Globalization and Labour: The New 'Great Transformation'

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This is the first book to offer a comprehensive analysis of labor's worldwide response to globalization. Ronaldo Munck argues that the national period in labor history is decisively over. Now the labor movement is itself acting in a more transnational manner, with workers developing common interests and ways of organizing that transcend national boundaries. Indeed, the trade union movement could play a major role in the regulation of a global economic system now largely out of control.

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Worriers, controllers, attention-seekers, victims, fakes: these are all typical profiles of professionals who let different types of fear keep them from achieving professional success.

And fear has an even more destructive effect: It is the root of conflict, which can undermine the productivity of teams and entire organizations.

Face It identifies several basic behavioral profiles, and helps readers assess their own behaviors as well as those of coworkers. The book explains how the behaviors develop, and offers practical techniques for replacing fear and mistrust with mutual respect and rebuilding the sense of shared commitment to common goals.

Like a session with a good personal coach, Face It will give readers new strength to face their fears, and help them work more productively as individuals and with colleagues. Conquering their demons will allow them to establish a pattern of improved performance, self-esteem, and personal freedom.

Customer Reviews:

Invaluable Wake Up Call.......2005-08-16

If this book can tell you something about yourself, then it is invaluable to you. It is highly original. It is exceptionally well written with a flowing style. The six fear based behaviour types provides a powerful self assessment device. This is the first step to understanding others. I think I'm now getting the message. Thanks Art Horn!

Helpful and interesting.......2004-08-18

Having read and reread this book I feel confident in recommending it to anyone interested in learning to deal with with workplace conflict and cohabitation.
The author persuasively and logically argues that most workplace conflict is driven by fears that we may not even be aware of. Using the practical strategies put forth in the book has allowed me to gain greater understanding of where fears come from and how to cope with them. This book would be a valuable tool for anyone interested in turning discord into harmony, both at home and at work.
The final section of the book suffers slightly from what felt to me like a shift in tone and emphasis. This part of the book seemed to be where the author became concerned with sharing his own personal worldview and therefore might be less useful for the hardcore business reader looking for workplace strategies to implement. That being said, I found this portion of the book to be interesting and enlightening to read simply as a human being and not as a "business person".
Highly recommended.

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A New Brand of Expertise uniquely clarifies the dynamics of the red-hot "free agent" workplace and teaches the new skills and employment strategies independent professionals must master to succeed. In today's quick and turbulent markets, companies often need specialized professional talent on an interim basis to solve specific business problems, a major trend creating huge opportunities and an alternative career track for many professionals.

A New Brand of Expertise clarifies for independent professionals why companies need interim talent and how to develop a skill set that matches market needs. Readers will learn effective methods for uniquely marketing and branding themselves in order to develop a sustainable and successful free agent career.

Explains the booming market for "free agent" professional talent
Details effective workplace strategies for both experienced and new independent professionals, such as consultants and laid-off managers

Customer Reviews:

WANTED: RENAISSANCE SOULS!.......2006-03-03

I am so thrilled that someone with Marion McGovern's bird's eye view of both sides of the fence has underscored so positively the free agent's role in the economy of the 21st century. I think she does an excellent job of reminding us that people who move from project to project and company to company can be real assets in today's workplace. This is especially good news for Renaissance Souls: people who prefer variety and combination to concentrating on just one thing. Why? Because, as McGovern shows so well, the life of free agents is very different from that of workers sitting in one cubicle specializing in one thing for most of their working life. Free agents have to know their material, of course, but they also have to enjoy applying what they know to a variety of different situations. In addition, free agents need to be comfortable wearing several different hats. Who is going to spread the word about what they have to offer if they don't? Who is going to be sure that the finances are in order if they don't? Even if they hire accountants and make good use of the virtual free agent supports available on the Internet, they still are the one, and only one, making the final decisions and being sure what needs doing has actually been done. As a coach specializing in life design for people with too many passions to pick just one (read Renaissance Souls,) I have already been recommending Dr. Barbara Reinhold's book, FREE TO SUCCEED: Designing the Life You Want In the New Free Agent Economy and Daniel Pinks FREE AGENT ECONOMY. Now I will add McGovern's new contribution as well.

