Manlio Malenchini Malenchini itibaren West Tanjung, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta City, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia
I loved the screen play format of this book and the perspective that the format offered. The novel definitely raises issues not just about innocence but more about the friends we choose: Are we sometimes guilty by (bad) association? Exploring that question has a lot of value, especially for adolescent readers who are constantly seeking peer acceptance.
Most stuff in this book I already knew (90%). But hearing it in a cohesive story is a great way to fodder new ideas - if you wanna think about the internet and where its going, its a great primer - and a quick read too. Hearing the the Goto/Overture story was interesting. While it sounds obvious, its an impressive insight by Bill Gross that traffic with an intent (ie search traffic) is worth more than random traffic, and that if you played arbitrage in the middle you could make a lot of money. I like it when people can do math :) I didn't know Google started in a garage. I learned more about Google's battle to stop SEO spammers. They usually change their algorithm to do this, which of course ends up screwing over legit businesses too - these legit businesses actually name each algorithm change like they were hurricanes - 'Florida' was when Google changed their algorithm on nov 14, 2003.