The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal (Audio)
ISBN:
9780739383599 (0739383590)
Publish date: July 14th 2009
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Book Club,
Computer Science,
Science,
Technology,
Computers,
Internet,
Business,
Economics,
Education
If you have seen the movie, The Social Network, you already know the plot. Filled with the purported conversations of college students from years ago, one must remain somewhat skeptical. However, I get really nervous when the author describes taking a flight from New York to San Francisco on a 757 “...
I guess I should begin by saying that I started reading this book after having seen the film that was based on it (The Social Network). I wasn’t necessarily looking for an accurate account of the foundation of Facebook. As a bit of a computer geek myself, I found the film enjoyable and I approached ...
If I could give it two and a half, I would. It was incredibly difficult to follow at times, and downright boring at others. This is one instance where I definitely thing the movie was better than the book, though after reading it, I know why the movie was so disjointed.
The story of Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, creators of Facebook. I believe this book was the basis for the movie “The Social Network” (which I have not seen). Mark and Eduardo are portrayed as socially inept, Harvard social outcasts and computer/markting geniuses. One night, as almost a fo...
I read it so I wouldn't have to give in to abject curiosity and see the movie. Though I may have to anyway.
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