WANTED: RENAISSANCE SOULS!.......2006-03-03

Not bad, but there are better books out there.......2001-11-29

While there is good information here I would strongly recommend some other titles. For anyone who is considering a free agent / consulting career, "Free Agent Nation" by Daniel Pink provides a good "big picture" view of what you're in for. And for advice on consulting, books by Alan Weiss are killer stuff. I read "Million Dollar Consulting in the early 90's and thought it was excellent. And I recently purchased "Getting Started in Consulting", which takes the themes from his early books and translates them into a step by step roadmap. Straightforward, succinct, practical insights into how to build a business.

How To, Why To.......2001-05-16

This is a viable resource for networking and marketing oneself as an independent consultant and provides many suggestions as to how to effectively make the transition from full-time employment to independent consulting. Seasoned consultants may benefit as well from the re-affirmation of the non-traditional "career path" independent consulting constitutes.

a "roadmap" for consultants.......2001-04-29

A New Brand of Expertise is definitely an easy read and filled with all sorts of practical tips for both consultants and clients. As a veteran consultant, I found myself in agreement with many of McGovern's comments. When consulting works well, it sures beats "working for a living," as one of the consultants featured in the book mentioned. This book gives the rookie consultant a lot of solid advice on how to get started and be successful. I wish this book existed when I first made the transition to consulting.

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A resource guide for starting your own business. Inlcudes current state and federal start-up information, contacts, statistics, and legislation.

Starting and Operating a Business in Oregon (Smartstart Your Business in)

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Starting and Operating a Business in Oregon (Smartstart Your Business in)
Michael D. Jenkins
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This new CTR report addresses the role of wireless technology in the enterprise and explains how this technology can be successfully integrated with existing networks and the Internet. The report explores the many applications of wireless technology, including mobile smartphones, wireless modems, wireless local area networks (LANs), and remote monitoring services

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Contents is rich but book is very expensive........2004-09-03

Contents is rich but book is very expensive. Each page you read will cost you 2$.

Ten Steps to a Federal Job: Navigating the Federal Job System, Writing Federal Resumes, KSAs and Cover Letters with a Mission
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If you want to work in the federal government, you must read this book!

Extremely Helpful in Preparing for an Interview

Terrific Reference for Every Job Seeker

If you want a federal job, get this book!

Ten Steps to a Federal Job: Navigating the Federal Job System, Writing Federal Resumes, KSAs and Cover Letters with a Mission
Kathryn Kraemer Troutman
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The government is hiring, for homeland security jobs and more! But if you want to be successful in landing a federal job, you need to understand the government's unique and complex application process. In this complete guide, Troutman shares the expertise that has enabled her to help many others just like you go on to new and rewarding jobs in federal service.

Applying for federal employment is different than in private industry. This new guide shows you how to succeed by breaking the government's intricate process down into 10 simple steps. Both first-time applicants and those already within government will find something new here, as application processes change over time. Ten Steps is simply the most up-to-date book on federal employment available today!

Written for all job levels and categories, with salaries ranging to $140,000.

Ten Steps to a Federal Job is a "must have" for any job seeker looking for federal employment. Let Troutman's latest guidebook walk you through every step of the application process and into a rewarding job in federal service.

Includes a CD-ROM with samples and examples, and our Federal Resume and KSA Builders, normally sold for $35 each.

Customer Reviews:

Generalized but included good ideas.......2007-05-12

This book gives hints and advice for any type of federal job applicant. If you're seeking information specific to an agency, you will NOT find it here. However, this book has outstanding sample interview questions- I would have never thought of them but can see them asked in any interview. Also, there are about 15 different resume formats with tips on information that federal resumes require that you would never list on a private sector resume. All in all, this book was helpful in creating a great federal resume and preparation for general interview questions. Again, don't count on it for specific agency information.

If you want to work in the federal government, you must read this book!.......2007-03-19

Having read several books on how to gain employment in the federal sector, Kathryn Troutman has been able to succinctly explain how to position yourself for success in seeking a civil service opportunity. She shares her vast knowlege of the federal hiring process in a way that is easy to understand as well as implement. By investing the time in reading this book, you will have taken the first, probably most important step, toward being granted an interview for a federal opportunity!

