The Bug Stops Here [Paperback]

Peter de Jager (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 1999

A collection of both Humor and Hubris relating to the biggest, dumbest, most idiotic blunder in the history of technology...Known to one and all as the Y2K Millennium Bug

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About the Author

Peter de Jager is the worldwide leader in creating awareness of the Year 2000 Computer Date Crisis. He is an international speaker whose focus for the past 8 years has been on raising the awareness level of this problem, so that it could be corrected in time. He has testified before both houses of the US Congress and the Canadian House of Commons. He has spoken to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and is a special advisor to the UK government. He has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Year/2000 Journal, Information Week and Scientific American. He has appeared on CNN's "Crossfire", the CBC Television show "Venture", the Discovery Channel's science series "@DISCOVERY.CA", NBC's "Today", and ABC's "Nightline" and "Inside Edition".

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: P. de Jager; 1st edition (May 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967174503
• ISBN-13: 978-0967174501
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,712,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter de Jager is a keynote speaker/writer/consultant on the issues relating to the issue of managing change of all shapes and sizes in all types of organizations. He has published hundreds of articles on topics ranging from Problem Solving, Creativity and Change to the impact of technology on areas such as privacy, security and business. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American.

He is best known to IT audiences for his efforts to create responsible awareness of the Y2K issue - For which he received several awards from IT associations and Govt. Agencies.

In addition to presentations and seminars on the topics above, he's written several regular columns. These have included; Association Trends, CIPS across Canada, Enterprise, Globe & Mail online and Municipal World.

He's spoken in 37 (and counting) countries and is recognized worldwide as an exciting, humorous, provocative and engaging speaker. His audiences have included the World Economic Forum, The World Bank and The Bank for International Settlements.

His presentations and workshops are highly interactive, fun, irreverent to mistaken ideas and most distinctively - provocative. He forces the audience, by demonstrating conflicts between their stated beliefs and behaviors, to think differently about what they thought they knew.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Even the Marginally-Funny Ones Strike Home, July 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bug Stops Here (Paperback)

As with Gary Larson (The Far Side) or Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Peter's sense of humour owes a lot to the pun ... and a good pun is its own reword. Some of the pictures aren't as funny as others, but every one strikes home. Overall, a collection that subversively deals with the ethics of what we do; "yes, it is our own fault", and "yes, we must own up and do something about it". Probably one of the few works published this year that makes you feel good about abandoning the "victim mentality". Recommended as suitable to anyone who finds the system "grating" on them, for the hope it brings.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What Y2K bug??, March 10, 2011

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John Doe "J.D." (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bug Stops Here (Paperback)

I can't think of anything more thoroughly debunked than the myth that January 1, 2000 was going to cause catastrophic failure throughout the world. Countries that did nothing at all to prepare fared just as well as the U.S., so to claim that de Jager "helped" by feeding the hysteria is insulting. I see that this book is no longer available. Good!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked Tongue-in-cheek Humor on the Y2K Bungle, July 26, 1999

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S. Saurage-Altenloh (Houston, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bug Stops Here (Paperback)

This text is described as a parody about the biggest technology blunder in history and it successfully achieves that title. Written to be understandable and funny to readers ages 15 to 95, it provides a wickedly revealing look at the Year 2000 Crisis from new and traditional perspectives. Those who are technology savants will savor every single page. For persons who heretofore have remained blissfully ignorant of the impact (both real and imagined) of the Millenium Bug, this book helps explain what the fuss is all about. Full of relevant (and irreverent) quotes and clever cartoons, Mr. de Jager's insights make for a delightful read. Expect to find yourself laughing out loud...in your workplace...saying, "I've heard that! As a matter of fact, our IT people have said that!" Having read and reread the book, I now am equipped to intelligently laugh or cry about Y2K, depending on my audience of the moment.