Hatching Twitter

Nick Bilton is a columnist and reporter for The New York Times, where he explores the disruptive aspects of technology on business, culture and society. His columns span everything from the future of technology and privacy to the impact of social media on the Web. He is a regular guest on national TV and radio and is the author of I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works. He lives in Los Angeles.

出版者:Portfolio Hardcover

作者:Nick Bilton

页数:304

出版时间:2013-11-5

价格:USD 28.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781591846017

图书标签:Twitter互联网创业传记商业科技管理美国

The dramatic, unlikely story behind the founding of Twitter, by New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent

The San Francisco-based technology company Twitter has become a powerful force in less than ten years. Today it’s everything from a tool for fighting political oppression in the Middle East to a marketing must-have to the world’s living room during live TV events to President Trump’s preferred method of communication. It has hundreds of millions of active users all over the world.

But few people know that it nearly fell to pieces early on.

In this rousing history that reads like a novel, Hatching Twitter takes readers behind the scenes of Twitter’s early exponential growth, following the four hackers—Ev Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass, who created the cultural juggernaut practically by accident. It’s a drama of betrayed friendships and high-stakes power struggles over money, influence, and control over a company that was growing faster than they could ever imagine.

Drawing on hundreds of sources, documents, and internal e-mails, Bilton offers a rarely-seen glimpse of the inner workings of technology startups, venture capital, and Silicon Valley culture.

Amazon.com Review

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, November 2013: Spoiler alert: The subtitle sorta says it all. That is, Nick Bilton's Hatching Twitter delivers "A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal," though not necessarily in that order. The book's four central players--Ev, Jack, Biz, and Noah--conceived of Twitter while working on Odeo, an ultimately doomed attempt to revolutionize podcasting. As their little chick grew, the four men's personal and ideological differences led to a power struggle that eventually left them all on the sidelines as a former stand-up comedian took Twitter into the uncertain future. Writing with the pacing and veracity of detail of a true-crime book, Bilton makes use of a trove of source material--from internal Twitter e-mails to extensive interviews with and early tweets by the founders themselves--and the result is as exciting and fast-paced as it is topically relevant. If you're looking for a thoughtful rumination about Twitter as a revolutionary global communications platform, keep looking. 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. #HighlyRecommended. --Jason Kirk (@brasswax)

Review

"A fast-paced and perceptive new book by Nick Bilton." -- The New York Times

"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

"Fast-paced... a perceptive read." -- USA Today

"Goes where no book has gone before." -- The Huffington Post

"Unputdownable." -- Wall Street Journal Columnist

读后感

本书详细讲述twitter的发展史。感觉基本上是一部创始人从朋友变敌人，勾心斗角的历史。Twitter本身的产品发展反而相对比较简单。 书中披露了许多email、谈话、会议的细节，作者说这些是数百个小时的采访，1000多份内部文件和数不清的互联网上的资料中挖掘出来的。 令人吃惊的...  

由于这本书上架推荐是网络公司/企业管理的关系，起初我并没有想到这是一本小说。本以为是一本类似于《影响力》、《秘密》、《零极限》、或是《觉醒课程》一类的“接近专业”的书籍。然而一翻开，就发现实在是惊喜连连。 刚刚看一个开头，我立刻想到了马云。直到翻完...  

从 2007 年注册 Twitter，经历了无数次的大鲸鱼，想不到背后是这么荒诞离奇的故事，现实真是比小说还要精彩。 2006，Dorsey 和 Williams 等人创建 Twitter 2008，D本来是 CEO，却被W设计开掉 2011，D联合 Costolo 把W开掉，但是 D当时还不能当 CEO，只能是 Costolo 任 CEO 201...  

首先声明，这并不是一本谈论商业模式和创业理论的无聊分析师总结，而是一本非常写实的类小说作品。由于作者一般写作手法和细节描写的擅长，我简直把它当成了剧本在读。 本书详细描写了 Twitter 几个创始人的背景和 twitter 的形成，一直到了上市前夕的发展。但最主要关注的点...  

用户评价

详细记载了三个co-founders被踢出公司的经历告诉你如何不被踢出自己的公司。可能有虚构的部分，但是每个出场的性格都很真实。Jack Dorsey你能再天蝎男一点吗＝＝

对twitter本身的产品和技术变化描述的太不够；充满了人的细节，小说一般的阅读体验

写法好评！这个故事告诉我们不要和朋友一起做生意。

全书基本上可以分为三个点： Noah's loneliness , Jack Ego, and Ev's kindness 。 写的真好

Jack Dorsey的ego比阿拉斯加还大