brent@capmkt.COM (Brent Chapman) (09/22/89)
I just finished reading Guy Kawasaki's new book, "The Macintosh Way" (Scott, Foresman and Company, ISBN 0-673-46175-0, 209 pages, $19.95), and recommend it highly as an informative, entertaining, and easy to read. It covers one person's insights on a variety of topics related to software development: getting and keeping the people you want and need; dealing with customers, user groups, distributors, dealers, the press, and the competition; marketing; support; and so on. His constant theme is two fold: Doing the Right Thing, and Doing Things Right. It's also a lot of fun. He liberally tosses compliments and barbs at various entities and individuals in the computer industry, some well known, and some obscure. While the book is heavily oriented toward the Macintosh culture and what Kawasaki calls "Macintosh Way companies", there are gems here that anyone in the computer industry can benefit from. Joe Bob says "Check it out!"... -Brent -- Brent Chapman Capital Market Technology, Inc. Computer Operations Manager 1995 University Ave., Suite 390 brent@capmkt.com Berkeley, CA 94704 {apple,lll-tis,uunet}!capmkt!brent Phone: 415/540-6400
drb@F.word.cs.cmu.edu (Dean Benjamin) (09/23/89)
>I just finished reading Guy Kawasaki's new book .... His constant >theme is two fold: Doing the Right Thing, and Doing Things Right. Reminds me of a homily, whose author I've forgotten: A manager does things right; a leader does the right thing.