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From Publishers Weekly Those who are looking for a contrarian view of video games will find it in these pages. While many parents fret about their children’s minds turning to goo as they squander hour after hour absorbed in electronic diversion, the authors argue that gamers glean valuable knowledge from their pastime and that they’re poised to use that knowledge to transform the workplace. Beck (The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business) and Mitchell (DoCoMo—Japan’s Wireless Tsunami: How One Mobile Telecom Created a New Market and Became a Global Force) base their claims on an exclusive survey of approximately 2000 business professionals. ... Read Full Story

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Those who are looking for a contrarian view of video games will find it in these pages. While many parents fret about their children’s minds turning to goo as they squander hour after hour absorbed in electronic diversion, the authors argue that gamers glean valuable knowledge from their pastime and that they’re poised to use that knowledge to transform the workplace. Beck (The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business) and Mitchell (DoCoMo—Japan’s Wireless Tsunami: How One Mobile Telecom Created a New Market and Became a Global Force) base their claims on an exclusive survey of approximately 2000 ... Read Full Story

I started to simply put this book in the Books of Interest section, but I feel it's worth a blog entry if for no other reason that it should be archived somewhere.  (I feel similarly about Got Game, but I'll save that for another day.) I was turned on to The Cluetrain Manifesto, the End of Business as Usual during an OPAL session by Michael Stephens, one of the most eloquent voices in our library community, calling on us to embrace emerging technologies and to recognize that much of the public has already done so.  We are thrilled that Michael, along with Jenny Levine ... Read Full Story