Description
Book SynopsisWhat 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? Computing as Writing ponders both the implications and contradictions of the common metaphor that equates computing and writing, from "notebook" computers to "writing" code.
Trade Review"Daniel Punday traces the idea—an idea that he shows to be pervasive—that to control computers we typically engage in a sort of writing. This insight informs our understanding of computation in culture and also enriches our notion of writing generally. It should, additionally, help non-programmer humanists see that, since they have learned to write, they can learn to do that specific type of writing that is known as programming."—Nick Montfort, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"In a world in which the distinction between writing and computing is increasingly blurred, Punday's volume raises some intriguing questions and offers some new ways to look at writing and computing."—CHOICE
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
1. My Documents: Remembering the Memex
2. Writing, Work, and Profession
3. Programmer as Writer
4. E-books, Libraries, and Feelies
5. Invention, Patents, and the Technological System
6. Audience Today: Between Literature and Performance
Conclusion: Invention, Creativity, and the Teaching of Writing
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
