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They are Microserfs--six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day "coding" and eating "flat" foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to "flame" one of them. But now there's a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine. The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own--living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.… (plus d'informations)
A great story. A deep dive into the world of tech, from the weird lifestyle at Microsoft to the weirder lifestyle in the Silicon Valley. A beautiful ending too, for such a geek out novel. This is my first Douglas Coupland and I thoroughly enjoyed it. ( )
This is actually one of my favorite books, and read it every three or four years or so.
There is a bit of nostalgia, with that period of time being so static. This is a snapshot of the beginning of the shift. My hometown was never the same after the time this book refers. ( )
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John Battelle Elizabeth Dunn Ian Ferrell James Glave James Joaquin Kevin Kelley Jane Metcalfe Judith Regan Louis Rossetto Nathan Shedroff Michael Tchao Ian Verchere
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This morning, just after 11:00, Michael locked himself in his office and won't come out.
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I stared at an entire screen full of these words and they dissolved and lost meaning, the way words do when you repeat them over and over — the way anything loses meaning when context is removed — the way we can quickly enter the world of the immaterial using the simplest of devices, like multiplication.
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I'm worried about Mom... and I'm thinking about Jed, and suddenly I look around at Bug and Susan and Michael and everybody and I realize, that what's been missing for so long isn't missing anymore. hellojed
They are Microserfs--six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day "coding" and eating "flat" foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to "flame" one of them. But now there's a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine. The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own--living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.
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