A beautiful university campus in California. A young girl who needs help writing computer programs for her class. A foreign born who has traveled thousand of miles at the young age of 21 to design computers which can imagine. An old world romantic confused by the new definition of love in the brave new world. A true story which is better than any fiction. It begins as a story of an ambitious young man traveling to a land far away from his home to fulfill his ambitions. It unfolds in the fast moving technology world of Silicon Valley. From there we hop to San Francisco and land in Southern California, where we hold our breath as our narrator survives the infamous wildfires. Technology. Art. Wit. Ambition. Humor. Imagination. They all come together in this wonderful tale of a man's journey though space, time, life and love.
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and wondering whether where you were in San Francisco or San Diego, New Delhi or Nashville, Amman or Emeryville? And why you were where you were?This is the story of a modern Nomad, a Hi-tech immigrant who becomes a refugee in Nashville during the meltdown of technology industry in Silicon Valley. In the last chapter, the author moves again to yet another interesting place.The author captures the contrast and similarities between the places beautifully, using both colorful words and colorful photographs, combining stunning imagery with his equally stunning imagination to convey thoughtful messages to us "the snowflakes descend slowly, floating in the air, allowing the air current to carry them with it, letting it change their paths. They have chosen not to confront their destiny, choosing instead to enjoy every second of their short lives, their journey to the ground." A funny and yet very poignant story!
This is the extended second edition of the book. Some of the reviews refer to the first edition, which was published 3 years ago. A young man full of hope and aspirations who travels to a new world. A technology whiz kid who becomes a Silicon Valley executive by age 33. An old world romantic confused by the definition of love in the brave new world. A true story so imaginative and incredible that no fiction writer could have thought of it. It begins as a story of ambitions, aspirations and young love at the University of California in 1987. It unfolds in the fast moving world of Hi-Tech industry in Silicon Valley San Francisco and Seattle. From the west coast we jump to Nashville for a brief detour to sample the software industry there, and then get back to Southern California, where we hold our breadth as our narrator survives the infamous wildfires. Technology. Art. Wit. Literature. Humor. Imagination. They all come together in this wonderful tale of man's journey though space, time, life and love.
A beautiful university campus in California. A foreign born 21 year old who has traveled thousand of miles to design computers which can imagine! An old world romantic confused by the new definition of love in the brave new world. A young girl who needs help writing computer programs for her class. A true story which is better than any fiction. It begins as a story of an ambitious young man traveling to a land far away from his home to fulfill his ambitions. It unfolds in the fast moving technology world of Silicon Valley. From there we hop to San Francisco and land in Southern California, where we hold our breath as our narrator survives the infamous wildfires. Technology. Art. Wit. Ambition. Humor. Imagination. They all come together in this wonderful tale of a man's journey though space, time, life and love.
This is the expanded second edition of the colot interior version of the book. This edition has been published in 2001. Some of the reviews refer to the older edition published in 2008. Inspired by author's stint at Amazon.com. Seattle, a medley of lush green hills surrounded by snow capped mountains and sparking blue waters. Congo.com--an Internet company based in Seattle which has taken the stock markets by storm, and is 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 former executive from Silicon Valley. 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.
A young man full of hope and aspirations who travels to a new world. A technology whiz kid who comes to United States from Asia to study Computer Science and aspires to become a Silicon Valley Technologist. An old world romantic confused by the definition of love in the brave new world. A true story so imaginative and incredible that no fiction writer could have thought of it. It begins as a story of ambitions, aspirations and young love at the University of California in 1987. It unfolds in the fast moving world of Hi-Tech industry in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Seattle. From the west coast we jump to Nashville for a brief detour to sample the software industry there. and finally, get back to Southern California, where we hold our breadth as our narrator survives the infamous wildfires. Technology. Art. Wit. Literature. Humor. Imagination. They all come together in this wonderful tale of man's journey though space, time, life and love. ------------------------------------------------The story begins in 1987 at University of California at Davis. Kalpanik has emigrated from Delhi, Asia to the United States. His first job is as a teaching assistant while he is working on his Masters Degree in Computer Engineering. This is also where he is first introduced to the American culture. He offers interesting and entertaining comparisons of life in Asia vs. life in the United States. In one of his examples he mentions how Asian women wear beautiful and colorful clothing and American women wear jeans. Ironically, the same evening after reading this book, I attended a party given by a family from where he is from. The discrepancy in clothing between the Americans and Asians was very evident and made me think of his musings on this subject.The story then jumps ahead fifteen years to when Kalpanik is now married with children living in Seattle. In addition to being a man in a foreign land, Kalpanik also has to learn about how to deal with his own doubts and uncertainties as a man, a husband, a father and an employee. He is very open and honest about the different issues that he faces. Many of his musings are both thought-provoking and humorous. After leaving Seattle, he moves on to Nashville to become the Head of Technology for a company. Then one day he finds himself in San Diego. His family follows him through these moves and changes. At times he has to live apart from them. I found his relationships with both his wife and daughters to be very endearing. I also enjoyed his observations about the different moves that he has made. I have visited each place that he ended up at and got a kick out of seeing the locations and cultures of the people through his eyes. Even though all are in the United States, each place has its own special flavor. Kalpanik also includes a wealth of photographs to illustrate his stories. Some show the beauty of the places, others show the uniqueness of the people.“Welcome to the USA” by Kalpanik S. is a very enjoyable book to read. I highly recommend it, and think that it would also make a fun gift for both travelers and arm chair travelers.Paige Lovitt, Reader Views, 2009--------------------------------------------------
A beautiful university campus in Davis, a small university town in California. A young student away from her home in Southern California who needs help writing computer programs for her class. A foreign born computer scientist who has traveled thousand of miles at the young age of 21 to design computers which can imagine and is working as a teaching assistant at the university. An old world romantic confused by the new definition of love in the brave new world. A true story which is better than any fiction. It begins as a story of an ambitious young man traveling to a land far away from his home to fulfill his ambitions. It unfolds in the fast moving technology world of Silicon Valley. From there we hop to San Francisco and land in Southern California, where we hold our breath as our narrator survives the infamous wildfires. Technology. Art. Wit. Ambition. Humor. Imagination. They all come together in this wonderful tale of a man's journey though space, time, life and love. Winner of the 2009 Young Reader Views Award in Young Adults (Multicultural books) Category.
