Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Julia L. Wilkinson Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 075961525X
Описание
We see stories everywhere these days about the ?instant millionaires? the Internet industry created. But nowhere is there a first-person true-life account of what it was like to be an employee of the company at the epicenter of the world of interactive communications from the very early days. Through the eyes of an industry insider, who programmed AOL?s hugely popular ?People Connection? chat area, the reader learns how the lives of many people changed dramatically in a few short years. As we follow the author?s ?I was there? account of being hired at Quantum Computer Services (which became AOL) in 1988, and navigating this strange new world, the reader gets the ?true inside story? of AOL?s eccentric founding father, Bill von Meister, and how Steve Case was really hired. Through interviews with numerous AOL employees, industry pundits, and users themselves, we explore the world of online community and how it has affected...