Extremely Helpful in Preparing for an Interview.......2007-03-02

As a private sector executive with no Federal employment experience, I needed some insight into the hiring process. After securing an interview for a high level position, I used the "10 Steps" book to acquire an insiders perspective. Especially helpful was understanding how creating a "KSA" (knowledge, skills and achievements) document is important in presenting credentials in a way the Federal Government prefers.

Terrific Reference for Every Job Seeker.......2006-06-17

Kathryn -

You may have read so many times before, but your book "Ten Steps to a Federal Job" is a terrific reference for those in need of preparing the ultimate "Proper Resume"... even though it is geared towards the Federal Job Seeker, I used the format to prepare my Private Sector Resume, Job Qualifications Statements (aka KSAs), and cover letter... my new employer (an Engineering Office with clients to the likes of the Army Corps of Engineers and the US Navy) did not need to interview me more than once ... he had everything he needed sitting in one neat and tidy package in front of him during my one and only interview: and I got the job! I will recommend this book to anyone who desires to scribe a real resume!

Thanks again for the book!

JEFFREY J. SMITH ASMP CEI

If you want a federal job, get this book!.......2006-06-08

I recently completed my master's at a DC area school. I have spent the past year applying for federal jobs. I started off with the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) Program application. Despite a stellar resume by any standard, I was rejected in the first round. I think my lack of understanding of the KSA was the death knell for my PMF application. Although the PMF application does not refer to its required essays as KSA's, that is certainly what they are. If I had had this book before applying for the PMF, I am sure I would have made it to the next stage. And I encourage all PMF applicants to pick up a copy. It will give you an advantage over your competition.

After losing out in the first round of the PMF competition, I was pretty discouraged to say the least. The faculty at my school had driven home the fact that the best way into the federal government for a recent master's recipient was through the PMF program. Since this was no longer an option for me, I set out to find alternate ways into the federal government. I began by filling out applications for any and all positions on usajobs that interested me. However, I was never invited to an interview. I realized I was doing something wrong and did my research and found this wonderful book.

What I learned from this book is that the KSA(s) makes or breaks an application. I truly believe that it is more important than any other step in the application process, including the interview. If you don't know how to write a KSA, you will not get a federal job. Hence, the importance of this book. It clearly explaines the federal job application process. It starts with the basics, so newbies to the federal process understand exactly what to expect. The book provides brief examples of what a federal resume should look like. Finally, it breaksdown the KSA and explains exactly what it should look like. The book even gives sample KSA's so you can model yours around it. I found this extemely helpful.

So did this book work for me? Indeed it did. After reading the book, I applied its principles to an application with a federal agency. It was a position I really wanted, and I spent a great deal of time refining my KSAs. And six months later, I was called for an interview. A month after that I got a conditional offer of employment. I am now awaiting the completion of my background check. If all goes well, I will begin working for the federal government very soon. I feel that I owe a lot to this book. Without it, I would probably still be going around and around on the federal government application wheel.

9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want
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Collect Advice from the Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief

not a waste of time

Great advice

Light and Fluffy!

Highly recommended to get you out of a rut

9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want
Kate White
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9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want is like a double shot of espresso with three lumps of sugar. It's more than just inspirational. It's a 194-page, super-charged cattle prod of a self-help book filled with the kind of advice and insight that all busy women could use.

White begins the book with "Covet Thy Neighbor's Things," where she suggests that being envious of someone else is a healthy way of determining your own secret desires. What follows is a series of motivational anecdotes combined with practical tips such as, "sweet-talk everyone" and "find TPB (their personal bonus)." She ends with "Rest on Your Laurels," an invitation to enjoy success.

White's 9 secrets are neither mysterious, nor are they eccentric. But they are unconventional. She suggests that the key to getting what you want is thinking "out of the box," and the best thing about the book is that she offers real success stories from women who've done it. --Mara Friedman

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What do you want more than anything else in the world? What is it that will fulfill your dreams? And, once you know what you want, how do you go about getting it? In 9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want, Kate White, the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, combines common sense and insiders' savvy to provide women with a practical guide for realizing what they truly desire from life, setting their goals, and fulfilling their dreams. Some of her 9 Steps include: "Covet Thy Neighbor's Things," "Bite Off More Than You Can Chew," "Don't Wait for the Right Moment," and "Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve."

