About the Author
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.
Reviews
"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"
"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"
""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"
"Fast-paced. . . . makes for gripping reading."
--G. Pascal Zachary, "The San Francisco Chronicle"
"Kirkpatrick's telling of the early days of Facebook is exciting. .
. . His reporting skills are impressive."
--Rachel Metz, "Associated Press"
"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 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 "
"A fascinating book."
--Dan Fletcher, "Time "
"Engrossing. . . . A detailed and scrupulously fair history of
[Facebook]."
--Rich Jaroslovsky, "Bloomberg Businessweek "
"Kirkpatrick's telling of the early days of Facebook is exciting. .
. . His reporting skills are impressive." --Rachel Metz,
"Associated Press"
"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)
"Fast-paced. . . . makes for gripping reading."--G. Pascal Zachary,
"The San Francisco Chronicle"
"A fascinating book." --Dan Fletcher, "Time"
"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"
""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 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"
"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"
"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 "