An insider's guide to the computer industry provides revealing profiles of the medium's top gurus, exposes the marketing tactics that are used to draw customers, explains business trends, and provides humorous anecdotes. Original. (All Users).
A tremendous compendium of computer humor, failed ad campaigns, very embarrassing gossip, and inside stories and techniques:
- a hard-drive manufacturer that filled its warehouse with boxes full of bricks so investors would think business was good. The ruse worked... for awhile;
- how to spy on competitors at trade shows;
- canonical interview questions at companies like Microsoft;
and hundreds of pages of great bathroom reading for any serious geek, nerd, or wannabe.