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- ISBN
- 1591846013
- EAN
- 9781591846017
- Date of Publication
- 2013-11-05
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Hardback
- Release Title
- Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, an...
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- Bilton, Nick
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1591846013
ISBN-13
9781591846017
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166595711
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hatching Twitter : a True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Industries / Computers & Information Technology, Web / Social Media, Industries / Media & Communications, General, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Computers, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-037924
Reviews
"Fast-paced and perceptive." -- The New York Times Book Review "Exhaustively researched...extensively detailed...unexpectedly addictive." -- The Wall Street Journal "If you're looking for a quick, well-written, thoroughly researched human drama, the story of an utterly dysfunctional foursome and the accelerated unraveling of their once brilliant partnership, this is your book." --Amazon.com, 10 Best Books of November "Deeply reported and deliciously written." -- The Verge "A compelling read, more like espionage than a corporate history." -- Fortune Magazine "A dramatic and detail-rich recounting." --Cnet "Fast-paced... a perceptive read." -- USA Today "Goes where no book has gone before." -- The Huffington Post "Unputdownable." -- Wall Street Journal Columnist, "Fast-paced and perceptive." -- The New York Times Book Review "Exhaustively researched...extensively detailed...unexpectedly addictive." -- The Wall Street Journal "#Backstabbing, power struggles and profanity laid bare" "It is breathless storytelling" -- The New York Times "Deeply reported and deliciously written." -- The Verge "A compelling read, more like espionage than a corporate history." -- Fortune Magazine "A dramatic and detail-rich recounting." --Cnet "With a cinematic approach befitting its eclectic cast of characters, the perceptive read…is rife with Byzantine-like intrigue, character clashes and broken dreams." -- USA Today "Goes where no book has gone before." -- The Huffington Post "Unputdownable." -- The Wall Street Journal "A fast-paced read, chock-full of details." -- New York Magazine "Nick Bilton's impressively detailed fly-on-the-wall exposé of the micro-blogging site's birth and evolution evokes all the titillating elements of a soap opera." - Success Magazine, "Fast-paced and perceptive." -- The New York Times Book Review "Exhaustively researched...extensively detailed...unexpectedly addictive." -- The Wall Street Journal "Deeply reported and deliciously written." -- The Verge "A compelling read, more like espionage than a corporate history." -- Fortune Magazine "A dramatic and detail-rich recounting." --Cnet "With a cinematic approach befitting its eclectic cast of characters, the perceptive read…is rife with Byzantine-like intrigue, character clashes and broken dreams." -- USA Today "Goes where no book has gone before." -- The Huffington Post "Unputdownable." -- The Wall Street Journal "A fast-paced read, chock-full of details." -- New York Magazine "Nick Bilton's impressively detailed fly-on-the-wall exposé of the micro-blogging site's birth and evolution evokes all the titillating elements of a soap opera." - Success Magazine, "Fast-paced and perceptive." -- The New York Times Book Review "Exhaustively researched...extensively detailed...unexpectedly addictive." -- The Wall Street Journal "#Backstabbing, power struggles and profanity laid bare" "It is breathless storytelling" -- The New York Times "Deeply reported and deliciously written." -- The Verge "A compelling read, more like espionage than a corporate history." -- Fortune Magazine "A dramatic and detail-rich recounting." -- Cnet "With a cinematic approach befitting its eclectic cast of characters, the perceptive read…is rife with Byzantine-like intrigue, character clashes and broken dreams." -- USA Today "Goes where no book has gone before." -- The Huffington Post "Unputdownable." -- The Wall Street Journal "A fast-paced read, chock-full of details." -- New York Magazine "Nick Bilton's impressively detailed fly-on-the-wall exposé of the micro-blogging site's birth and evolution evokes all the titillating elements of a soap opera." - Success Magazine
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
006.7/54
Synopsis
A"New York Times"bestseller Ev told Jack he had to chill out with thedeluge of media he was doing. It s badfor the company, Ev said. It s sendingthe wrong message. Biz sat betweenthem, watching like a spectator at a tennismatch. But I invented Twitter, Jack said. No, you didn t invent Twitter, Ev replied. I didn t invent Twitter either. Neither didBiz. People don t invent things on theInternet. They simply expand on an ideathat already exists. In 2005, Odeo was a struggling podcasting start-upfounded by free-range hacker Noah Glass and staffedby a motley crew of anarchists. Less than two yearslater, its days were numbered and half the staff hadbeen let go. But out of Odeo s ashes, the remainingemployees worked on a little side venture . . . that by2013 had become an $11.5 billion business.That much is widely known. But the full story ofTwitter s hatching has never been told before. It s adrama of betrayed friendships and high-stakes powerstruggles, as the founders went from everyday engineersto wealthy celebrities