Thoughts Pad

Although it might not look like a must read book in a social network focused world, it was an interesting read for because of it’s deep relation with my undergraduation monography and the effort I’ve put studying that matter.

Some may think that today, P2P is old fashioned while they relate the acronym with P2P networks of old days like Napster, Edonkey and Gnutella. Don’t feel like that. P2P is not a acronym for file sharing. P2P is a acronym for new ways of making networks, sharing spare resources and communicating.

Fortunatelly, this is not yet another book about Napster, Gnutella or any other file sharing P2P network that ever existed, but a book about P2P potentials and how to use it to archieve real world companies goals and needs.

I’ve been studying deeply the matter for about 2,5 years, and still found some useful information in this book. Though, I warn that it is not the kind of book that a technician is ansious to read, but the kind of book that a manager would like to read in order to figure ways of using P2P to improve it’s company business capabilities and enhance revenues.

It is a pretty straigh forward and quick reading book, and tells some interesting cases of business that used P2P and archieved good and bad results from it. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.

A few weeks ago I have read the book “The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time” (Portuguese version) and later I decided to share my thoughts about that reading experience.

The first bit about this book is that it has an easy language, and thus the book fits non-high tech readers. The second bit is that although it is a more interesting book for those of us interested on Google and high tech, it might be a good reading for those interested on getting inspired.

In the first chapters you’ll find some details about Google’s founders and it’s very beginning as well as some detailed informations about that epoch that you’re not willing to find easily googling

As you keep reading, you’re driven to a tour explaining how Google works, and how they make decisions. Before reading this book, I have never realised how unique was the Google’s IPO and how they changed some paradigms at that time.

You’ll also find some cool details about 1st April, Google doodles, the no name restaurant and even find an easter egg in the middle of the book (a famous cook recipe).

Summarizing, this book is a nice reading for both tech and non-tech people interested on getting inspired by the Google’s history.