This is the expanded second edition of the colot interior version of the book. This edition has been published in 2001. Some of the reviews refer to the older edition published in 2008.
Inspired by author's stint at Amazon.com.
Seattle, a medley of lush green hills surrounded by snow capped mountains and sparking blue waters.
Congo.com--an Internet company based in Seattle which has taken the stock markets by storm, and is transforming itself from an online retailer to an eCommerce platform, led by a CEO who leads this transformation but is not afraid to act goofy.
In the middle of all this lands a former executive from Silicon Valley.
It begins as a story of a technologist leaving behind his beloved Silicon Valley for Seattle. It unfolds into a moving story capturing Seattle's beauty, its interesting people and culture; and the inside scoop on the dot-com world.
Technology. Innovation. Humor. Wit. Imagination. They all come together very nicely in Seattle Adventures.
About the Author: Kalpanik S. is an immigrant technologist who came to the USA on a fellowship from the University of California to study and do research in Computer Science in the late eighties.
After completing his graduates studies, Kalpanik worked at both large technology companies and small start-ups in Silicon Valley, Seattle, Nashville and Southern California. He has been writing a journal about his "journey'" though US, and he finally decided to get it published.
Kalpanik (pronounced as Kaalp-Nik) means "imaginary" in Hindi. Author decided to use a pen name to allow him to separate his literary identity from his professional identity.
Kalpanik is also a great observer, not only he is able to point to the uniqueness, oddity and eccentricity of places, people and culture, he cleverly stretches it for a comic effect, making us crack up page after page.
However, even though his writing has great splashes of humor, it is also very thoughtful. Also, many of the plots, incidents and characters have a layer of a second meaning, delighting his readers when they figure out the cleverly hidden message, or the unexpected punchline, making his books cater to needs of both the readers who are looking for something light and refreshing, and those who want something more sophisticated.
For many of his books, Kalpanik has collaborated with Colin Zheng, a Ph.D. student who is doing research in the area of computational photography at the University of Washington. Colin has contributed a lot of professional grade photographs which add stunning imagery to enhance the stunning leaps of imagination, making the reader feel he is there with the author sharing his journey of adventure through space, time, life and love.