featured on magazinecovers, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," " The Daily Show," and "Time" s list of the world s most influential people."New York Times" columnist and reporter Nick Biltontakes readers behind the scenes as Twitter grewat exponential speeds. He gets inside the heads ofthe four hackers out of whom the company tumbled: Evan Ev Williams, the ambitious farm boy fromClarks, Nebraska, who had already created Bloggerand sold it to Google for millions. Quiet andprotective, Ev is a shrewd businessman who madetough choices in the interest of his companies, firingcofounders and employees who were once friends. Jack Dorsey, the tattooed nobody who helpedmastermind the original concept of Twitter, becamea billionaire tech titan, and convinced the media thathe was the next Steve Jobs. Christopher Biz Stone, the joker and diplomatwho played nice with everyone. As drama ensued, he was the only founder who remained on goodterms with his friends and to this day has no enduringresentments. Noah Glass, the shy but energetic geek who investedhis whole life in Twitter, only to be kicked out andexpunged from the company s official history. As Twitter grew, the four founders fought bitterly formoney, influence, publicity, and control over a companythat grows larger and more powerful by the day.Ultimately they all lost their grip on it. Today, none ofthem is the CEO. Dick Costolo, a fifty-year-old formercomedian, runs the company.By 2013 Twitter boasted close to 300 millionactive users around the world. In barely six years, the service has become a tool for fighting politicaloppression in the Middle East, a marketing musthavefor business, and the world s living room duringlive TV events. Today, notables such as the pope, Oprah Winfrey, and the president of the United Statesare regular Twitter users. A seventeen-year-old with amobile phone can now reach a larger audience thanan entire crew at CNN.Bilton s unprecedented access and exhaustiveinvestigating reporting drawing on hundreds ofsources, documents, and internal e-mails haveenabled him to write an intimate portrait of fourfriends who accidentally changed the world, andwhat they all learned along the way.", A New York Times bestseller Ev told Jack he had to "chill out" with the deluge of media he was doing. "It's bad for the company," Ev said. "It's sending the wrong message." Biz sat between them, watching like a spectator at a tennis match. "But I invented Twitter," Jack said. "No, you didn't invent Twitter," Ev replied. "I didn't invent Twitter either. Neither did Biz. People don't invent things on the Internet. They simply expand on an idea that already exists." In 2005, Odeo was a struggling podcasting start-up founded by free-range hacker Noah Glass and staffed by a motley crew of anarchists. Less than two years later, its days were numbered and half the staff had been let go. But out of Odeo's ashes, the remaining employees worked on a little side venture . . . that by 2013 had become an $11.5 billion business. That much is widely known. But the full story of Twitter's hatching has never been told before. It's a drama of betrayed friendships and high-stakes power struggles, as the founders went from everyday engineers to wealthy celebrities featured on magazine covers, The Oprah Winfrey Show , The Daily Show , and Time 's list of the world's most influential people. New York Times columnist and reporter Nick Bilton takes readers behind the scenes as Twitter grew at exponential speeds. He gets inside the heads of the four hackers out of whom the company tumbled: Evan "Ev" Williams , the ambitious farm boy from Clarks, Nebraska, who had already created Blogger and sold it to Google for millions. Quiet and protective, Ev is a shrewd businessman who made tough choices in the interest of his companies, firing cofounders and employees who were once friends. Jack Dorsey , the tattooed "nobody" who helped mastermind the original concept of Twitter, became a billionaire tech titan, and convinced the media that he was the next Steve Jobs. Christopher "Biz" Stone , the joker and diplomat who played nice with everyone. As drama ensued, he was the only founder who remained on good terms with his friends and to this day has no enduring resentments. Noah Glass , the shy but energetic geek who invested his whole life in Twitter, only to be kicked out and expunged from the company's official history. As Twitter grew, the four founders fought bitterly for money, influence, publicity, and control over a company that grows larger and more powerful by the day. Ultimately they all lost their grip on it. Today, none of them is the CEO. Dick Costolo, a fifty-year-old former comedian, runs the company. By 2013 Twitter boasted close to 300 million active users around the world. In barely six years, the service has become a tool for fighting political oppression in the Middle East, a marketing musthave for business, and the world's living room during live TV events. Today, notables such as the pope, Oprah Winfrey, and the president of the United States are regular Twitter users. A seventeen-year-old with a mobile phone can now reach a larger audience than an entire crew at CNN. Bilton's unprecedented access and exhaustive investigating reporting-drawing on hundreds of sources, documents, and internal e-mails-have enabled him to write an intimate portrait of four friends who accidentally changed the world, and what they all learned along the way.
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HM743.T95B55 2013
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