Netslaves: True Tales of Working the Web

Bill Lessard, Steve Baldwin

McGraw-Hill, 2000 - Business & Economics - 246 pages

A Library Journal Best Business Book for 1999 and featured in The New York Times and USA Today, the cult classic NetSlaves is now in paperback.

Referring to the NetSlaves website on which this book was based, Cybercritic Ty Burr called it "A bitterly funny reminder that the multimedia industry is not populated by future Masters of the Universe but by the same psychotics, power trippers, and cubicle people as any other business...". In capturing their voices, this book creates a savage commentary on a cultural phenomenon that has remained hidden for too long.
-- Featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Toronto Globe & Mail, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Weekly, San Diego Union-Tribune, Computer World, NPR, CBS-Radio's "The Online Shopping Report", abcnews.com, TalkCity, The Industry Standard, Silicon Valleyreporter.com
-- The authors have appeared on the Leher News Hour and in Crain's NY Business

Contents

• The Purpose Behind This Book: 3
• A Users Guide to the: 10
• 2 General Characteristics: 16

Bibliographic information

• Title: Netslaves: True Tales of Working the Web
• Authors: Bill Lessard, Steve Baldwin
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2000
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Sep 11, 2008
• ISBN: 0071352430, 9780071352437
• Length: 246 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Computers / Information Technology; Computers / Internet / General; Computers / Networking / General; Computers / Social Aspects