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Everyone knows about Bill Gates, the boy-wonder founder of Microsoft and the planet's richest citizen. Although less well known, Paul Allen helped make Gates's good fortunes possible, and he's certainly worth study for his mistakes just as much as his many successes.
Enter former Industry Standard reporter Laura Rich, who does little to demystify Allen the man, but paints a useful portrait all the same. Rich takes readers through Allen's career as an early Gates ally, a technically savvy man who first saw the possibilities of DOS, the operating system that drove a big chunk of the personal computer market, and launched several other software enterprises. Although he left Microsoft owing to illness in 1983 (according to Rich, Gates has behaved badly toward him ever since), Allen is still a major shareholder and has amassed a personal fortune that dwarfs the GNPs of whole nations. As Rich observes, Allen has put this money to good use as "technology's archangel," but has also managed to lose staggering sums in misguided ventures--some too far ahead of their time, some just plain wacky.
Those missteps have earned Allen the sobriquet used in Rich's title. Though carelessly written and full of unhelpful asides ("Software is a language, hardware is more technical"), her book provides ample evidence for both why the name fits and why Allen, a visionary and man of action, merits respect. --Gregory McNamee
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The first in-depth look at one of the world's richest-and most secretive-businessmen
Though his wealth is certainly no secret, the world's fourth richest man remains an enigma. Paul Allen made his fortune as Bill Gates's partner in Microsoft, supplemented it with questionable, though often profitable, venture capital schemes, and has since invested his wealth in a widely divergent list of interests. He owns the NBA's Portland Trailblazers and the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Among hundreds of smaller ventures, he is a primary stakeholder in the film production company DreamWorks SKG and formerly held a large piece of the widely despised Ticketmaster monopoly. Dubbed the "Accidental Zillionaire" by Wired magazine, Allen has often appeared to be a bumbler who succeeded primarily through luck and by coopting the visionary ideas of others. In The Accidental Zillionaire, Laura Rich, one of the foremost chroniclers of the Internet economy, unravels the secret Paul Allen, his inner motivations, his vision, and his personality. She tells Allen's story from his days as a fledgling computer geek in suburban Washington state, to his role in founding the world's largest software company, to his battle with cancer, to his sycophantic flirtation with Hollywood and its brightest stars. Paul Allen is a man of various interests and passions, but few if any know him well. The Accidental Zillionaire for the first time reveals the inner workings of a towering figure in the worlds of technology, business, sports, and entertainment.
Laura Rich (Los Angeles, CA) is a former writer for The Industry Standard, Adweek, and Inside Media. She currently covers the world of digital entertainment for Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, and The Hollywood Reporter. She penned The Standard's popular "Rich List" report and has reported on Paul Allen for years.
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Interesting.......2007-07-24
I think that Mr. Allen is one of the most mysterious men in the world. This somewhat explains. Wasn't great, wasn't horrible. I got thru it without a problem.
Garage Sale Surprise.......2006-12-25
I picked up this book at a garage sale recently. Although it is an unauthorized biography it gave me a good glimpse of Paul Allen's life. Fascinating just doesn't describe it. A worthy read into the journey of a man who has affected our existence.
Having fun with his billions, but also still trying to do something big a second time.......2006-10-08
This seems to be an objective look at Paul Allen. In this book I found out that if it was not for Mr. Allan, Bill Gates would have moved Microsoft to somewhere south of the Golden Gate Bridge. Paul Allan gave Seattle a good deal on the whole. By the Space Needle he demonstrated the power of money. Great wealth can make some dreams come true. To balance this out Seattle got Microsoft, just on the other side of Lake Washington (not the Bay Area). Let's keep our fingers crossed that Paul Allen does prove he did not just stumble across the idea/vision that created Microsoft and comes up with another big idea. We could all benefit from it.
I subtract one star, because all this information collected in one place in this book invades the privacy Mr. Allen seeks. More privacy could make the diffrence. After all he got his first big idea when the spot light was not on him yet.
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Curious Reader.......2005-02-26
A fast read. However, this book is more akin to a compendium of previously published magazine articles. Consequently, that makes this oeuvre a $27.95 term paper. After reading the book Paul Allen is not demystified in any way as the title purports. I would recommend that you do a net search on Mr. Allen. You will reach the same level of enlightenment while saving yourself a bundle. This book should not have been published as it is repetitive and uninformative.
