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Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2. 0

Author: Sarah Lacy

The captivating story of the mavericks who emerged from the dot-com rubble to found the multibillion-dollar companies taking the Web into the twenty-first century

Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good is the story of the entrepreneurs who learned their lesson from the Internet bust of 2000 and in recent years have created groundbreaking new Web companies. The second iteration of the dot-coms-dubbed "Web 2.0"-is all about bringing people together. Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace unite friends online; YouTube lets anyone post videos for the world to see; Digg.com allows Internet users to vote on the most relevant news of the day; Six Apart sells software that enables bloggers to post their viewpoints online; and Slide helps people customize their virtual selves.

Business reporter Sarah Lacy brings to light the entire Web 2.0 scene: the wide-eyed but wary entrepreneurs, the hated venture capitalists, the bloggers fueling the hype, the programmers coding through the night, the twenty-something millionaires, and the Internet "fan boys" eager for all the promises to come true.

Richard Drezen - Library Journal

Some folks think that Silicon Valley went bust along with the dot.com meltdown of 2000, but Business Week columnist Lacy begs to differ. Here, she explores the new terrain of Web 2.0 coming out of a resurgent Silicon Valley, profiling notable Internet entrepreneurs Max Levchin (cofounder, PayPal) and Mark Zuckerberg (founder, Facebook), as well as others. Her explanation of the Web 2.0 evolution uses the concept of the digitization of identity whereby users of social-networking sites, web-based communities, and blogs actively and willingly share their personal data as they contribute and collaborate with others on the web. (Amazingly, her discussion omits any mention of privacy concerns.) In this second-generation web environment, Lacy writes, businesses are cheaper to run, easier to operate, and more immediately profitable than ever before. Although Lacy's writing style is occasionally gossipy, her observations on the future of technology-especially involving Silicon Valley-are engaging and smart. While the jury is still out on whether Web 2.0 will prove to be just another Internet bubble, Lacy's assessment of it is resoundingly positive. Recommended for larger nonfiction collections.

Table of Contents:

Prologue     1
Winning is Everything     17
Bubbling Back Up     35
Fuck the Sweater-Vests     59
Lemmings at the Gate     79
The Mob Giveth and the Mob Taketh Away     95
The Return of the King     113
The Mark Zuckerberg Phenomenon     139
World Domination     167
Midtown Doornail     185
Sell Out     209
The Nontrepreneur     241
Epilogue     265
Author's Note     281
Acknowledgments     283
Index     285

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TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies (Dummies Series)

Author: C C Edwards

If you have a T1-84 Plus Graphing Calculator, you have a powerful, sophisticated tool for advanced math. In fact, it’s so sophisticated that you may not know how to take advantage of many of its features and functions. That’s a good problem to have, and TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies is the right solution! It takes the TI-84 Plus to the next power, showing you how to:

• Display numbers in normal, scientific, or engineering notations

• Perform basic calculations, deal with angles, and solve equations

• Create and investigate geometric figures

• Graph functions, inequalities, or transformations of functions

• Create stat plots and analyze statistical data

• Create probability experiments like tossing coins, rolling dice, and so on

• Save calculator files on your computer

• Add applications to your calculator so that it can do even more

TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies was written by C.C. Edwards, author of TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies, who has a Ph.D. in mathematics and teaches on the undergraduate and graduate levels. The book doesn’t delve into high math, but it does use appropriate math examples to help you delve into:

• Using the Equation Solver

• Using GeoMaster and its menu bar to construct lines, segments, rays, vectors, circles, polygons, perpendicular and parallel lines, and more

• Creating a slide show of transformations of a graph

• Using the Inequality Graphing application to enter and graph inequalities and solvelinear programming problems

There’s even a handy tear-out cheat sheet to remind you of important keystrokes and special menus, And since you’ll quickly get comfortable with the built-in applications, there’s a list of ten more you can download and install on your calculator so it can do even more! TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator For Dummies is full of ways to increase the value of your TI–84 Plus exponentially.