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Open
- How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing
- De: Rod Canion
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 6 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
Open provides valuable lessons in leadership in times of crisis, management decision-making under the pressure of extraordinary growth, and the power of a unique, pervasive culture. Open tells the incredible story of Compaq’s meteoric rise from humble beginnings to become the PC industry leader in just over a decade. Along the way, Compaq helped change the face of computing while establishing the foundation for today’s world of tablets and smart phones.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wrong narrator for this book
- De Wick Smith en 07-13-14
- Open
- How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing
- De: Rod Canion
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
Still relevant today
Revisado: 03-27-19
This is a wonderful history of a turbulent time in our industry. Rod's words are still relevant today. The buses have changed, but we are still in a quest for openness. After reading this book, I reached out to Rod and had a number of productive conversations. He's a great guy.
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The Soul of a New Machine
- De: Tracy Kidder
- Narrado por: Ben Sullivan
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 665
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 575
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 574
Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Reading this book changed my life
- De Timothy Knox en 08-12-16
- The Soul of a New Machine
- De: Tracy Kidder
- Narrado por: Ben Sullivan
Wonderful - and still accurate today
Revisado: 03-27-19
This is an amazing read, and still accurate today. I work with many silicon design teams and have stories just like these to share even from the past few years. The technology has changed, but the fundamentals are the same.
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The Winter of Our Discontent
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: David Aaron Baker
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,433
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,128
The final novel of one of America’s most beloved writers - a tale of degeneration, corruption, and spiritual crisis. A Penguin Classic In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American". Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck’s last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Memorable characters, great narration, POOR AUDIO
- De Sam D. en 05-18-16
- The Winter of Our Discontent
- De: John Steinbeck
- Narrado por: David Aaron Baker
Yet another great
Revisado: 05-11-15
Steinbeck's writings are always captivating, profound, and moving. Winter of Discontent does not disappoint. This is absolutely recommended.
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The Idea Factory
- Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
- De: Jon Gertner
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,046
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 877
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 878
In The Idea Factory, New York Times Magazine writer Jon Gertner reveals how Bell Labs served as an incubator for scientific innovation from the 1920s through the1980s. In its heyday, Bell Labs boasted nearly 15,000 employees, 1200 of whom held PhDs and 13 of whom won Nobel Prizes. Thriving in a work environment that embraced new ideas, Bell Labs scientists introduced concepts that still propel many of today’s most exciting technologies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story -- horrible pauses
- De Rodney en 01-29-13
- The Idea Factory
- Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
- De: Jon Gertner
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
Singularly one of the best books I have read/heard
Revisado: 05-06-12
What did you love best about The Idea Factory?
Jon Gernter captures the very essence of Bell Labs' contributions to modern society, detailing how it was uniquely placed as an institution to event many of the technologies that we rely upon today. The story narrative is woven with enough (but not too much) dramatic flair that the listener is left constantly wanting to hear more. I found myself having to consume this book in a few days, whereas I would usually take several weeks to complete a book of this length in amongst all of the others I am reading.
What did you like best about this story?
The story accurately captures much of the history and provides the necessary context around major discoveries, as well as background (and postscript commentary) of the major character actors involved.
Have you listened to any of Chris Sorensen’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
This is my first of Sorensen's readings, but hopefully not my last. The performance is very well done.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I found this book enthralling. But I did have an extreme reaction also. I found myself intensely angry at the fate that befell Bell Labs (which has always bothered me) and the state of the American education system that leads Gernter (correctly) to ponder whether we have left the age of Innovation described in this book behind us for good.
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