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The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
by Michael Lewis
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Not a bad read, although nothing spectacular 
One has to remember that this book was written during the burst of the Internet bubble. At that time, the general view is that the Internet bubble were purely speculative and would not have any lasting impact. Michael Lewis went against the conventional wisdom at the time and described in a series of tales the transformational powers of the web still being played out. The stories did not quite make a coherent whole. However, the observations were relevant.
In terms of writing, this book does not... more info
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The Boat
It's all about the boat. Here, Michael Lewis follows the career of Jim Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics (now SGI), Netscape (now, well, something else) and then Healtheon (something else again.) Along the way Clark makes a zillion dollars and gets investment money as easily as turning on a tap. Although this book is quite old now (in terms of Internet years) the same basic lessons seem to be applicable in today's (well, until 2008s crash anyway) environment. That is, (a) suffer from ADD (or is it ADHD?),... more info
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Why Good Stories Are Better Than Bad Management Books 
This book could easily be transposed as an academic study in a scholarly journal or as a "how to" article in one of those business school reviews that cater to the deep anxieties of high-powered executives. The same material that Michael Lewis has collected could be used by an academic to formulate hypotheses, validate theories, and construct models of business behavior. In fact, a growing subset of management science deals with the phenomenon that Lewis describes in his narrative and that is known in the... more info
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What would you do if you researched a book and didn't find anything? 
I'm a big fan of Michael Lewis. He usually brings characters and situations to life and provides a perspective on a situation that introduces me to a new way of looking at things. That's not the case here.
I get the feeling when Michael Lewis got permission to follow Jim Clark around for several months to write about him he thought he'd hit the mother load of great book material. Here was a guy who had traipsed through the daunting world of technology with a seeming Midas touch. Heck, the man had... more info
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