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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Interesting anecdotes, stories and quips peppered throughout the book but overall not a worthwhile read for me. I disagree with much of Case's views on government involvement and policy and in places it's like he's lecturing the reader to just let the government do what it wants in order to bring about change for a better future. I read. He didn't persuade me. I didn't take away any new or exciting thoughts from the book. And I wasn't entertained either. Not even the interesting bits could pull this one above a 2 star for me The book is only partially about the internet; the other half is the story of AOL. Steve weaves his personal stories about his career and the history of America Online with his vision of how the internet evolved and where it is headed in the future. As someone who was involved from the beginning of the internet, he has good insight for both start-ups and existing companies on how to position themselves to succeed. Steve was influenced by Alvin Toffler’s book of the same title which was written back 1980, well-before the internet existed. In the book, Toffler divides the stages of human development into three waves: agricultural, industrial, and information. We are now in the information age which Steve divides into his own three waves: early internet, ie AOL and dial-up; the app economy, ie Apple and Google; and the third wave, “The Internet of Things.” While I was expecting this short book to be mostly about the internet, I didn’t mind the inclusion of the inside view of AOL and found it to be interesting listening. I remember when the Time-Warner merger happened, in retrospect a huge mistake and clash of corporate culture, and this appears to be Steve’s explanation of how and why it went wrong. Audio production: The narration is performed by the author, and while he does an adequate job, his voice is not as smooth or melodic as a professional reader, and the book suffers from sounding like a speech or lecture after an hour or so. Since the book was only five and a half hours long, I stuck with it because I was enjoying the content. Listen to the sample below to decide for yourself. Part business memoir, part tech forecast AOL co-founder Steve Case takes the ideas behind Alvin Toffler’s landmark book; and one of Case’s personal favorites, and gives his ideas on how entrepreneurs can bring the world into the future. Case is pretty frank on his successes and his failures and is a great speaker that is able to tell his tale with a warm and encouraging voice. Free review copy. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs, shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology. We are entering, he explains, a new paradigm called the "Third Wave" of the Internet. The first wave saw AOL and other companies lay the foundation for consumers to connect to the Internet. The second wave saw companies like Google and Facebook build on top of the Internet to create search and social networking capabilities, while apps like Snapchat and Instagram leverage the smartphone revolution. Now, Case argues, we're entering the Third Wave: a period in which entrepreneurs will vastly transform major "real world" sectors like health, education, transportation, energy, and food-and in the process change the way we live our daily lives. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The whole thing, including memoir, is more surface than substance. A reminder of where we've all been as the internet grew into what it is today, but no insider's insights. ( )