20 Must-Read Books for a Techie
11. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Authors: Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams
The Web has changed our lives and is currently changing our entire economy. This book will definitively change your thinking and enlighten you. It is utterly important for business owners and it highlights the huge effect of the social media on the financial factor of many companies in the world. A basic line from this book is this one “the more your company lets outsiders in, or even turns the company over to the masses, the more new ideas are generated, the more new products are developed, and the more problems are solved.” If you still have a hard time picturing what the Web 2.0 is, read Wikinomics. It is a fabulous read and has been a very popular title in sometime.
10. SEX.COM: One Domain, Two Men, Twelve Years and the Brutal Battle for the Jewel in the Internet's Crown
Author: Kieren McCarthy
This book explains the extraordinary battle between the two extraordinary men: Gary Kremen, a Stanford scholar with strange foresight; and Stephen Cohen, an uneducated con man with a genius IQ and an unnatural gift for persuasion.
With five million page views every day, Sex.com was the most expensive piece of virtual real-estate on earth. With a clever scam, Cohen was able to snatch sex.com and live a life of untold wealth and luxury. It took more than a decade and millions of dollars, but Kremen made Cohen finally pay for his crimes. The fight rewrote the law and shaped the history and development of the internet.