A Good Read!.......2004-03-02
It's hard not to envy Paul Allen. A son of Oklahomans who moved to Seattle, he went to a private school, met Bill Gates, helped start Microsoft and has had billions of dollars to play with almost ever since. OK, so when Microsoft first went public, he only had a hundred million or so to play with. He's been sued for sexual harassment, owns a big chunk of a hot movie studio and is still an ordinary slob. Allen and his family refused to cooperate with the author, so nothing is straight from the horse's mouth - at least not that horse. The author shows admirable self restraint for the first several chapters, but really pulls the lid off later in the book. Allen comes off looking like a junior level IT nerd who won the lottery, a weirdly fascinating, odd guy. The book is easy enough to read, though it relies mainly on secondary sources and press reports, and is repetitious, disjointed and inclined to skip important information, such as dates. But, if you want the gossipy side of the Microsoft story, We suggest this as your vacation reading.
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Jackie Robinson's extraordinary courage, his unflappable dignity, and his astonishing feats on the field as the first African-American to play on a major league team made him not only a great sports legend but a genuine American hero. In this comprehensive, moving portrait, David Falkner explores in detail the lifelong influences on Robinson, the pressures he had to bear, and the contributions he made to the cause of integration.
From Robinson's famous battle with the army over segregation to his rigidly maintained restraint in the face of ugly prejudice and life-threatening hostility from baseball fans and players alike, to his post-baseball efforts to help African-Americans establish an economic base within mainstream America, Falkner illuminates Robinson's inner strengths and his determination to make a lasting difference in American society.
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Good biography, warts and all.......2001-01-09
I enjoyed this book greatly and learned a lot about this complex man.
Growing up in Brooklyn, I heard many stories about Jackie Robinson. All of them praised his courage and admired what he went through. But nobody ever thought of him as a saint, he was a complex character with many rough edges.
Most of what has been written about him has deified him incorrectly. The author makes it very clear early in the book that he wanted to show Robinson as "warts and all". And he succeeds, Robinson comes across as a complex human being.
Two things to note regarding the research done on this book. The author refers often to other biographies, especially when they disagree on various points. He then gives his account of the given point, a very good procedure.
The author also notes that he was not given any access to the "official" Jackie Robinson archives and that Jackie's widow and her minions refused to cooperate in any way shape or form with this book as well as trying to discourage others. All I can say about that is how petty those actions are.
I especially liked the depth in which the author discussed Robinson's post-baseball life, especially in the political arena. Robinson supported several prominent Republican politicians, such as Rockefeller and Nixon and took a lot of heat for his views. The author did a wonderful job in this area.
Great job by the author is separating man and myth.
Robinson Fans, This Is A Must!.......2000-06-19
I'm a big Jackie Robinson fan and this book taught me things I never understood or knew! Great reading. Great insights into the life of a true pioneer! BUY IT!
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Great Time Coming: the Life of Jackie Robinson From Baseball to Birmingham
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In this unique film history, Lee Lourdeaux traces the impact of Irish and Italian cultures on four major American directors and their work. Defining the core values and tensions within each culture, and especially focusing on the influence of American Catholicism, he presents John Ford, Frank Capra, Francis Coppola, and Martin Scorsese as ethnic Americans and film artists. Lourdeaux shows each filmmaker on set with writers and actors, learning to bypass stereotypes in order to develop a shrewd reciprocal assimilation between his ethnic background and Anglo America.
Beginning with D. W. Griffith's depiction of Irish and Italian immigrants, the author discusses Hollywood's stereotypical portrayals of ethnic priests, cops, politicians, and gangsters, as well as their surface acculturation in the movies of the 1920s. By the decade's end, John Ford was using all-American stories to embody the basic myths and tensions of Irish-American life. In his later westerns and foreign films, he tried to understand both Irish political strife and the key figures of Irish liturgy. Frank Capra pitted Italian family values against the Anglo success ethic, turning out social comedies about oppressed little people. Several decades later, Martin Scorsese and Francis Coppola were highly critical of their religio-ethnic heritage, though they gradually discovered that to outline its weaknesses, like the blind pursuit of success, was to fashion a critical mirror of mainstream America. Lourdeaux discusses a number of recent films by Coppola and by Scorsese that have not yet been analyzed in any book. And, in the chapter on Scorsese, a personal interview with the director reveals how his ethnic childhood shaped his work in film.
