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The act of voting, to put it in computing terms, is a question of user interface.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Act Computing Interface Put Question Terms User Voting

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With all the attention given to the personal computer, it's hard to remember that other companion machine in the room - the printer.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Attention Companion Computer Given Hard Machine Other Personal Printer Remember Room

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When I am writing, and occasionally achieve single focus and presence, I finally feel that is where I'm supposed to be. Everything else is kind of anxiety.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Achieve Am Anxiety Else Everything Everything Else Feel Finally Focus Kind Occasionally Presence Single Supposed Where Writing I Am

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I am not intimidated by puerile boys acting like pre-teens.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Acting Am Boy Intimidated Like I Am

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It will not work to keep asking men to change. Many have no real objective to do so. There's no reward for them. Why should they change? They're doing well inside the halls of coding.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Asking Change Doing Halls Inside Keep Many Men Objective Real Reward Should Them Well Why Will Work

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What happens to people like myself, who have been involved with computing for a long time, is that you begin to see how many of the 'new' ideas are simply old ones coming back into view on the swing of the pendulum, with new and faster hardware to back it up.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Back Been Begin Coming Computing Faster Happens Hardware How Ideas Involved Like Long Long Time Many Myself New New Ideas Old Pendulum People See Simply Swing Time Up View Who You

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Truly new inventions take time to play out.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Inventions New Out Play Take Time Truly

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I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress,' computers are problematic, giving and taking away.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Anyone Away Computers Ever Giving Got Idea Itself Know Like Problematic Progress Savior Taking Technology Where

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The questions I am often asked about my career tend to concentrate not on how one learns to code but how a woman does.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: About Am Asked Career Code Concentrate Does How Learns Often Questions Tend Woman I Am

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Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity.

~Ellen Ullman

Topics: Achieve Anger Angry Certain Cruel Dignity Discipline Face Prejudice Staring Structure Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Professions

Born: Unknown

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