Pros: A humorous look at some silly dot-coms, insight into why they failed. Cons: Writing style doesn't flow very well, too much excrement humor.
For a while, it truly did seem like the future of business was going to be in cyberspace. Company upon company was getting websites and new ideas seemed to be appearing everywhere.
Pros: Some hilarious stories here, and a fine idea. Cons: Writing takes, um, some getting used to. A little technical in spots.
It's a great idea for a Web site ... and a book.
Once upon a time (the only appropriate way to start the story), money was pouring into start-up businesses that had a connection with the Internet (pardon the slight pun). None of them seemed to...
Pros: Fascinating collection of short stories about real internet companies that fall down, go boom. Cons: Sometimes not enough information to see just how awful their concept or execution was.
F'D COMPANIES by Philip J. Kapan came out in April 2002. It was a compilation of dot-com horror stories from a website (now defunct) of the same name (except it spelled out the first word).Looking at this in late 2008, much of it seems quaint -- ...
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