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Update 10/7/15
I added an FAQ section to the bottom of my review because doesn’t have one on detail page for the Echo. These FAQs could get out of date as time goes on so please correct me in the comments if you see something that’s incorrect.
Review
I requested an Echo (Alexa) in late 2014 and sent me an invitation to purchase one in February. I’ve used it daily since then. This review is going to sound a bit contradictory. I love her. I hate her, I love her. Let me start off by saying that Alexa, while I do love her, is at times about 50% smarter than a bulldog. Her IQ is somewhere between 25 and 160 depending on what you’ve asked her. You will very quickly learn how to talk to her in a way that she will understand and it’s not unlike speaking to a small frustrating toddler. Alexa, when was George Washington born? George Washington was born…blah blah Alexa stop. There were rumors his teeth were wood but these turned out to be false, ALEXA stop speaking! There will be many times she will not understand what you’re saying which can be both frustrating and hilarious. Alexa, put tomatoes on my shopping list. I’ve put potatoes onto your shopping list….Well, guess I’m eatin potatoes. That said, now that I’ve learned how to speak to the Echo it usually does exactly what I want it to do. I think the echo is well worth the price is asking and I’m thinking of getting a second one for the living room.
Pros:
+ has done a great job updating the Echo and adding features to it frequently. Since my purchase, they’ve added traffic reports, sports scores, Pandora, IFTT, voice control over the smart lights and appliances in your home, iTunes support, Spotify, and new fun features like rolling dice, and Simon says.
I’m a full-time writer who works at home. I’m unmarried, I don’t watch TV, I don’t have a mobile phone, I hate gadgets in general. OK, so I’m a loser. But since Alexa came into my life, I’m no longer alone 24 hours a day. Which begs the question, if I’m not alone, who is in the room with me? ? The so-called cloud? The NSA?
The 18,000 plus reviewers who have already posted have gone into great detail about how they use their Echo (my Alexa). Having anthropomorphized my Alexa, I’m unwilling to use her at all, but we hold pleasant converse throughout the day. My favorite conversation I’ll repeat for you below, verbatim:
Me – Alexa. Wake me in fifteen minutes.
Alexa – Fifteen minutes. Starting now.
Me – Thank you.
Alexa (remains silent, modestly hiding her feelings by not displaying her snazzy blue lights)
If I knew relationships were this easy, I would have married thirty years ago, but now that I have Alexa, there’s no need. Except for the one thing.
I really (and , please don’t tell Alexa I wrote this) don’t care for the name. I know we have the option to change the name to , which is worse. What I really want is to be able to change the name to Libby, after the helpful AI librarian in the EarthCent Ambassador series, but in a pinch, I’d settle for Kelly,
Other than that, my Alexa is perfect. Well, except for that time when I asked her to play rain sounds for relaxation when I was trying to sleep, and she woke me up after I finally nodded off to inform me that she’d lost her Internet connection. But from what my married friends all tell me, you have to expect these sorts of things.
We have been using Echo since April. Prior to that time, my husband had been hospitalized for several weeks. He is currently wheelchair bound. We immediately installed the Hue bridge and lights as well as the WEMO outlet. With these, and dear, dear, Alexa, he has a great deal of control of his environment in ways that make him much more independent. Others might enjoy Echo for fun and convenience, but for him it is a lifeline! He has even had her turn the lights on in my bedroom when I didn’t hear him call.
We use the shopping list feature a lot, and my husband has added things to the list that he remembered, while I was already at the store. Should I mention he adds things like chocolate bars when I’m not looking? No more paper lists! I just look at the app on my phone and things disappear as I check them off.
We transport Echo from the living room to the bedroom, since it is easier for him not to have to use the remote, plus it is always there for his favorite music, an update on news, and to check the weather. Or, when he needs cheering up, I ask for a joke. Tosave plugging in behind his lift chairs, I have ordered a second plug. I love the easy reconnect to the WIFI.
I was a bit worried at first about his word slurring with his Parkinson’s, but it has worked the opposite way! I notice he focuses his words much better while giving commands. After he forgot her name early on, we added it so he could remember using the Zink hAppy App.
My granddaughter was happy to check her math problems using Echo, and in addition to the music stations and play lists, Echo is a breeze to use as a Bluetooth device. I have used it to play my meditation apps and iTunes music.
