118 Quotes by Ellen Ullman

The computer's there to serve the human being, not vice versa.

We don't have to live up to our computer.

Programmers seem to be changing the world. It would be a relief, for them and for all of us, if they knew something about it.

People talk about computer programmers as if computers are our whole lives. That's simply not true.

Evolution, dismissed as a sloppy programmer, has seen fit to create us as a wild amalgam of everything that came before us: except for the realm of insects, the whole history of life on earth is inscribed within our bodies.

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

Tools are not neutral. The computer is not a neutral tool.

Y2K has challenged a belief in digital technology that has been almost religious.

Technology does not run backward. Once a technical capability is out there, it is out there for good.