Juvenilia

The Big U is, in many respects, a juvenile work, and should be understood as such. Zodiac: the eco-thriller is somewhat more mature but still quite obviously the work of a young man with a lot of spare time on his hands. I don't cringe so much at Snow Crash and most of my later work.

My 1993 piece about smileys in The New Republic reflects opinions I no longer hold; more detail here.

In the Beginning was the Command Line is now badly obsolete and probably needs a thorough revision. For the last couple of years I have been a Mac OS X user almost exclusively.