Examining the conflicts within American culture, Lourdeaux shows how the filmmakers themselves had to confront the self-destructive aspects of their ethnic background, not only to accommodate WASP audiences but to better understand their own heritage. He also observes that ethnicity is a strong draw at the box office, as in The Godfather, because it creates a sense of the Other who can both be admired and at the same time ridiculed. Illustrated with scenes of the movies discussed, this fascinating film history tells how four of America's most famous filmmakers assimilated their ethnic backgrounds on set and on screen.
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"Elliott's absorbing account will make readers think again about the ways that science shapes our personal identities."—American Scientist
Americans have always been the world's most anxiously enthusiastic consumers of "enhancement technologies." Prozac, Viagra, and Botox injections are only the latest manifestations of a familiar pattern: enthusiastic adoption, public hand-wringing, an occasional congressional hearing, and calls for self-reliance.
In a brilliant diagnosis of our reactions to self-improvement technologies, Carl Elliott asks questions that illuminate deep currents in the American character: Why do we feel uneasy about these drugs, procedures, and therapies even while we embrace them? Where do we draw the line between self and society? Why do we seek self-realization in ways so heavily influenced by cultural conformity?
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Starts Out Great, But..........2007-07-06
I got this book based on his April 2006 Atlantic Monthly article. Turns out that he spends nearly the first two chapters with a focus on patients who have undergone sex change operations. Lots of useful information and insights...but he does overanalyze "identity." I realized that he doesn't quite "get it" when he asserted that we teach our children to fake gratitude and appreciation to others.
A Must-Read!.......2005-09-03
He demonstrates incredible insight when discussing moral and scientific dilemmas in modern American context, a must-read!
This book will get you thinking..........2003-07-12
Elliott's book is a good read for those who have ever worried about America's growing obsession with medicine and technology. Even if you haven't ever wondered or thought about this part of American life, read the book anyway, because you should probably start. Elliott brings in a little of everything: the past, present and future, and scientific data as well as personal opinion, in order to ask the question, 'So where are we going with all this?' I think that this book can start a lot of us out on the right foot in trying to answer that question...
Packed with philosophical whupass.......2003-04-24
A fascinating look enhancement technologies, from Ritalin to sex changes to voluntary amputations. Journalistic in style, but packs some serious philosophical ...
Disturbing.......2003-04-08
A very interesting look at the various "enhancement" procedures and medications that have become so widely used in our society. One of the more disturbing trends is that of voluntary amputation. This apparently is sought by people with healthy limbs who feel uncomfortable with their bodies.For example,a man who felt that his legs were never really a true part of him,may choose to become a double amputee. Not for the faint of heart.
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Title: Enhancement as an American dilemma.(Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream)(Book Review)
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Volume: 34
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Title: Enhancement technologies.(critical evaluation of Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream, by Carl Elliott)
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Good book that helps fill out Freeport..........2003-09-05
Denizens of Freeport is a 96 page softcover sourcebook from Green Ronin, priced at $18.95 (I got mine on ebay for the remarkably low price of $5 + $3.50 S&H). It's an NPC book, that is a book full of characters, complete with stats and background. Generally speaking, I like books like this, because they are very useful when you need to come up with an NPC to populate someplace. And not being a very creative person, most of the NPCs I come up with are either based on people I know or characters from movies or books.
There are a lot of NPCs in this book. More than 60s, the back cover claims, and as there is no easy way to count them, I'll take their word for it. Each entry is generally the same. The name at the top, followed by the stats, then entries on "Background", "Personality", "Physical Description", and "Hooks", the latter being what sort of hook they like to wear (Sorry, pirate humor. It's actually more like adventure seeds or ideas)
I thought the best NPCs in this book are the more mundane ones. For instance, a locksmith. A street vendor, a brewer, a lawyer, a tailor. Unfortunately, there are only a few of these.