This is smart, how-to advice for women looking for inspiration, information, and motivation in their personal and professional lives. Kate White shows that all accomplished women use a certain set of strategies to achieve success in their lives. 9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want reveals what they are, while providing the instructive, entertaining anecdotes of women who have learned to get what they really want.

Customer Reviews:

Collect Advice from the Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief.......2006-06-01

Kate White is doing something right if she is at the helm of Cosmo. Best to collect working wisdom from people who have the results you want. Make sure to not take the guidance blindly but with discernment. If it's results you are after ... learn how to get the results from someone who gets results.

not a waste of time.......2005-08-03

I liked this book. I got so many tips for free because I found the book in my library! I love the author. She summarizes her experiences and the experiences of her friends and V.I.P people. The reader will find valuable career and life advice stories. How could Christiane Amampur (cnn), Fran Drescher (the nanny), Hillary Clinton, Barbara Walters, Bobbi Brown (make-Up), or Kate Shade (fashion) reach the tops in their fields? You will find the answer in this book. Moreover, the author's personal life story is even more interesting. Chapter 7 is my favorite: "Keep your elbows on the table". In this chapter she gives 10 very unothodox suggestions that will surprise you. If you have a dream or a desire, read this book and you'll come a step closer.

Great advice.......2002-02-27

When I first picked this book up and leafed through the subheadings, I saw what appeared to be another glib and superficial attempt to make a stupid list and puff up each item to create a book. NOT SO. The title is misleading, and so is the list that appears on the back. I am surprised that an experienced editor and her advisors would miss the fact that the way the wording appears on the front cover, as well as the list on the back cover, detract from the seriousness of the book.

The ideas offered are excellent for women of all ages. I think they are particularly useful for younger women who are about to graduate college and get into the workforce. Its a great manual to refer to along the path to a successful life and career. The list is misleading. For example #1, "Covet Thy Neighbor's Things," is not as mean-spirited as one might assume from just looking at the list. It turns out to be an insightful suggestion on how to Channel envy in a positive direction. The book is also an easy, fast and pleasant read.
GREAT JOB KATE.

Light and Fluffy!.......2002-01-16

If you are under 25, this book may have some valuable bits of information on "getting what you want" re career and personal life. But if you're like me, and have had a little life and work experience you may find it too simple and fluffy. This book reads like any issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, post Helen Gurley Brown. I think the recommendations are silly and not that insightful. After reading books like "The Road Less Travelled" (M. Scott Peck) and "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" (Susan Jeffers)I felt that this book was a bit of a waste of my time. I kept waiting to learn something more than what my mother told me. But maybe that's just what it's supposed to be. Also, the author uses examples of women who are almost exclusively in the magazine publishing business. A real yawn!

Highly recommended to get you out of a rut.......2001-08-08

The title doesn't do this book justice. There is a lot of practical advice written in a wonderfully readable style.

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The definitive behind-the-scenes story of the visionary team that launched the handheld industry.

Palm insider Andrea Butter and New York Times columnist David Pogue -- with full, exclusive cooperation of the company's founders and more than fifty key Palm and Handspring executives -- tell the riveting tale of the start of an industry constantly in the headlines. The origins of this volatile industry began with the tiny team who beat staggering odds to turn the PalmPilot into a billion-dollar market and later took their ultimate vision to Handspring, now Palm's most powerful rival.

Many of today's current events relating to the competition in this industry are forecasted in this important business drama. The authors take an unprecedented look at how the visionary founders of the industry led one of the most successful startups in history to succeed against all odds-including a shoestring budget, shortsighted corporate partners, and competition from Microsoft. The roller-coaster ride is full of insight into the bungles of venture capitalists, the allure and pitfalls of partnerships with giant corporations, and the steely determination needed to maintain entrepreneurial and visionary independence. With gripping accounts of the last-minute crises that almost torpedoed the PalmPilot on the eve of its unveiling, and the triumphant, unprecedented reception of Palm in the marketplace, as well as the glimpses into the future of this industry, this book is as entertaining as it is instructional. Key revelations include:

* The principles of business, economy, and product design that led Palm to succeed where billion-dollar corporations like Apple, Motorola, and Casio had failed.
* Important moments in technological development of the handheld such as the secret "Easter egg," a software surprise planted in the Palm software that nearly sank launch plans.
* Unique insight into the showdown with Microsoft, and 3Com's tragic decision not to make Palm independent that led Palm's founder Jeff Hanwkins and CEO Donna Dubinsky to take their vision elsewhere.
* The ongoing competition between Palm and Handspring. The new rivals to contend with including Sony.

