‘Read At Work’ is a collection of some famous books converted into PowerPoint presentations so you can read them at work without having to worry about boss stepping into the cubicle.
The website resembles a Windows XP desktop and these PowerPoint style books are neatly arranged in different folders on the desktop.
You can double click the book name to read them in the browser. Hit the escape key and return to your standard Windows desktop.
The whole idea is to help people read books even while they are at office. Each novel has the full text but formatted like a presentation. Works across all browsers.
www.readatwork.com - Thanks Ursi.
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Reader Comments
Ahah, I just love it, very well thought… and very nice output.
Written by Clement on 05.27.08
OMG! Can’t belive what people come up with. And wonders of AJAX (or whatever tech). Too much too good. Somebody really did lot of work with the books!
Written by Ashish on 05.27.08
wonderful.. and the guise of xp is perfect.
Written by Deepak R on 05.27.08
Ahaa.. Sound interesting !! However Boss in Web2.0 companies are smart enough and i hope too read your blog ;)
Written by Kevin on 05.27.08
How on earth are they going to make money from this? Because if they put ads on the site or the books, it’ll become quite apparent what it actually is. If they go in for a subscription model later, I’m sure nobody’s gonna *pay* to waste time in their office. Neat idea though, just for the heck of it.
Oops! What about those using Vista at their office? ;)
Written by Ankur Banerjee on 05.27.08
NZ Book Council is a non profit organization. They may have no aims to make money from this application, they just want people to cultivate reading habits.
Written by Amit Agarwal on 05.28.08
Check out workfriendly.net — it allows you to read any webpage within a Microsoft Office-looking browser window. Includes a panic button for when the boss comes over your shoulder :)
Hope this is interesting to somebody.
Written by Landon on 05.30.08
Another similar tool which I use in my practical lab is link
Written by TechnoLaziness on 06.15.08