This book gets a bit silly (like I thought the Freeport: City of Adventure book did) when it comes to anachoristic NPCs. For instance, drug dealing/growing Hippies named "The Blooms". Get it? Yuk yuk. Or a police detective and a forensic scientist. (CSI: Freeport anyone? Bah). Still, these sort of NPCs aren't too common. Some of the names are again similar to real world people. An actor named "Rikard Burbage" (Richard Burton), a disease carrier is named "Mary" (like "Typhoid Mary"). Things like that ratchet up the dorkiness factor and ratchet down the suspension of belief and believability of the character and setting, at least for me. But again, it only happens in a few cases.
Some of the NPC groups from Freeport: City of Adventure are fleshed out. For instance, in that book there was a group of rich women who were bored and so became thieves and would bully inn owners (picture a bunch of Jennifer Lopezs, I guess). A couple of them are detailed here. One of the closest things to a Thieves' Guild in Freeport is "Finn's Syndicate", which is a halfling protection racket - an assassin from it is detailed here. And that annoying tabloid newspaperman is detailed, too.
As you might guess from the nature of Freeport, there are a number of Pirate characters. One is a mind flayer (whose inclusion has probably doomed this book to never being reprinted, as mind flayers are not in the officially released System Reference Document), one a viking lady, one a halfing, another a lady half-elf, and one just a human woman. Not quite the usual pirate demographics.
There's a lot of interesting other NPCs. A womanizing Paladin, a goblin fireman (with a protection racket), a couple really nice examples of how half-orcs can be productive members of society, a halfling version of Sally Struthers (as Jabba the Hutt). There are some misses: Mungo & his amazing monkeys, most of the villains (they're dorky rather than scary), Harcourt Horkel (a swindler, presumably named after Harcourt Fenton Mudd of Star Trek), "The Hat", a secret agent (it's also impossible for anyone who is a South Park fan, like myself, to use, as it's too close to "Mr. Hat"). Most of the 'urchins' are also really annoying, but that generally can't be helped. One of the most unbelievable characters is an assassin who kills people while shaving them. Um, in a small town (Freeport is something like 10,000 people, if that), just how often would that work? Once. Similarly, there is a halfling who is a child impersonator, who works the same area. Uh, wouldn't the people there catch on after a week or two?
Each NPC is illustrated, which is great, as it gives you a picture you can show your players, rather than having to describe them. Most of the artwork is excellent, and is in a variety of styles, from the fairly realistic to the impressionistic. The only exception is one woman on page 34, whose breasts apparently start at her neck. (Talk about a push up bra.). There's also one picture (of a laywer) that seems to have gotten the sex wrong, though it's a bit hard to tell.
Besides the usually excellent Toren Atkinson, the artist whose work really stands out is Chris Martinez (though he doesn't have many, I think just 3 pictures). There are a couple others I like, but I can't tell who did it (not all the art is signed).
The typeface used for the is the same as in the Freeport: City of Adventure book, and like there, I found it a bit problematic when it comes to telling the difference between some letters (most notably a 'u' and 'v'). The normal typeface used is fine, and there's a lot of text in the book - margins are small, and the overall layout is good. The only real oddity is that stats for the characters are given first, with the description afterwards. Usually it's the other way around (but is not a problem once you get used to it).
It really could have used a table of contents, but presumably there wasn't room. A tiny map of freeport keyed to where every NPC hangs out would also have been helpful, but again, the book is absolutely crammed as it is - not wasted space at all, so it wouldn't fit.
Is this worth buying? Well, definitely, if you're a Freeport fan. This product goes a long way towards filling up Freeport with people and making it a more complete city (one of my complaints about the City of Adventure book was it was kind of skimpy on info about Freeport itself.)
If you're not a Freeport fan, obviously this will be less appealing, but it does give you a number of NPCs that can be used in almost any enviroment, and all but a handful can be used in a generic pirate or port town.
B. If not for the hippies and some of the other sillier characters, I would be inclined to give it a higher score. But I really hate hippies. Much like NRA meetings and showers are, fantasy settings should be hippie free.
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In A Bias for Action, Sumantra Ghoshal and Heike Bruch reveal that only 10% of managers act purposefully to get truly important work done.
A Bias for Action shows that great managers produce results not by motivating others, but by engaging their own willpower through a powerful combination of energy and focus.
Bruch and Ghoshal provide simple strategies for bolstering individual willpower and action-taking abilities, and explore ways to marshal the willpower of others to encourage collective action.
