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I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 by Edwards, Dou
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0547737394
ISBN-13
9780547737393
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109045705
Product Key Features
Book Title
I'm Feeling Lucky No. 59 : the Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Organizational Behavior, Economics / General, Web / Search Engines, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
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Trade
Reviews
(A) highly entertaining new memoir... I'm Feeling Lucky is at its best and most hilarious, in it account of the company's earliest days., Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice...An endlessly nuanced take on his former company and its employees., "[A] highly entertaining new memoir... I'm Feeling Lucky is at its best, and most hilarious, in its account of the company's earliest days." - Bloomberg News " Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice . The writing is sharp and takes full advantage of the fact that Edwards was in a unique position to gauge Google's strengths and weaknesses, coming as he did from an "old-media'' background...Part of what makes the book so rewarding is Edwards's endlessly nuanced take on his former company and its employees " - Boston Globe "Affectionate, compulsively readable. . . . This lively, thoughtful business memoir is more entertaining than it really has any right to be, and should be required reading for startup aficionados ." Publishers Weekly "Although there have been many journalistic examinations of the world's most valuable Internet brand, this is the first to capture the process and the feeling of what it was like to be there in the early days ." - Booklist " [Edwards's] perspective as an early employee is valuable and unique ...the former 'voice of Google' provides a detailed, quirky and expansive half-memoir/half-historical record." -Kirkus Reviews " I'm Feeling Lucky is funny, revealing, and instructive, with an insider's perspective I hadn't seen anywhere before. I thought I had followed the Google story closely, but I realized how much I'd missed after readingand enjoyingthis book." James Fallows, author of Postcards from Tomorrow Square "Douglas Edwards is indeed lucky, sort of an accidental millionaire, a reluctant bystander in a sea of computer geniuses who changed the world. This is a rare look at what happened inside the building of the most important company of our time." Seth Godin, author of Linchpin "This is the first Google book told from the inside out. The teller is an ex-employee who joined Google early and who treats readers to vivid inside stories of what life was like before Google became a verb. Douglas Edwards recounts Google's stumble and rise with verve and humor and a generosity of spirit. He kept me turning the pages of this engrossing tale." Ken Auletta, author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It, I'm Feeling Lucky is funny, revealing, and instructive, with an insider's perspective I hadn't seen anywhere before. I thought I had followed the Google story closely, but I realized how much I'd missed after reading--and enjoying--this book." --James Fallows, author of Postcards from Tomorrow Square "Douglas Edwards is indeed lucky, sort of an accidental millionaire, a reluctant bystander in a sea of computer geniuses who changed the world. This is a rare look at what happened inside the building of the most important company of our time."--Seth Godin, author of Linchpin "This is the first Google book told from the inside out. The teller is an ex-employee who joined Google early and who treats readers to vivid inside stories of what life was like before Google became a verb. Douglas Edwards recounts Google's stumble and rise with verve and humor and a generosity of spirit. He kept me turning the pages of this engrossing tale." --Ken Auletta, author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It, I'm Feeling Lucky is funny, revealing, and instructive, with an insider's perspective I hadn't seen anywhere before. I thought I had followed the Google story closely, but I realized how much I'd missed after reading-and enjoying-this book." -James Fallows, author of Postcards from Tomorrow Square "Douglas Edwards is indeed lucky, sort of an accidental millionaire, a reluctant bystander in a sea of computer geniuses who changed the world. This is a rare look at what happened inside the building of the most important company of our time."-Seth Godin, author of Linchpin "This is the first Google book told from the inside out. The teller is an ex-employee who joined Google early and who treats readers to vivid inside stories of what life was like before Google became a verb. Douglas Edwards recounts Google's stumble and rise with verve and humor and a generosity of spirit. He kept me turning the pages of this engrossing tale." -Ken Auletta, author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It, "[A] highly entertaining new memoir... I'm Feeling Lucky is at its best, and most hilarious, in its account of the company's earliest days." - Bloomberg News " Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice . The writing is sharp and takes full advantage of the fact that Edwards was in a unique position to gauge Google's strengths and weaknesses, coming as he did from an "old-media'' background...Part of what makes the book so rewarding is Edwards's endlessly nuanced take on his former company and its employees " - Boston Globe "Affectionate, compulsively readable. . . . This lively, thoughtful business memoir is more entertaining than it really has any right to be, and should be required reading for startup aficionados ." - Publishers Weekly "Although there have been many journalistic examinations of the world's most valuable Internet brand, this is the first to capture the process and the feeling of what it was like to be there in the early days ." - Booklist " [Edwards's] perspective as an early employee is valuable and unique ...the former 'voice of Google' provides a detailed, quirky and expansive half-memoir/half-historical record." -Kirkus Reviews " I'm Feeling Lucky is funny, revealing, and instructive, with an insider's perspective I hadn't seen anywhere before. I thought I had followed the Google story closely, but I realized how much I'd missed after reading-and enjoying-this book." -James Fallows, author of Postcards from Tomorrow Square "Douglas Edwards is indeed lucky, sort of an accidental millionaire, a reluctant bystander in a sea of computer geniuses who changed the world. This is a rare look at what