Age of Context – A look into the future (or the now) of business.
5 out of 5 stars
This is a look at what is going on right now in the world of business, since writing this, Israel has written another book on the same topics that update things and bring everything into the new and ever-changing world of social media.
The narration was done by Jeffrey Kafer, and boy does he nail this. How hard do you think narrating a book about technology and business are? I can’t imagine that it’s easy by any means, but Kafer seems to do this flawlessly. I’d first heard Kafer when he narrated the newer book written by Israel, and I had to go back and listen to this.
Like I mentioned before, I read these books out of order so some of the information felt redundant and outdated to me, but with that being said, this is a really great “intro to technology for business owners” type of a book. Written with the business owner in mind, Age of Context explains the different forms of technology and how they are being used/implemented in the world of business.
Israel and Scoble really have a grasp of what is going on, and it shows in their expert analysis and explanation of these sometimes confusing technological topics. They will definitely be added to my list to read in the future, and I sure how Kafer will narrate for them again!
This book, being written in 2014 isn’t outdated yet, but it will be in the next few years. The authors seem to understand this and write everything out as it stands now and even goes into detail about things that are coming soon.
This should be required reading for business majors at all major colleges. These are topics that, sadly, mostly college professors don’t talk about at all in class.
Age of Context by Robert Scoble, Shel Israel
Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer
Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
Published by Patrick Brewster Publishing on October 26, 2013
Genres: Business, Non-Fiction
Also by this author: Lethal Generosity
Shel Israel and Robert Scoble have been friends for several years. They have appeared in the media and on conference stages many times. Both have a passion for how technology will change the world.
Robert Scoble is among the world’s best-known tech journalists. In his day job as Startup Liaison for Rackspace, the Open Cloud Computing Company, Scoble travels the world looking for the latest developments on technology’s bleeding edge. He’s interviewed thousands of executives and technology innovators and reports for Rackspace TV and in social media.
He can be found at scobleizer.com. You can email him at Scobleizer@gmail.com, and on social networks as Robert Scoble.
Shel Israel helps businesses tell their stories in engaging ways as a writer, consultant, and presentation coach. He writes The Social Beat column for Forbes and has contributed editorially to BusinessWeek, Dow Jones, Fast Company and American Express Open Forum. He has been a keynote speaker more than 50 times on five continents.
You can follow him at http://blogs.forbes.com/shelisrael and talk to him at shelisrael1@gmail.com or at most social networks as shelisrael.
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