UNIX as Literature
This article does a fantastic job of explaining a side of computer work that surprises most laymen and formally trained professionals alike, its intersection with the liberal arts. Explaining this to a friend and colleague over dinner tonight, I remembered reading it for the first time back in the late 1990’s, when I had just become a UNIX-phile, and the joy I felt to discover a kindred spirit and realize that I was not alone, a former liberal-arts major (Philosophy) turned computer geek.