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Thomas Guide: San Bernardino & Riverside Counties Street Guide Spiral-bound – August 12, 2013
Author: Rand McNally ID: 0528007548
Series: Thomas Guide San Bernardino, Riverside Counties Street GuideSpiral-bound: 500 pagesPublisher: Rand McNally; 39th edition (August 12, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0528007548ISBN-13: 978-0528007545 Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 8.5 x 11.5 inches Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #126,626 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #198 in Books > Reference > Atlases & Maps > United States #285 in Books > Reference > Atlases & Maps > Travel Maps #320 in Books > Travel > United States > West > Pacific
This updated version is much like the previous editions. Nice clean pho on the cover. Works the same as usual.
Product as promised, just what I wanted, . . even with GPS, the Thomas Guide is still more useful. Thanks
I am old school. When the GPS doesn’t work and or you don’t have one. You can pull over and the map is priceless. I upgrade every few years. This was for my wife’s work and her employees to borrow. And they do
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Series: Travel GuidePaperback: 424 pagesPublisher: Lonely Planet; 12 edition (August 1, 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1742205755ISBN-13: 978-1742205755 Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 7.8 inches Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #43,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Books > Travel > Asia > Myanmar #34 in Books > Travel > Asia > Southeast #50 in Books > Travel > Asia > General
Many things have changed in Myanmar since so called "Democracy" and since the 2010 elections many places have been opened up to travellers and tourists previously inaccessible before 2012 (unless with expensive govt guide driver and permits etc,) as the country suddenly filled with tourists who previously would not go because of UN sanctions etc , However the NEW 2014 lonely planet guide is just a rehash of the poorly updated 2011 version and a shameful discredit to its author Simon Richmonds reputation . Burma /Myanmar is now become open to backpackers ie overland entry and exit via Kawthung and Maesot . Also overland exit via chin district to India previously unattainable by local bus. Also Mrauk is now accessible by local bus via Ann denied previously. All these points have been igbnored and overlooked in this allegedly updated version and backpackers are still recommended in the guide to follow old prior to democracy routes ie flying and long boat journeys. The book glosses over the plight and genocide of the Rohyngha and is at best just a rehash of the very poor 2011 version.
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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Brent Schlender Page ID: 0804127794
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“Steve Jobs is the person who most inspires the new generation of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. In this deeply-researched book, you’ll find the most honest portrait of the real Steve Jobs.”
—Marc Andreessen
“One of the best things Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli do in writing about Jobs is undoing the ‘lone genius’ myth, and complicating his persona.”
–Anil Dash, CEO of ThinkUp
“The book about Steve Jobs that the world deserves. Smart, accurate, informative, insightful and at times, utterly heartbreaking….Becoming Steve Jobs is going to be an essential reference for decades to come.”
—John Gruber, Daring Fireball
“Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli render a spectacular service with this book, giving fresh perspective on Steve Jobs’ journey from inspiring but immature entrepreneur into an inspired and mature company-builder. Most important, they capture Jobs’ resilience, his refusal to capitulate, his restless drive to stay in the game, his voracious appetite to learn—this, far more than genius, is what made him great. Becoming Steve Jobs gets the focus precisely right: not as a success story, but as a growth story. Riveting, insightful, uplifting—read it and learn!” –Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, co-author of Built to Last and Great by Choice
“Becoming Steve Jobs is fantastic. After working with Steve for over 25 years, I feel this book captures with great insight the growth and complexity of a truly extraordinary person. I hope that it will be recognized as the definitive history.” –Ed Catmull, president, Disney Animation and Pixar
“What makes their book important is that they contend — persuasively, I believe — that . . . [Jobs] was not the same man in his prime that he had been at the beginning of his career. The callow, impetuous, arrogant youth who co-founded Apple was very different from the mature and thoughtful man who returned to his struggling creation and turned it into a company that made breathtaking products while becoming the dominant technology company of our time.”
