Cultures@SiliconValley

Rating:
Summary: Excellent resource in user friendly style
Review: This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in culture, Silicon Valley, and the ethnographic methodology. From the first page, the reader is drawn into the people and unique culture of a technology based community. The author simulaneously paints an accurate portrait of the South San Francisco Bay Area while intoducing us to the complex lives of individuals who live, work, and volunteer there. This book is a sharp contrast to jargon-laced papers or tedious textbooks. Information on the area and culture are wrapped around the narratives of real people and their ability to survive in an exceptionally fluid society.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent resource in user friendly style
Review: This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in culture, Silicon Valley, and the ethnographic methodology. From the first page, the reader is drawn into the people and unique culture of a technology based community. The author simulaneously paints an accurate portrait of the South San Francisco Bay Area while intoducing us to the complex lives of individuals who live, work, and volunteer there. This book is a sharp contrast to jargon-laced papers or tedious textbooks. Information on the area and culture are wrapped around the narratives of real people and their ability to survive in an exceptionally fluid society.