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The definitive behind-the-scenes story of the visionary team that launched the handheld industry.

The roller-coaster ride is full of insight into the bungles of venture capitalists, the allure and pitfalls of partnerships with giant corporations, and the steely determination needed to maintain entrepreneurial and visionary independence. Key revelations include:

The principles of business, economy, and product design that led Palm to succeed where billion-dollar corporations like Apple, Motorola, and Casio had failed.
Important moments in technological development of the handheld such as the secret "Easter egg," a software surprise planted in the Palm software that nearly sank launch plans.
Unique insight into the showdown with Microsoft, and 3Com's tragic decision not to make Palm independent that led Palm's founder Jeff Hanwkins and CEO Donna Dubinsky to take their vision elsewhere.
The ongoing competition between Palm and Handspring. The new rivals to contend with including Sony.

With gripping accounts of the last-minute crises that almost torpedoed the PalmPilot on the eve of its unveiling, and the triumphant, unprecedented reception of Palm in the marketplace, as well as the glimpses into the future of this industry, this book is as entertaining as it is instructional.

Some content that appears in the print version of this book may not beavailable in this electronic edition.

Customer Reviews:

You can't escape the feeling that it's not the whole story.......2006-03-24

Andrea Butter worked for Palm. David Pogue is by all accounts a nice guy who wouldn't deliberately besmirch someone. Thus both may have had understandable reasons for not telling the entire of what has become the Palm and Handspring debacle. At least that's my feeling: the whole story just isn't here.

The Palm story, of course, is dramatic. A man with a vision, Jeff Hawkins, started off to implement his idea of a handheld computer. Not a mere organizer, but not a substitute for a full-blown PC either. Keep it simple was the mantra, the so-called Zen of Palm. It wasn't an instant success story. There were many hurdles to be overcome.

Hawkins teamed with Donna Dubinsky and Ed Colligan and they fought the battle together. Lacking sufficient capital they sold the company first to US Robotics, a high flier at the time, which in turn sold out to 3Com. Much of the story is about the battle of the trio with management at US Robotics and 3Com.

Pogue and Better paint the story as being the three Davids against the evil Goliaths. Anyone following the industry, of course, knows that is not the truth, the whole truth and nothing else. Hawkins, Dubinsky and Colligan weren't and aren't the altruists painted here. Like so many others they had a streak of greed and selfishness. But as is the fashion in Silicon Valley, the players and their companies cloak themselves as saviors of humanity, as entities that want to do only good. (The height of this self-serving hypocrisy is Google's mission statement of "do no evil."

In reality, Palm, Handspring and everyone else in the industry do what first what benefits them. In the calculus of Palm and Handspring the customer often came last.

Better and Pogue generally ignore this.

However, the story is still compelling. The Palm device and then Handspring did literally invent an entirely new category of computing and have made the lives of millions more productive and, frankly more fun.

Still, considering what happened to both Palm and Handspring, shortly after this book was published is evidence that all was not well at Palm and Handspring. Both companies encountered difficult times and much of the ensuing disaster could be laid at the feet of Hawkins and Dubinsky. There's no overt hint of that in the book.

I bear no animus toward Palm or Handspring. I use Palm products, wouldn't give them up, but I also know that neither company was as perfect, well-intentioned and customer friendly as Better and Pogue would want you to believe. This is a good business biography, but veers too much toward hagiography.

