James Somers

read, write, code

[James Somers @jsomers]

@longform @NewYorker hey thanks for this!

[James Somers @jsomers]

Read the eerie story — @caro_ohlivia‘s first for the Atlantic — of how a class of robots designed to carry stuff for soldiers mutated, one small modification at a time, into weapons: https://t.co/JfbEQRWyJr

[James Somers @jsomers]

I wrote about the future of the scientific paper for @TheAtlantic https://t.co/0FeytEqpIp

[Longform @longform]

Saving the World From the Code Apocalypse https://t.co/ezoBP1hf40 (@Jsomers, @TheAtlantic)

[James Somers @jsomers]

Had fun talking with @longformwriting about my Village Voice story on archivists: https://t.co/bEsNTTIUy0

[NPR @NPR]

Jason Fagone's "The Woman Who Smashed Codes" offers the story of a fascinating woman in perilous times.
https://t.co/btKNhysOiV

[James Somers @jsomers]

@gravbeast but the intellectual experience would've been very similar: they were staring at "ones" and "zeros" and interpreting the code in their head.

[James Somers @jsomers]

@gravbeast but the actual representation was hole punches. wasn't hex, wasn't assembler, but also wasn't the numerals "1" and "0", it was holes...

[James Somers @jsomers]

@gravbeast they laid long strips of "binary" machine instructions out on the floor and patched the code by hand...

[James Somers @jsomers]

@gravbeast hi! this was based on something an early programmer told me. but i think i misinterpreted...

[James Somers @jsomers]

@MarkRiffey @TheAtlantic thanks! i hear you - just had to draw the line somewhere. the making of software is a big universe.

[James Somers @jsomers]

@eliotpeper thanks, Eliot!

[James Somers @jsomers]

Started working on this story about why software fails, and how to fix it, two years ago—and now it's finally here! https://t.co/Vav1UKepsN

[✌️julia cheiffetz @jcheiffetz]

This is a fucking crazy story, masterfully written & deeply researched. If u liked The Imitation Game u will ❤️THE WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES. https://t.co/ofyZx51QIi

[James Somers @jsomers]

@tglannon @john_overholt yeah, it did end up in the last print edition. thanks again!

[James Somers @jsomers]

@JaneKCall thanks, Jane! much appreciated

[James Somers @jsomers]

Another excellent and very fun analysis from @todd_schneider https://t.co/gZ5qYWKNwK

[James Somers @jsomers]

@longform @villagevoice hey, thanks for this!

[James Somers @jsomers]

@arbesman Thanks Sam! 🤗

[Longform @longform]

Inside the New York Public Library's archives: https://t.co/iy8MGumF7t (@jsomers, @villagevoice)