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kleinbl00  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Audiobooks, Hubski! Give me your favorites!

I think it was a useful book that was a bit too long. There were some good points made - primarily that Google is a company for, of and by engineers which explains most of its successes and also its tone-deaf social mis-steps. It wasn't particularly insightful, though. insomniasexx recommended Brad Stone's The Everything Store and I found it to be a much more insightful, much more compelling exploration of Amazon than Auletta's take on Google.

I'll say this: Audible on Android is much more intelligible at 2X than Audible on iPhone is at 1.5x. On the iPhone I generally did 1.25x. On Android I generally do 2x and if it's a real grind 3X. I did the 2nd half of the Auletta book at 3X.

Edited to add: I realized 2 hours into "Average is Over" that I've attempted that book once before and it made so little impression on me that it took 2 hours before I recognized any of it. It's mostly "the future sucks for the middle class, eat it" without any solutions or insight.





bigfrogdude  ·  3387 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry for my late replies. I am hardly getting time to sit on my desktop — I don't hubski from my phone as it's a pain in the ass. I wonder if Android has a decent app for hubski at all.

Anyway... I totally agree on your views about Googled. I personally felt he dragged a bit 3/4th into the book. I hardly remember what went on towards the end of the book. But all in all it's quite insightful. I'll go ahead and get The Everything Store in my drive tonight. Gotta stack em like pancakes!

Off topic: I have been a lurker and only recently made this account on hubski to discuss books. And I love this community. A lot. I have been on Reddit since its inception. In fact I was addicted till like 4 years back for a period of year or two. Most of the site has gone to shit. /r/foodforthought and /r/truereddit are the only places worth going to, IMHO. There are some other good subreddits but most of /r/all is shit. All this means, hubski is the place to be on. I hope hubski doesn't turn out like how Reddit did. I doubt I'd have had a decent and insightful discussion on audiobooks on reddit at all. Hubski didn't disappoint. Kleinbl00 and the rest of you on this thread are awesome. Please keep this place going strong. I'll too.

Still trying to figure out setting up my hubski feed. And I have to get going with the tags too!

saved, saved, saved and saved!

kleinbl00  ·  3387 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've moderated /r/foodforthought for 4 years now. Your kind words are appreciated.