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<blockquote data-quote="GlenM" data-source="post: 463">cgjherr writes &quot;Ah, the technology history book, normally I&#039;m not a fan. The writing is aloof and dry. The topics are vague, the history misinterpreted, and the lessons presented too vague to be applicable. And don&#039;t get me started on the illustrations, which are all too often pyramids with the authors perched at the top looking down on the lowly reader at the base. Thankfully, this book, &quot;the myths of innovation&quot; breaks all of these rules. It&#039;s an engaging, fun and quick read. The history is interesting, and the lessons presented are practical. I particularly like the author&#039;s tone. It&#039;s witty and light. Which makes this a very fast read, one that leaves you wanting even more by the end.&quot; Read below for the rest of Jack&#039;s review.<a href="http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/23/1441259&amp;from=rss" target="_blank">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.<a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews?a=tLbtT5" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews?i=tLbtT5" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />&lt;/img&gt;</a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/119081914" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/119081914/article.pl" target="_blank">More...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="GlenM, post: 463"] cgjherr writes "Ah, the technology history book, normally I'm not a fan. The writing is aloof and dry. The topics are vague, the history misinterpreted, and the lessons presented too vague to be applicable. And don't get me started on the illustrations, which are all too often pyramids with the authors perched at the top looking down on the lowly reader at the base. Thankfully, this book, "the myths of innovation" breaks all of these rules. It's an engaging, fun and quick read. The history is interesting, and the lessons presented are practical. I particularly like the author's tone. It's witty and light. Which makes this a very fast read, one that leaves you wanting even more by the end." Read below for the rest of Jack's review.[URL="http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/23/1441259&from=rss"]Read more of this story[/URL] at Slashdot. [URL="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews?a=tLbtT5"][IMG]http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews?i=tLbtT5[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [IMG]http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~4/119081914[/IMG] [url=http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/119081914/article.pl]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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