David Kirkpatrick was for many years the senior editor for Internet and technology at Fortune magazine. While at Fortune, he wrote cover stories about Apple, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Sun, and numerous other technology subjects. Beginning in 2001, he created Fortune's Brainstorm conference series. More recently, he organized the Techonomy conference on the centrality of technology innovation for all human activity. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and appears frequently on television, radio, and the Internet as an expert on technology.
""The Facebook Effect" is actually two books in one. One part is
the exhaustively reported story of Facebook's founding and meteoric
rise to near ubiquity; the other is a thoughtful analysis of its
impact." --Ethan Gilsdorf, "The Boston Globe"
"A fascinating book." --Dan Fletcher, "Time"
"A thoughtful, even-handed analysis of the Web site's impact. . . .
"The Facebook Effect" leaves you with a deep understanding of
Facebook, its philosophies and, most startlingly, its power."
--David Pogue, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Engrossing. . . . A detailed and scrupulously fair history of
[Facebook]." --Rich Jaroslovsky, "Bloomberg Businessweek"
"Fast-paced. . . . makes for gripping reading."--G. Pascal Zachary,
"The San Francisco Chronicle"
"Kirkpatrick gives the reader a detailed understanding of how the
company grew from a 2004 Harvard dorm-room project into the world's
second-most-visited site after Google." --Michiko Kakutani, "The
New York Times"
"Kirkpatrick tells a gripping tale of how the company was created
and came to such dominance. As someone who followed the story
almost from day one, I was still enlightened, entertained and
sometimes dumbfounded by the rich detail and juicy goings-on."
--Don Tapscott, "The Globe and Mail" (Toronto)
"Kirkpatrick's amazing reporting details what happens when a hacker
culture turns into a multi-billion-dollar firm. Mark Zuckerberg
sought to maintain that hacker energy, and it 's fascinating to
read what resulted." --Chris Anderson, editor of "Wired" and author
of "The Long Tail"
"Kirkpatrick's telling of the early days of Facebook is exciting. .
. . His reporting skills are impressive." --Rachel Metz,
"Associated Press"
"This is a fantastic book, filled with great reporting and colorful
narrative. The human drama of Mark Zuckerberg and his colleagues
gives an exciting glimpse of how to launch a game-changing
startup." --Walter Isaacson, author of "Einstein: His Life and
Universe "
“"The Facebook Effect" is actually two books in one. One part is
the exhaustively reported story of Facebook’s founding and meteoric
rise to near ubiquity; the other is a thoughtful analysis of its
impact." --Ethan Gilsdorf, "The Boston Globe"
“A fascinating book.” --Dan Fletcher, "Time "
“A thoughtful, even-handed analysis of the Web site’s impact. . . .
"The Facebook Effect" leaves you with a deep understanding of
Facebook, its philosophies and, most startlingly, its power.”
--David Pogue, "The New York Times Book Review"
“Engrossing. . . . A detailed and scrupulously fair history of
[Facebook].” --Rich Jaroslovsky, "Bloomberg Businessweek "
“Fast-paced. . . . makes for gripping reading.” --G. Pascal
Zachary, "The San Francisco Chronicle"
“Kirkpatrick gives the reader a detailed understanding of how the
company grew from a 2004 Harvard dorm-room project into the world’s
second-most-visited site after Google." --Michiko Kakutani, "The
New York Times "
“Kirkpatrick tells a gripping tale of how the company was created
and came to such dominance. As someone who followed the story
almost from day one, I was still enlightened, entertained and
sometimes dumbfounded by the rich detail and juicy goings-on.” —Don
Tapscott, "The Globe and Mail" (Toronto)
“Kirkpatrick’s amazing reporting details what happens when a hacker
culture turns into a multi-billion-dollar firm. Mark Zuckerberg
sought to maintain that hacker energy, and it ’s fascinating to
read what resulted.” --Chris Anderson, editor of "Wired" and author
of "The Long Tail"
“Kirkpatrick’s telling of the early days of Facebook is exciting. .
. . His reporting skills are impressive.” --Rachel Metz,
"Associated Press"
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