jPod I got myself a new book last week – jPod by Douglas Coupland . It is a story about a group of computer programmers living in Vancouver, British Columbia facing issues of today: “Global piracy, boneheaded marketing staff, people smuggling, the rise of China, marijuana grow ops, Jeff Probst, and the ashes of the 1990s financial tech dream.” [1] Sounds cool, right? I was half way through it, when Antony grabbed it from me to read. He has now finished it, so I can pick up from where I left off. This book is seen as an update to a previous Coupland novel, Microserfs , for the Google age. Microserfs was about on a group of friends working for Microsoft who started up their own company. I loved that book. It started as a short story in Wired. If you get a chance, get this book – it’s a fun read. Additional resources Last updated on 2006-06-21