Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Taps Don, Anthony D. Williams Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Book Review: Doesn't do what it says on the cover
Summary: 2 Stars
This book has plenty of flaws, many pointed out by other reviewers here, but it's central problem is it fails to explain how mass collaboration changes EVERYTHING. Sure it comes up with some compelling evidence that certain sorts of activity and business involving information have changed and will change more.
But when it alleges that this will extend into the physical world, of car design for instance, its examples are woefully thin. Furthermore the authors simply don't acknowledge that design is only one part of the production of cars and that other physical processes are likely to remain unchanged.
I'm sure if you are a magazine editor and your friends all work in publishing or software everything is changing, but where is the evidence that nursing, bus driving, window cleaning or garden design to pluck a few random examples ever will be revolutionised by mass collaboration?
The authors simply make an extravagant claim they cannot back up.
Furthermore as a web editor looking for practical pointers, the news that the staff at Geek Squad are encouraged to spend all day on online games simply isn't helpful to me. They live in a specialised world and nothing the authors write has convinced me that my own workplace would benefit from me and my colleagues playing online games. Again, the authors' examples don't represent EVERYTHING, they represent life in parts of California, London, Bangalore and a handful of other places.
Book Review: A Pleasurable Read
Summary: 4 Stars
I for one found this book to be very informative, and it provided me with many interesting, and some surprising examples of which I will use for presentations and the like for my work.
I've developed an updated and refreshed outlook on the web and its developments, and this is largely due to this book.
Well written, thoroughly researched, and I highly recommend this to anybody.
Book Review: You snooze you lose...
Summary: 4 Stars
Quick catch-up for those who haven't got a clue and for those who only operate on the fringes of all things web. Written in plain and simple English and no hectic jargon. A brilliant read, and a must if you want to make money in the 21st century!