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Artificial Imagination: A Glimpse Into the Hi-Tech Worlds of California and Seattle

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Extremely well written and very thoughtful. I started to take a look on my train ride from work to home thinking I will read it a chapter at a time but I could not stop reading until I read all of it! I don't believe anyone has experienced living in the US unless they have ventured around like the author has.

This was a good book, I enjoyed every aspect of it. It's about the memoirs of a foreign born technologist and is written with over 21 years experience coming to, living in and "succeeding" (career-wise) in the United States.

There was a cute love story at the university of california in the beginning, which I really liked and then the story moved on to authentic coverage of the author's work stints in San Francisco, Seattle ( where he worked for Amazon!) and San Diego. Overall, it was very entertaining and a book I wouldn't hesitate recommendeding to others.

I both enjoied this book and was contantly annoyed by some of the situations in the book. The author is very full of himself. Durring this difficult economy it is hard to take. He tells a good story so after a little time I may read another of his books.

MAN, THIS IS GREAT!!! BEEN SITTING IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER READING IT ON KINDLE FOR PC & GLUED TO EVERY DETAIL OF THE STORIES, WITH THE OCCASIONAL TEAR IN THE EYE AND SEVERAL BOUTS OF GOOSEBUMPS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BEST SELLER, ON TOP OF THE LIST!!

What a surprise to see a book written by an imaginary AI Program! I especially like its "zooped" up style! I must say that parts of it struck me as somewhat "corrupted" -I am not sure whether the apparent data corruption is an intentional, extended metaphor or a result of a software defect! But pretty cool writing for an imaginary AI Program.

This book transcends genre -- it's a good collection of memoirs with nice splash of humor, an extremely detailed travelogue with beautiful photographs, a good description of technology, a touch of Science Fiction (since it is purportedly written by a Artificial Imagination program) and suffused with philosophical musing and last but not the least, a moving love story.

Even though it's obviously written by a Technologist, the book is very human. It is primarily about the immigrant experience, but Kalpanik is extremely observant and has an eye to look for the unusual, notice what stands out and build humorous side of people, places and his own life.

Wonderful! I am specially moved by his bitter-sweet love story at the end.

Length:: 1:52 Mins

An interesting and fascinating story about an immigrant experience at Silicon Valley and other hight tech places in the US. I found the part "Working for amazon (congo)" very good. A must read to understand better the techie world.

Length:: 1:52 Mins

reat book, will make you laugh, smile, giggle, chuckle, giggle, crack up, guffaw and generally have a good time. Extremely nice photos. And it is actually very thoughtful, one can quickly see through the pretended thoughtlessness--by the way, I like this word. Here are some posters and calendars with the high resolution versions of the book:
Scenic City and Boat Photo Poster
University of Washington Photo Poster
Seattle Secenic Sunset Photograph
San Francisco Scenic Union Square Photo Poster
Nashville Tug Boat on Cumberland River Photo Poster
Pike Place Market Photo Print
"Playing Guitar" Photo Poster
San Diego Scenic Waterfront Poster

This is an odd little book. Ostensibly it is a tale of an immigrant's journey through the US higher education system and on to a career in the technology sector. In reality, it plays out more like the libidinous musings of someone who thinks his rather common journey is somehow profoundly special. It's very hard to tell who the target audience is. My guess is that it's foreign-born RAs in US grad programs who majored in computer science. In other words, a very, very small target audience.

Also, if this book was not self-published, the editor should try another line of work.