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March 1, 2010
Navin added Data Structures and Program Design in C to his library.
A pretty well rounded story about Facebook, and particularly Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo, who started the social network as a means to attract chicks, from their dorm room in Harvard.
The story covers the entire timeline right from the start upto the present time, and isn't boring like a documentary, but rather is like a novel in itself. This is definitely Hollywood material, and I'm not amazed that a movie based on the book is currently under production. The book follows the true timeline of the story of FB, but Ben Mezrich takes creative liberties here ad there, when it comes to meetings and actual conversations (he's mentioned this in the preface as well).
The author maintains a nearly impartial writing style, though personally I now completely hate Mark Zuckerberg!!
Overall, The Accidental Billionaires is a nice book, and is definitely worth a read for all aspiring ...
Finished this book quite some time ago....dunno why I forgot to update it's status on Readernaut!! :) :)
February 15, 2010
February 14, 2010
Even at Harvard, the most exclusive school in the world, it was all really about sex. Getting it, or not getting it.
Maybe Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t the entrepreneur Tyler had thought he was. Maybe Zuckerberg was just another computer geek without any real vision.
“I’m thinking we keep it simple and call it the Facebook,” Mark said, and his eyes were positively on fire.
Eduardo was pretty sure that someday, some paleontologist would find a cave drawing ranking Neanderthal girls—it was simply human nature to make that kind of list.
The thing about the Internet was, it wasn’t pencil, it was pen. You put something out there, you couldn’t erase it.
Were we let in for our looks? No. Will we be judged on them? Yes. Yes, it was going to be fucking beautiful.
From Mark’s history, it was obvious that he didn’t like the sandbox. He seemed the type who wanted to kick out all the sand.
