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Computing as Writing (Paperback)
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Computing as Writing (Paperback)
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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 Writing ponders both the implications and contradictions of the
metaphor. During the past decade, analysis of digital media honed
its focus on particular hardware and software platforms. Daniel
Punday argues that scholars should, instead, embrace both the power
and the fuzziness of the writing metaphor as it relates to
computing-which isn't simply a set of techniques or a collection of
technologies but also an idea that resonates throughout
contemporary culture. He addresses a wide array of subjects,
including film representations of computing (Desk Set, The Social
Network), Neal Stephenson's famous open source manifesto, J. K.
Rowling's legal battle with a fan site, the sorting of digital
libraries, subscription services like Netflix, and the Apple versus
Google debate over openness in computing. Punday shows how
contemporary authors are caught between traditional notions of
writerly authority and computing's emphasis on doing things with
writing. What does it mean to be a writer today? Is writing code
for an app equivalent to writing a novel? Should we change how we
teach writing? Punday's answers to these questions and others are
original and refreshing, and push the study of digital media in
productive new directions.
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