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Dr. John R. Patrick was VP of Internet Technology at IBM and a founding member of the W3C at MIT. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and holds degrees in electrical engineering, management, law, and health administration. John is a board member at the Digital Democracy Project. He is author of Election Attitude, Net Attitude, Health Attitude, Election Attitude, Home Attitude, and Robot Attitude.

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	Home Attitude: Everything You Need To Know To Make Your Home Smart (It's All About Attitude) KINDLE EDITION 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Net Attitude: What It Is, How To Get It, And Why Your Company Can't Survive Without It 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Health Attitude: Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Election Attitude: How Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robot Attitude: How Robots and Artificial Intelligence Will Make Our Lives Better ("It's All About Attitude" (John R. Patrick's 6 Book Series)) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Election Attitude: How Mobile Internet Voting Leads to a Stronger Democracy ("It's All About Attitude" (John R. Patrick's 6 Book Series)) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Net Attitude: What It Is, How To Get It, And Why You Need It More Than Ever by John R. Patrick (Goodreads Author), Stewart Alsop (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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