118 Quotes by Ellen Ullman

Computer systems could not work without standards - an agreement among programs and systems about how they will exchange information.

When I hear the word 'disruption,' in my mind, I think of all these people in the middle who were earning a living. We will sweep away all that money they were earning, and we will move that to the people at the top.

I hate the new word processors that want to tell you, as you're typing, that you made a mistake. I have to turn off all that crap. It's like, shut up - I'm thinking now. I will worry about that sort of error later. I'm a human being. I can still read this, even though it's wrong. You stupid machine, the fact that you can't is irrelevant to me.

With every advance, you have to look over your shoulder and know what you're giving up - look over your shoulder and look at what falls away.

I really don't like books when characters are just bad or just good.

A computer is not really like us. It is a projection of a very small part of ourselves: that portion devoted to logic, order, rule and clarity.

I'm in no way saying that women can't take a tough code review. I'm saying that no one should have to take one in a boy-puerile atmosphere.

'I am not adopted; I have mysterious origins.' I have said that sentence many times in the course of my life as an adopted person.

It is one thing for an artist to experiment on a canvas, but it's entirely different to experiment on a living creature.