Fans of startup literature, if they haven't already, should also read Microserfs: http://www.amazon.com/review/R357AO45OH8U5S ...but not on the Kindle due to some creative typography.
The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++
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Much better than Microserfs, check out "Press Send" http://www.amazon.com/Press-Send-John-McLaren/dp/0671015702, very hard to find in the US, but worth every penny.
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#22Romance novels for developers? Hmm.
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#23How do people living outside the US buy/get this book?
It is really annoying and frustrating.
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#24Sad that it isn't clear from the get-go that this is fictional. Points deducted.
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#25I'm probably the wrong audience for this story, just like I'm sure doctors are the wrong audience for Grey's Anatomy. Just like a doctor would think, "this show makes it seem like doctors have sex constantly in storage closets," I'm thinking, "what VC makes and closes an offer with over the course of one meal?" Still, entertaining read, thought it was clever the way email and tweet graphics were used throughout.
I think in this case it is more accurate to label it as a parody. It sets up an exaggerated scenario that is clearly ridiculous, but it is only far enough from the current tulip mania to strip away some of the artifice. It's more akin to the I.T. Crowd (but with more verisimilitude), in which case we are exactly the right audience for it.
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#26That is a surprisingly fun little read. I normally don't like that sort of thing. It worked.
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#27I felt like the ending was cut short and the Anonymous bit was a bit sudden. Still a good read.
Spoil it for the rest of us, whydontcha'
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#28How do people living outside the US buy/get this book? It is really annoying and frustrating.
its a PDF download, shouldn't be a problem
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#29on page two: 'peak' should be 'peek'
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#30Double-spaced Word documents... can't stand those