Seattle Memoirs; Inspired by my stint at Amazon.com

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  1. Kindle Edition: 201 pages: 1 item
  2. Publisher: Center of Artificial Imagination, Inc.; 2012-05-05
  3. Author: Kalpanik S.
  4. Format: Kindle eBook
  5. Sales Rank in Books: #63314

Product Review

Seattle, a medley of lush green hills surrounded by snow capped mountains and sparking blue waters.

Amazon.com--an Internet company based in Seattle which has taken the stock markets by storm, and was transforming itself from an online retailer to an eCommerce platform, led by a CEO who leads this transformation but is not afraid to act goofy.

In the middle of all this lands a technologist from Silicon Valley who is looking for a youthful adventure.

It begins as a story of a technologist leaving behind his beloved Silicon Valley for Seattle. It unfolds into a moving story capturing Seattle's beauty, its interesting people and culture; and the inside scoop on the dot-com world.

Technology. Innovation. Humor. Wit. Imagination. They all come together very nicely in Seattle Adventures.

Note: Some portions of this book have been previously published as part of , "Welcome to the USA", "Artificial Imagination" and 'Inside the Giant Machine'

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review
3.7 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Joining The Revolution, February 24, 2012
prisrob "pris," (New England USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seattle Adventures - Seattle Memoirs Inspired By My Stint At Amazon.com (Paperback)
The author, using a pseudonym, has written a book that tells of his adventure in joining the revolution at Amazon. He thought he was joining a company that was adventurous and magnificent, what he found was a company that was adventurous and magnificent but treated its employees less than zero.

Even though the author is grading Amazon on less than flattering terms, it is interesting to me that I read this book on an Amazon Kindle Fire, and this book was a loan from Amazon's e-book loan program. Amazon services for the public are superb. After all, Jeff Bezos has said since day one that customer service is Amazon's priority. I am a fan of Amazon, and have been since 2002. However, it sounds like working for Amazon may be a totally different story.

The author loses some credibility with me by using an alias. At times his tone is edgy when he is trying to be funny. The author relates the Amazon concept from the beginning of Jeff Bezos idea to the reality of the...Read more


11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Techno Tale, January 27, 2010
Lori B (Minneapolis, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seattle Adventures - Seattle Memoirs Inspired By My Stint At Amazon.com (Paperback)
I read "Welcome to California", "I Met a Greek Goddess in Nashville" and "Seattle Adventures" all in the same day. The books have some overlapping. The third book is the story of the author's time spent working at "[...]". It's funny yet bittersweet - I learned things about the large web-conglomerate that I didn't know before.


6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Distinctive & Well Written with Several Good Photos, January 3, 2012
Pen Name (somewhere on planet earth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seattle Memoirs; Inspired by my stint at Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)
The book is humorous and well-written with a plethora of photos taken by Dr. Zheng, author's collaborator to illustrate their experiences - Some show the natural beauty of the locations, others show the uniqueness of the folks. I enjoyed the distinctive way in which it was written. I found his relationships with both his wife and daughters to be very special.

I also recommend these other books by the same author: I Met a Greek Goddess in Nashville, Tennessee; The Inferno: An Eyewitness account of San Diego on Fire; Into the Heart of the...Read more

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