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In much of the literature on the information society, its defining characteristic is assumed to be its immateriality. That is to say, as our interactions and activities become less dependent [...]

From the very earliest days of electronic computing, flowcharts have been used to represent the conceptual structure of complex software systems. In much of the literature on software development, the [...]

To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00419_27.x Byline: nathan ensmenger (1) Author Affiliation: (1)University of Pennsylvania

The emergence of the computer programmer, as a central figure in an ongoing debate about the role of information technology in organizational transformation, is discussed. The conflict between practices of the computer programmers, and the scientifically oriented management techniques of their corporate managers are presented.

Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer. By I. Bernard Cohen. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999. xx + 329 pp. Cloth, $34.95. ISBN 0262032627. Makin' Numbers: Howard Aiken and the [...]

Who Invented The Computer? The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History. Alice Rowe Burks. 463 pp. Prometheus Books, 2002. $35. In the mid-1930s, a professor of physics and mathematics at [...]