The Upstarts Audiobook | Brad Stone | Audible.com:
“The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World
Written by: Brad Stone
Narrated by: Dean Temple
Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:01-31-17
Publisher: Hachette Audio”
*Looking forward to listening to this book.
Thought from 2012 about Audible.
Wonder if they have added some or all of these.
What a pleasant surprise to find. I was just coming to cancel my subscription that renews each month on the first. Today is May 26.
This book looks interesting.
While reading The Wall Street Journal today, I came across a review for a new book. It’s interesting and I’ll consider buying it. Perhaps this would make for a great listen. It’s not clear if it’s available on Audible.
With so many people willing to participate in large, networked endeavors, maybe we really are on the cusp of finding new ways to fund and perform scientific research.
Just stumbled upon a review by Pam. Saw a different book reviewed by her. She wrote succinctly and other reviewers liked her style too. I decided to see more of her reviews. The block quote above from her review reminds me of the book Wikinomics. I haven’t read it yet but my understanding is that it is about bringing diverse and perhaps unorganized people together with digital technologies to work on and solve problems.
I like books narrated by Walter Dixon. While checking his catalog of narrated books I came upon the book American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America on Audible which is where is saw a review by Pam.
Notes: Added both Reinventing Discover and American Nations to my Audible Wish List.
The above image shows my listening pattern for audio programming, mostly books, listened to in the Audible app.
As I recall from previous summers, listening time is greatly reduced. During the summer there is much more ongoing interaction with the people I work with making audio programming harder to consume. My expectation is that come September, when I resume mostly working alone, the time I spend with audio programming will return to around 30 hours a month.
A new book by Mitch Joel, Ctrl Alt Delete, was featured in book email. Looked on Amazon first, saw there was an Audible version. One credit used to buy it on the spot.
What gets you to buy?
Wonder what the difference is between Finished and 0 minutes left.
In the book that shows as 0 minutes left, both parts show as completed.
Title List
Bossypants
Escape Velocity
The Rare Find
Quiet
What Would Google Do?
The Innovator’s DNA
Good to Great
Power: Why Some People Have It – and Others Don’t
The Master Switch
Rework
Start-Up Nation
Drinking With George
How the Mighty Fall
Accidental Genius
On Bullshit
Future Perfect
Life Itself: A Memoir
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
The Signal and the Noise
Beyond the Obvious
The Start-Up of You
Notes: The book titles are mostly listed in order of completed. There are a few where the last played date was changed because I played the book at some point after completing it the first time. In 2013 I’ll try to make a note of a book the day it is completed. Looks like there are 21 titles completed for this year. There are a few that I stopped listening to part way through. Perhaps those will get a second chance in 2013.
D.L. Damore 