LEADER 00000cam a2200601 a 4500 001 428738478 003 OCoLC 005 20240129213017.0 006 m o d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 090730s2006 caua ob 001 0 eng d 019 1103265852|a1103554159|a1105802917|a1112603199|a1113253444 |a1113561185|a1129357131|a1153055629|a1159643449 |a1180327591|a1192334906|a1228516722|a1240512565 |a1302700870|a1351593881|a1355685794|a1380766252 020 9781590597217 020 1590597214 020 1430202416 020 9781430202417 024 8 9781590597217 029 1 AU@|b000067114130 035 (OCoLC)428738478|z(OCoLC)1103265852|z(OCoLC)1103554159 |z(OCoLC)1105802917|z(OCoLC)1112603199|z(OCoLC)1113253444 |z(OCoLC)1113561185|z(OCoLC)1129357131|z(OCoLC)1153055629 |z(OCoLC)1159643449|z(OCoLC)1180327591|z(OCoLC)1192334906 |z(OCoLC)1228516722|z(OCoLC)1240512565|z(OCoLC)1302700870 |z(OCoLC)1351593881|z(OCoLC)1355685794|z(OCoLC)1380766252 037 CL0500000044|bSafari Books Online 040 UMI|beng|epn|cUMI|dOCLCQ|dCNNAI|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dUAB |dVT2|dCEF|dC6I|dCNCEN|dERF|dUHL|dUKBTH|dLDP|dOCLCO|dHS0 |dTOH|dTAC|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dFZL|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCL 049 INap 082 04 338.47004 082 04 338.47004 099 eBook O’Reilly for Public Libraries 100 1 Chapman, Merrill R.,|d1953-|1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ entity/E39PCjC4jK9dwj694QdbtmcTf3 245 10 In search of stupidity :|bover 20 years of high-tech marketing disasters /|cMerrill R. Chapman.|h[O'Reilly electronic resource] 250 2nd ed. 260 Berkeley, Calif. :|bApress ;|aNew York :|bDistributed to the Book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag,|c©2006. 300 1 online resource (xxxii, 373 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-360) and index. 520 In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters, Second Edition is National Lampoon meets Peter Drucker. It's a funny and well-written business book that takes a look at some of the most influential marketing and business philosophies of the last twenty years. Through the dark glass of hindsight, it provides an educational and entertaining look at why these philosophies didn't work for many of the country's largest and best-known high-tech companies. Marketing wizard Richard Chapman takes you on a hilarious ride in this book, which is richly illustrated with cartoons and reproductions of many of the actual campaigns used at the time. Filled with personal anecdotes spanning Chapman's remarkable career (he was present at many now-famous meetings and events), In Search of Stupidity, Second Edition examines the best of the worst marketing ideas and business decisions in the last 20 years of the technology industry. This second edition includes new chapters on Google and on how to avoid stupidity, plus the extensive analyses of all chapters from the first edition. You'll want to get a copy because it: Features an interesting preface and interview with Joel Spolsky of "Joel on Software" Offers practical advice on avoiding PR disaster Features actual pictures of some of the worst PR and marketing material ever created Is highly readable and funny Includes theme-based cartoons for every chapter 542 |fCopyright © 2006 by Merrill R. Chapman|g2007 546 English. 588 0 Print version record. 590 O'Reilly|bO'Reilly Online Learning: Academic/Public Library Edition 650 0 Computer software industry|xManagement|vCase studies. 650 0 Computer industry|xManagement|vCase studies. 650 0 Business failures|vCase studies. 650 6 Logiciels|xIndustrie|xGestion|vÉtudes de cas. 650 6 Informatique|xIndustrie|xGestion|vÉtudes de cas. 650 7 Business failures|2fast 650 7 Computer industry|xManagement|2fast 650 7 Computer software industry|xManagement|2fast 653 Business 655 7 Case studies|2fast 776 0 |z1590597214 856 40 |uhttps://ezproxy.naperville-lib.org/login?url=https:// learning.oreilly.com/library/view/~/9781590597217/?ar |zAvailable on O’Reilly for Public Libraries 994 92|bJFN