Jerry

Definitive Chronology.......2003-09-29

From Hawkins initial vision until early 2002, Piloting Palm chronicles the birth of the handheld industry's first real success story: Palm. The triumphs and set-backs are re-lived in detail in this page-turner that is augmented by numerous quotes from Hawkins and the others who lived it. The book is more of a chronology, and with the exception of evidencing a very pro-Palm and later pro-Handspring bias (one of the authors worked for Palm's marketing division previously), the book avoids drawing any conclusions about the companies and their successes and failures.

Insight, however, abounds from the quotes which appear on literally almost every page. The authors' access to the managers of the two companies is quite impressive; however, the book is little more than a narrative of what happened and doesn't really comment on how the principals felt that they could have improved on their performance or what lessons can be applied from their struggles to other businesses. In fact, the book talks more about how to build a PDA than a business.

The book will probably be regarded as the definitive history of the companies, but it really doesn't go far beyond that, and forces the reader who is looking to apply the lessons to search deeply within to extract the gold nuggets that are hidden throughout.

Piloting Palm Pulls Punches.......2003-05-06

This is the story of the handheld PDA and its development. Originally an idea of
Jeff Hawkins, he brought Donna Dubinsky on board as CEO to start a company to develop what became the Palm Pilot. Along the way both struggle to get enough capital to continue to make the product a success. They eventually get backing from
3 Com and while the capital is available, dealing with 3Com management becomes a major issue. Both eventually leave to from Handspring, and the story stops about a year into the new company, with Palm the dominant supplier of PDAs, but seemingly mismanaged, and Handspring's future uncertain.

The punches are surely pulled when describing the investors of capital in the business (there were many) - why would the story be so torturous if there had been more belief among the major investors in either the product and/or the management?
Another issue which I read into the story, is the sheer difficulty of working with the vision team that is Hawkins/Dubinsky - each non-Palm manger who is brought in by
3 com to develop the product seems to be confused, visionless or plain wrong. I began to have sympathy for the folks who had to manage Palm during the long-running dispute that led to their departure. From this book's viewpoint it looks as if only the original team of true believers could deliver the product, the process and the profits. I was not convinced.

Hawkins seems to have developed the operating systems and handprint recognition software that was the basis of the original product. He and Dubinsky argued against licensing this software while at Palm and yet were the primary beneficiaries of such a license when they formed Handspring. Hawkins in particular seems obsessed with the product rather than the system, and this I feel must limit the
Proliferation of the PDA concept - surely the reason that the PC overcame Apples' first mover advantage was the decision by IBM to license the operating system. Most of the early Palm personnel were ex-Apple, so maybe the lesson was not well learned.
[There is, incidentally, a deliciously vicious description of the failure of the Apple Newton, the first attempt at a mass market PDA]

I came away from the book feeling that Hawkins/Dubinsky were an excellent, driven duo, who can inspire fierce loyalty and overcome challenges to develop a product, but their vision may not be wide enough to make the PDA a ubiquitous system, as opposed to a handy device for technophiles.

Pleasant page-turner with interesting business insights.......2002-10-16

This book represents a powerful collaboration between industry veteran Andrea Butter and well-liked technology journalist David Pogue. I really enjoyed the book's engaging, fun, yet substantive style. It doesn't shy away from describing technical issues in detail without getting overly abtruse. The only possible blemishes are: 1) as others have pointed out, the ending is a little abrupt, but then, any ongoing printed history runs that risk; and 2) the book steers clear of passing any judgments on the various controversies surrounding Palm, Handspring, and the handheld industry. It bends over backward trying not to offend anybody, which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your point of view. All in all, a good-natured, well-researched book that definitely makes you look at your PDA with more respect and curiosity.

Pretty good, but just sort of ends.......2002-08-26

If you have any interest in the handheld industry, this book gives an interesting look at its history. It is mainly about Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky, the main founders of Palm. It treats them a little reverently - they seemingly do no wrong. But leaving that aside it is a good story of start up and the struggles it goes through as they eventually leave to found Hanspring. The only other negative is that the book just kind of ends at the beginning of this year (2002) and the future is so uncertain. Will Handspring's Treo product be like the original palm in the it completely takes over the market? Maybe the authors should have waited a year to the history is a little clearer.

Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring, and the Birth of the Billion Dollar Handheld Industry

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Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring, and the Birth of the Billion Dollar Handheld Industry
Andrea, and Pogue, David Butter
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