happened inside the building of the most important company of our time." -Seth Godin, author of Linchpin "This is the first Google book told from the inside out. The teller is an ex-employee who joined Google early and who treats readers to vivid inside stories of what life was like before Google became a verb. Douglas Edwards recounts Google's stumble and rise with verve and humor and a generosity of spirit. He kept me turning the pages of this engrossing tale." -Ken Auletta, author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It, I'm Feeling Luckyis funny, revealing, and instructive, with an insider's perspective I hadn't seen anywhere before. I thought I had followed the Google story closely, but I realized how much I'd missed after readingand enjoyingthis book." James Fallows, author of Postcards from Tomorrow Square "Douglas Edwards is indeed lucky, sort of an accidental millionaire, a reluctant bystander in a sea of computer geniuses who changed the world. This is a rare look at what happened inside the building of the most important company of our time."Seth Godin, author of Linchpin "This is the first Google book told from the inside out. The teller is an ex-employee who joined Google early and who treats readers to vivid inside stories of what life was like before Google became a verb. Douglas Edwards recounts Google's stumble and rise with verve and humor and a generosity of spirit. He kept me turning the pages of this engrossing tale." Ken Auletta, author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know It
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
338.7/6102504
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction ix PART I: YOU ARE ONE OF US 1. From Whence I Came 3 2. In the Beginning 15 3. A World without Form 31 4. Marketing without "Marketing" 42 5. Giving Process Its Due 51 6. Real Integrity and Thoughts about God 60 7. A Healthy Appetite for Insecurity 76 8. Cheap Bastards Who Can't Take a Joke 93 9. Wang Dang Doodle -- Good Enough Is Good Enough 121 10. Rugged Individualists with a Taste for Porn 136 PART II: GOOGLE GROWS AND FINDS ITS VOICE 11. Lift off 155 12. Fun and Names 183 13. Not the Usual Yada Yada 193 14. Googlebombs and Mail Fail 200 15. Managers in Hot Tubs and in Hot Water 214 16. Is New York Alive? 228 PART III: WHERE WE STAND 17. Two Speakers, One Voice 245 18. Mail Enhancement and Speaking in Tongues 255 19. The Sell of a New Machine 265 20. Where We Stand 286 21. Aloha AOL 295 22. We Need Another Billion-Dollar Idea 312 23. Froogle and Friction 326 24. Don't Let Marketing Drive 335 25. Mistakes Were Made 356 PART IV: CAN THIS REALLY BE THE END? 26. S-1 for the Money 377 Timeline of Google Events 391 Glossary 394 Acknowledgments 399 Index 402
Synopsis
"An exciting story [that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders."-- The Daily Beast In its infancy, Google embraced extremes--endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company's fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make all the information in the world available to everyone--instantly. Google, like the Big Bang, was a singularity--an explosive release of raw intelligence and unequaled creative energy--and while others have described what Google accomplished, no one has explained how it felt to be a part of it. Until now. As employee number 59, Douglas Edwards was a key part of Google's earliest days. Experience the unnerving mix of camaraderie and competition as Larry Page and Sergey Brin create a famously nonhierarchical structure, fight against conventional wisdom, and race to implement myriad new features while coolly burying broken ideas. I'm Feeling Lucky captures the self-created culture of the world's most transformative corporation and offers unique access to the emotions experienced by those who virtually overnight built one of the world's best-known brands. "Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice. The writing is sharp."-- Boston Globe "An affectionate, compulsively readable recounting of the early years of Google."-- Publishers Weekly, The first inside view of life at Google from one of its original employees--Employee #59--captures the emotions and tensions as the company's young partners race to break rules, defy conventional wisdom, and rocket their company to the top., "An exciting story that] shines light on the inner workings of the fledgling Google and on the personalities of its founders."-- The Daily Beast In its infancy, Google embraced extremes--endless days fueled by unlimited free food, nonstop data-based debates, and blood-letting hockey games. The company's fresh-from-grad-school leaders sought more than old notions of success; they wanted to make all the information in the world available to everyone--instantly. Google, like the Big Bang, was a singularity--an explosive release of raw intelligence and unequaled creative energy--and while others have described what Google accomplished, no one has explained how it felt to be a part of it. Until now. As employee number 59, Douglas Edwards was a key part of Google's earliest days. Experience the unnerving mix of camaraderie and competition as Larry Page and Sergey Brin create a famously nonhierarchical structure, fight against conventional wisdom, and race to implement myriad new features while coolly burying broken ideas. I'm Feeling Lucky captures the self-created culture of the world's most transformative corporation and offers unique access to the emotions experienced by those who virtually overnight built one of the world's best-known brands. "Edwards does an excellent job of telling his story with a fun, outsider-insider voice. The writing is sharp."-- Boston Globe "An affectionate, compulsively readable recounting of the early years of Google."-- Publishers Weekly
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- -***_ (18)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book arrived right on time. The packaging was excellent. The package contained two books and both were perfectly wrapped to keep them both clean and flat. The book was as described. Clean and crisp. The Price was perfect as well. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase. I would definitely use this seller again.
- u***e (168)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem was initially delivered to the wrong state and assumed lost, but did get delivered eventually. Good communications with the seller who kindly refunded the payment in the meantime. A little disappointed with item which was described as "Like New" but actually had a big fold on the front cover. This was supposed to be gift but delivery speed and item condition thwarted this.