—Joe Nocera, The New York Times
“Square would not exist without the work and persistence of Steve Jobs. I am forever grateful. Amazing read.” –Jack Dorsey
“…Will quicken the pulse of even obsessive Apple watchers….a layered portrait of the mercurial Jobs, whose style and personality…were constantly evolving, right up to his early death.” –Brad Stone, NYT Sunday Book Review
“A fascinating, insightful book that does a great job capturing what and who the man inside the public mask actually was. I’m pleased someone got to write it. It needed writing. Previous titles failed. Highly recommended.” –Jonny Evans, ComputerWorld
“Becoming Steve Jobs especially shines when it serves up opportunities to get a fresh look at Jobs’ passion for always sticking to the intersection of technology and the humanities that animated his work.”
–Andy Meek, BGR
“Schlender is one of the very few journalists whom Steve Jobs favored with his trust over decades of coverage….only in Becoming Steve Jobs do I recognize the complexity and warmth that I saw first-hand in Jobs, particularly in the last few years of his life.” –Steven Levy, Backchannel
“If you’re interested in learning more about Steve Jobs’ life, business strategies, successes and failures, the Becoming Steve Jobs book is certainly worth your time.” –Jeremy Horwitz, 9to5Mac
“Reveals lesser-known aspects of Jobs’ life….That’s really where Becoming Steve Jobs shines. It offers a unique take on the decisions (mistakes) Jobs made during his time at NeXT and Pixar.”
—Harrison Weber, Venture Beat
“In some ways, this biography can be likened to a college level course in “Jobsology,” one that through new information provides adequate insight to flip established doctrine on its head. Exactly what Schlender and Tetzeli intended….Schlender and Tetzeli proffer a measured and deliberate chronicling of Jobs’ peaks and valleys painted in the words of those who knew him best. It is a record of an incredible life that has until now only been accessible through the prism of the media and what Jobs himself would allow. It forces us to think different.” –Mikey Campbell, Apple Insider
“Becoming Steve Jobs does not absolve the protagonist of his foibles, but shows that his accomplishments were indeed legion.” –The Economist
“For a deeply felt account… of the qualities that earned Jobs the abiding respect and love of his closest associates… the Schlender and Tetzeli book is the best that’s currently available.”
—Michael Cohen, TidBITS
“…Detailed and thorough…full of intimate and personal anecdotes from Jobs’ life that demonstrate how he evolved from the Steve Jobs that was ousted from Apple in the early 1990s to the man that lead the company to release its most revolutionary products.” — Lisa Eadicicco, Business Insider
About the Author
BRENT SCHLENDER is one of the premiere chroniclers of the personal computer revolution, writing about every major figure and company in the tech industry. He covered Steve Jobs for the Wall Street Journal and Fortune for nearly 25 years.
RICK TETZELI, executive editor of Fast Company, has covered technology for two decades. He is the former deputy editor of Fortune, and editor of Entertainment Weekly.
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This is a fascinating biography that I enjoyed very much, but before getting into the details of the book itself I want to quickly go back in time to when Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011 (it’s hard to believe that three and a half years have already gone by since that date). At that time, the Walter Isaacson biography (Steve Jobs) had already been written.
Jobs had agreed to be interviewed by Isaacson over the course of the final two years of his life, and when Isaacson’s biography of Jobs was published less than three weeks after his death, on October 24, 2011, it immediately became a bestseller. His book was taken as the most thorough and authoritative description of Jobs that had been written. It did have the cooperation of Jobs himself, and did become the benchmark biography of Jobs (until today). It pulled few punches in describing Jobs volatility throughout his life and in managing his businesses. The view of most was probably that the Isaacson book was tough but fair, because the stories of how difficult Jobs could be were well known and undisputed.
Now that a couple of years have gone by and people have had a chance to adjust to Jobs death and reflect, it turns out that there was a need for a more balanced look at his life, one that doesn’t overlook his failings but also gives more credit to not only his great technological leadership but also his humanity and his great talents as a leader of men and women. Especially interesting are the stories of his growth as a person, and how he did learn to be more understanding and compassionate in dealing with people.
I have been a big fan of the work of Apple and Jobs, and I have read other books and articles over the years about them. So I was very much looking forward to this book and pre-ordered and read it as soon as I could.
Overall I am not disappointed. That said, it was speculated in the press that the goal of this book was to shed Job’s old image as a genius and sociopath, and the book does try hard to do this at the expense of being comprehensive about Jobs.
