Fumbling The Future

Author : Robert C. Alexander
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475916604
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fumbling the Future written by Robert C. Alexander and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Compaq, and Borland. But no one will say Xerox. Fifteen years after it invented personal computing, Xerox still means "copy." Fumbling the Future tells how one of America's leading corporations invented the technology for one of the fastest-growing products of recent times, then miscalculated and mishandled the opportunity to fully exploit it. It is a classic story of how innovation can fare within large corporate structures, the real-life odyssey of what can happen to an idea as it travels from inspiration to implementation. More than anything, Fumbling the Future is a tale of human beings whose talents, hopes, fears, habits, and prejudices determine the fate of our largest organizations and of our best ideas. In an era in which technological creativity and economic change are so critical to the competitiveness of the American economy, Fumbling the Future is a parable for our times.

Author : Douglas K. Smith
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1583482660
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fumbling the Future written by Douglas K. Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1999 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Compaq, and Borland. But no one will say Xerox. Fifteen years after it invented personal computing, Xerox still means "copy." Fumbling the Future tells how one of America's leading corporations invented the technology for one of the fastest-growing products of recent times, then miscalculated and mishandled the opportunity to fully exploit it. It is a classic story of how innovation can fare within large corporate structures, the real-life odyssey of what can happen to an idea as it travels from inspiration to implementation. More than anything, Fumbling the Future is a tale of human beings whose talents, hopes, fears, habits, and prejudices determine the fate of our largest organizations and of our best ideas. In an era in which technological creativity and economic change are so critical to the competitiveness of the American economy, Fumbling the Future is a parable for our times.

Author : Edition Shortcut (author)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781005106225
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SUMMARY written by Edition Shortcut (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kimberly Drew
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0399181156
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Futures written by Kimberly Drew and published by One World. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A literary experience unlike any I’ve had in recent memory . . . a blueprint for this moment and the next, for where Black folks have been and where they might be going.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) What does it mean to be Black and alive right now? Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of work—images, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to tell the story of the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today. The book presents a succession of startling and beautiful pieces that generate an entrancing rhythm: Readers will go from conversations with activists and academics to memes and Instagram posts, from powerful essays to dazzling paintings and insightful infographics. In answering the question of what it means to be Black and alive, Black Futures opens a prismatic vision of possibility for every reader.

Author : Douglas K. Smith
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780201916041
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking Charge Of Change written by Douglas K. Smith and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1997-04-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooking up great ideas of how things ought to be is easy. Getting things to actually change is hard, especially in large, complex organizations. The meeting about ”the new vision” goes over fine, then everyone drifts back to his or her office and nothing changes. This book provides the diagnostic tools managers need to assess their particular needs for change, and then the tool kit required to implement the changes one wants to see.

Author : Jason Epstein
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393103773
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future written by Jason Epstein and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An irresistible book about Grub Street, authorship and the literary marketplace."—Washington Post Book World Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative career in book publishing during the past half-century. He founded Anchor Books and launched the quality paperback revolution, cofounded the New York Review of Books, and created of the Library of America, the prestigious publisher of American classics, and The Reader's Catalog, the precursor of online bookselling. In this short book he discusses the severe crisis facing the book business today—a crisis that affects writers and readers as well as publishers—and looks ahead to the radically transformed industry that will revolutionize the idea of the book as profoundly as the introduction of movable type did five centuries ago.

Author : Michael A. Hiltzik
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061913502
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dealers of Lightning written by Michael A. Hiltzik and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bestselling tradition of The Soul of a New Machine, Dealers of Lightning is a fascinating journey of intellectual creation. In the 1970s and '80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses, a group of computer eccentrics dubbed PARC. This brilliant group created several monumental innovations that triggered a technological revolution, including the first personal computer, the laser printer, and the graphical interface (one of the main precursors of the Internet), only to see these breakthroughs rejected by the corporation. Yet, instead of giving up, these determined inventors turned their ideas into empires that radically altered contemporary life and changed the world. Based on extensive interviews with the scientists, engineers, administrators, and executives who lived the story, this riveting chronicle details PARC's humble beginnings through its triumph as a hothouse for ideas, and shows why Xerox was never able to grasp, and ultimately exploit, the cutting-edge innovations PARC delivered. Dealers of Lightning offers an unprecedented look at the ideas, the inventions, and the individuals that propelled Xerox PARC to the frontier of technohistoiy--and the corporate machinations that almost prevented it from achieving greatness.

Author : Kerry Egan
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fumbling written by Kerry Egan and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egan describes her journey from grief to faith in this candid, spiritually profound account of her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, the medieval pilgrim route through Northern Spain. A story of overcoming anger and sadness and finding joy and redemption, "Fumbling" illuminates the power of grief to enhance our relationship with God.

Author : Craig Hickman
Publisher : Annabessacook Farm
ISBN 13 : 0976246201
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fumbling Toward Divinity written by Craig Hickman and published by Annabessacook Farm. This book was released on 2005 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shane J. Lopez
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451666233
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Hope Happen written by Shane J. Lopez and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on research to offer strategies for adopting a high-hope attitude and shaping a successful future, and provides real-life examples of people who create hope and have changed the lives of their communities.