Øystein Nygård's Blog
February 10, 2018
Book review - 6 billion shoppers
Six Billion Shoppers: The Companies Winning the Global E-Commerce Boom by Porter ErismanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is a must for anyone working in ecommerce, or trying to get in there. It takes a world view on ecommerce and presents each region with its issues and kinks, and relates all back to what platforms are successful and how the culture of buying & selling - ingrained in the people of the different regions - can be the root to the fact that different regions prefer different ecom models. The book opened my eyes to new markets and gave a great context to the things we see happening in ecommerce around us. WELL worth the read!
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February 1, 2018
Book Review
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason SchreierMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved the book. It is a great collection of case studies and war stories surrounding some of the greatest games in the last 3-10 years, and the author does a good job in describing the frustration, pain and sacrifice that goes into one of the great games - to make them just that... great.
I would have liked to have a little more "around" the case studies to make it a complete story, but for me this was a lovely read. A "Must read" for all you gamers out there!
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January 17, 2018
Insanely Great..
My review of the book I just finished - must read for tech enthusiasts..
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything by Steven Levy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The history of THE most important computer of all time, by a person very close to the action but also with the distance from it to tell the story with all it´s aspects. Great book for those looking to get to know the innovations that defines almost all user interfaces that we see today; from windows and mac-computers, to the android and iphone smartphones.
The only thing that I would have wanted was an updated version also including the lines drawn all the way to the UI´s of today - that would have made it perfect. I hope Steven Levy gets around to write that part of the story as well.
Very much recommend reading this book.
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Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything by Steven LevyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The history of THE most important computer of all time, by a person very close to the action but also with the distance from it to tell the story with all it´s aspects. Great book for those looking to get to know the innovations that defines almost all user interfaces that we see today; from windows and mac-computers, to the android and iphone smartphones.
The only thing that I would have wanted was an updated version also including the lines drawn all the way to the UI´s of today - that would have made it perfect. I hope Steven Levy gets around to write that part of the story as well.
Very much recommend reading this book.
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