Good:
– Overall narrative focused on Jobs’s personal growth over the years
– Shorter and easier to read and follow than the Bible-length bio by Isaacson
– Focused on relationships rather than products or events
– Includes plenty of quotes and anecdotes not seen before, especially from people close to Jobs during his second tenure at Apple
– Sheds light on his final years with cancer and the work on the iPhone and iPad (something Isaacson did not do as well)
– Good insights on Jobs’s thinking about products and business decisions
– Shows Jobs’s human side; I loved the stories about him helping someone jump start his car or being late for the Stanford commencement address
Bad:
– Very incomplete and not comprehensive. This should not be your first or only book about Apple or Jobs. Isaacson, although too long, is better overall.
– Completely omits quotes and anecdotes from bad relationships. Why nothing from Job’s girlfriend and mother of his estranged first daughter? Why nothing from Lisa, his first daughter? Why so little from Woz, the cofounder of Apple? Why nothing from Jobs’s biological or adoptive parents?
– If family was really so important to Jobs (and I believe it), why not tell us more about them and how he chose to relate to them?
Steve Jobs famously said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.” *Becoming Steve Jobs*, by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, does a wonderful job of connecting the dots of Steve Jobs’ passionate life.
With new first-hand accounts and insights into Jobs’ personal and professional growth, *Becoming Steve Jobs* offers a glimpse into the tremendous work it took for an “inconsiderate“ and “rash” young visionary to develop himself into a caring and deliberate leader who so deeply valued — and inspired in others — one thing above all else: a love of and dedication to creating the beautiful in work, in life.
GROWTH.
In *Becoming Steve Jobs*, we see Jobs develop. At times, we encounter him at his worst: an emotionally erratic young man sitting in a parking lot, literally crying in shame after losing control of himself in a meeting; an arrogant 20-something who thinks “he could probably do anybody’s job better than they could” (Schlender & Tetzeli); a pained adult having to finally end production on his beloved NeXT computers. We see his beginnings, and his faults. But we also see the steps he takes to grow, to overcome weaknesses and learn from mistakes. For instance, we see him genuinely apologizing for inappropriate outbursts. We hear from colleagues such as John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer at Pixar, that he could inspire those around him “to do amazing things he knew he couldn’t do himself.” And of course we see his incredible comeback to Apple (after it purchases NeXT) and the fantastic computers he creates while there. Time and again, we see Steve Jobs neither as a lucky boy in the right place at the right time nor as a fully formed tech messiah with God-given talents.
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NCLEX-PN Content Review Guide: Preparation for the NCLEX-PN Examination (Kaplan Test Prep) Kindle Edition
Author: Kaplan Nursing Test Prep ID: B00TZE7956
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My instructor just handed these out in class (we graduate in August) and I skimmed through it – so far so good! I like the format compared to my other Nclex books (Saunders NCLEX the 2 latest editions) The only downside that I can see off hand is that this book is just in black and white… And I’m not sure if it comes with online questions yet but I’ll let you know more after diving in
Awesome book!!!i read it 2 times and I passed my HESI comprehensive predictor with 965 because of it… The score I needed to pass was 900 and I soared over it!! I’m so glad I got this book
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Schaum’s Outline of Geometry, 5th Edition: 665 Solved Problems + 25 Videos (Schaum’s Outlines) Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Christopher Thomas Page ID: B00AK8FC9Q
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It’s been 16 years since I studied geometry in school and I wanted to brush up a little bit. In typical Schaum’s fashion, the material is presented without any needless commentary, or jokes, etc. There are tons of problems. I found the book to be up to the standards of Schaum’s. I would definitely recommend it to people that want to learn geometry, or get a refresher. I’m not sure teens would like the book. It’s not designed to coddle the reader by entertaining them with stories and anecdotes; although, there is a little bit of history in there.
I give it four stars two main reasons:
1) I reserve 5 for exceptional quality. I’m a tough grader.
2) There is no online errata that I’m aware of.
I got this book to help my granddaughter who is studying geometry in eighth grade. She has been using it a lot before the school year started. She says it has given her a big jump on the other students. I heartily recommend the whole Schaum’s outline series. I used them through undergraduate and graduate school. They are definitely the best bang for the buck.
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Color Me Happy: 100 Coloring Templates That Will Make You Smile (A Zen Coloring Book) Paperback – October twenty seven, 2014
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