This is the extended second edition of the full color interior version of the book. This captivating, new book mixes technologyand art together into a fascinating and philosophical combination. The book follows one high-tech immigrant's journey through United States as he graduates from University of California and ventures from Silicon Valley to Seattle, Nashville and back to California in a quest for his dream job and his search for a place which accepts him, a place he could call home. The story is purportedly narrated by anartificial intelligence program with theability to simulate human creativity, sense of humor and spirit of adventure. Technology is all brain, no heart, all cold logic, and no warm soul, or is it?This gemof a book reminds us that technology could not exist were it not for boundless creativity, and it does this in such a way as to also remind us that without that very same creativity, there would be no art, no literature.
This is the extended 2nd edition of the book released recently. Please note that any old reviews were for the older edition. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
The author, a noted urban anthropologist (among other things) does not drink, smoke or gamble; his expeditions to Las Vegas, which are carried out once in two to four years, are purely for the purpose of scientific research. This essay describes his horror during his latest visit when he realized the city of sin has transformed into a city of spas. The rest of the book is a good sampling of Kalpanik's tongue-in-cheek writing style including "Inside the Giant Machine: An Amazon-dot-com Story" the book that made the author famous.
A beautiful university campus in California. A young girl who needs help writing computer programs for her class. A foreign born who has traveled thousand of miles at the young age of 21 to design computers which can imagine. An old world romantic confused by the new definition of love in the brave new world. A true story which is better than any fiction. It begins as a story of an ambitious young man traveling to a land far away from his home to fulfill his ambitions. It unfolds in the fast moving technology world of Silicon Valley. From there we hop to San Francisco and land in Southern California, where we hold our breath as our narrator survives the infamous wildfires. Technology. Art. Wit. Ambition. Humor. Imagination. They all come together in this wonderful tale of a man's journey though space, time, life and love.
This is the expanded second edition of the colot interior version of the book. This edition has been published in 2001. Some of the reviews refer to the older edition published in 2008. Inspired by author's stint at Amazon.com. Seattle, a medley of lush green hills surrounded by snow capped mountains and sparking blue waters. Congo.com--an Internet company based in Seattle which has taken the stock markets by storm, and is 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 former executive from Silicon Valley. 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.
This is the extended second edition of the book. Some of the reviews refer to the first edition, which was published 3 years ago. A young man full of hope and aspirations who travels to a new world. A technology whiz kid who becomes a Silicon Valley executive by age 33. An old world romantic confused by the definition of love in the brave new world. A true story so imaginative and incredible that no fiction writer could have thought of it. It begins as a story of ambitions, aspirations and young love at the University of California in 1987. It unfolds in the fast moving world of Hi-Tech industry in Silicon Valley San Francisco and Seattle. From the west coast we jump to Nashville for a brief detour to sample the software industry there, and then get back to Southern California, where we hold our breadth as our narrator survives the infamous wildfires. Technology. Art. Wit. Literature. Humor. Imagination. They all come together in this wonderful tale of man's journey though space, time, life and love.
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and wondering whether where you were in San Francisco or San Diego, New Delhi or Nashville, Amman or Emeryville? And why you were where you were?This is the story of a modern Nomad, a Hi-tech immigrant who becomes a refugee in Nashville during the meltdown of technology industry in Silicon Valley. In the last chapter, the author moves again to yet another interesting place.The author captures the contrast and similarities between the places beautifully, using both colorful words and colorful photographs, combining stunning imagery with his equally stunning imagination to convey thoughtful messages to us "the snowflakes descend slowly, floating in the air, allowing the air current to carry them with it, letting it change their paths. They have chosen not to confront their destiny, choosing instead to enjoy every second of their short lives, their journey to the ground." A funny and yet very poignant story!
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