Customer Reviews:
One of best five books on effective self-management.......2006-12-11
I have read and re-read this books several times. It is research-based and spells out why so many managers who know what they need to do, don't, and what successful managers with willpower (only 10% of all managers) do. I have read all the best management books and I put this one among the top-five books for guiding effective self-management. The others are Getting Things Done by David Allen, The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker, The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch, and The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz. Frankly, I am amazed this book has not attracted more attention and become a must-read for managers. It's every bit as good as Good To Great, for example.
Light on practical.......2006-03-19
Some good advice, but it could've been said in 1/2 the pages. I wanted to see more templates, tools, worksheets, and less long paragraphs. It doesn't do a good job telling what can I do differently starting tomorrow?
Not Just a Collection of Cliches.......2005-12-25
I purchased this book when it first came out, and skimmed through the first few chapters. At that time I thought it was another collection of motivational cliches; the kind of rubbish one finds in Robbins' Unleash-the-Real-Man-In-You pulp motivationals. So the book drifted about from desk to desk for quite a long time, mostly unread.
A few things changed, however. I found myself needing to motivate personnel after several missed deadlines, and high absenteeism; including among them lead programmers and team champions. Despite my experience in project management and a background in counselling, I was floundering for a while - seeking carrots and sticks, and unsure of how to get the best out of my people. Then I read Peters' and Waterman's "In Search of Excellence", Collins' and Porras' "Built to Last" and Roberts' "The Modern Firm." (the last of these being the best of this genre; very strongly recommended).
Finally I returned to "A Bias for Action" and this time the big picture presented by the book and the recommendations for managerial action (checklists of questions, for example) made complete sense. I realized that this was anything but another collection cliched motivational slogans. This book is based on empirical research, and that makes the difference.
When you come to it as a manager facing motivational problems among your senior staff, you will discover here the solutions to the problems you face; not in a cook-book fashion, but rather the big picture and with broad principles. And among them you will find specific schemes for re-thinking the motivational dynamics in your firm and implementing constructive change.
Using this book, with several others on coaching adults, I am putting together a coaching programme for my staff. The material in "A Bias For Action" has already provided valuable material for this programmme. I shall not characterize this book as a must-read for every manager; but it is a very useful addition to the reading list for managers who are confronting motivational problems among senior staff.
Helpful advice without too much Harvard clutter!.......2004-11-16
I was an avid fan of Harvard Business School Press (HBSP), and their brand of management summaries and knowledge. However, over the years, I've become disillusioned with the HBSP editoral style and model of publishing management/general business books.
Funny how many of their titles are written by Harvard Business School professors. Basically, the professors -- Olympian guardians of all management ideas and "know-how" -- are writing books telling practicing managers (middle to senior level) how to maximize their leadership styles and their corporate profits.
Anyhow, I believe that HBSP has recently released a rather improved book, "A Bias for Action," written by Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal. It strives to explain the idea that effective managers aren't necessarily busy managers. Busy managers being those who find comfort in just being active, without a vision or long-term goal for their group or team. It asks the question: what can we do as a managerial class to become more effective and focused?
What really shines through (and caught my attention) is the book's underlying theme that willpower is a major force for success. Willpower, to the authors, is a combination of energy and focus. There are several traps/pitfalls that are outlined:
- Trap of overwhelming demands
- Trap of unbearable constraints
- Trap of unexplored choices
What I've found most favorable is the authors' strategy of finding a goal and protecting your intentions. Inevitable setbacks will occur. Great managers and leaders know how to deflect that and concentrate on the positive energy by thinking about past successes, envisioning the goal, controlling your confidence, or talking with a mentor.
The latter half of the book deals with CEO-level management and how they can program their organizations to exhibit the environment that enable managers to become "purpose-driven." Depending on your role in the organization, this half may not be too useful.
An Executive Coach and Leadership Primer.......2004-04-15
Required reading for anyone who aspires to success in business. The first half does the job on an Executive Coach. The second half explains why some people at some companies can transition from good to great -- and provide more insight than the Collins book on the process. I like the authors approach -- based in accepted scholarly theories -- and not just another bunch of stories from personal experiences (although there are a good many of those here too). Notwithstanding, I'm recommending this to my clients and associates; and, I've already instituted certain changes with the expectation of being more effective.
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