Mood. Vocational mood, but also, life mood. ☺️

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Robotswithpersonality

Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology | Ellen Ullman

Poor computers, just victims of our changeable human whims. 🖥️😵‍💫

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Robotswithpersonality

Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology | Ellen Ullman

Part of a chapter the author wrote in 1998...I'm just gonna leave this here...🤦🏼‍♂️

Singout THIS. I hate living in the era of electronic appliances that I can‘t take apart and repair myself. 5mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology | Ellen Ullman

Love the cover colour way for memoirs by women talking about their chosen field. ♥️🤍

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Bookwormjillk

Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien" | Jeremy Smith

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I have to give a presentation on cybersecurity this week and decided to re-listen to this audiobook. I absolutely love this book about a woman making a career in the early days of ethical hacking and penetration testing.

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CampbellTaraL

Hello, Android Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform | Ed Burnette

When is the @Litsy app returning to the Google Play store for Android users? I had to factory reset my phone and the #Litsy app is no longer available for download. Tried directly with Play Store and through the various links here and at LibraryThing, no go.

The web app is okay for liking and commenting but it's terrible on mobile for editing pictures.

CampbellTaraL Also leaving that funny text prompt on the image because that's how clunky it is to try to use web version on mobile! 8mo

Librarybelle I‘m an Apple user, but I know other Android users on Litsy found a way to get the app on through means other than the Google Play store…hopefully they‘ll be able to help! 8mo

Ruthiella @julesG Has the answer. I can‘t remember the post anymore, however, where she gave the instructions. 8mo

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RamsFan1963 You can find the Litsy app on Amazon's app store also. I had to use that when my phone crash and I lost the app for Litsy. 8mo

julesG Download the APK file and open it. Here's the link: https://litsy.en.uptodown.com/android Open the APK file. Your phone might say it's from an unreliable source, but you can tell your phone it isn't. This should install the Litsy App on Android. 8mo

CampbellTaraL Thanks all. I'll do the alternative installation route but this still should be fixed if the plans are to sustain @Litsy long-term. If not, well... 8mo

tpixie @Billypar does this help? 1mo

Billypar @tpixie Both the uptodown link and the Amazon app store got me closer. The trouble is that now Google Play Protect is blocking me, and keeps asking for a PIN that I didn't set up to allow the download or change the setting. I just tried setting up a PIN but it still didn't work. I'm going to keep trying though! 1mo

tpixie @Billypar so glad you worked it out!!! Perseverance prevails! (edited) 1mo

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REPollock

Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet | Claire Lisa Evans

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Unquestionably the best book of the year so far. Highly recommended for literally everyone who uses computers or has a smartphone, and especially women interested in the lost histories of women innovators.

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BkClubCare

Soul of a New Machine | Tracy Kidder

This is such a crazy idea! I love nonfiction- especially narrative nonfic; my most memorable entry to reading something “true” for FUN? Let me introduce you to Tracy Kidder. #TLT #ThreeListThursday #NonFiction

1. Tagged book. Inspired me to read all of Kidder‘s books (I haven‘t 🫤) but Mountains Beyond Mountains is another of his extremely inspirational reads.
2. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah - LISTEN 🎧 to this!!!!
3. See comments . . . 👇

BkClubCare #3. Out of the Flames was such a thrilling WOW!! Read, I call it “that” book

Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World

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