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.
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
这是一本讲twitter创业历程的书。它刚出版我就很捧场地买了,不过这本书写的不是很好。当然文笔就不用说了(跟吴军、Paul Graham相比,大部分科技作者的文笔都是渣渣),可故事也比较蛋疼,好像整本书都在讲公司内部的政治斗争:一会你是我老板一会我是你老板然后你炒了我接着...
评分这是一本讲twitter创业历程的书。它刚出版我就很捧场地买了,不过这本书写的不是很好。当然文笔就不用说了(跟吴军、Paul Graham相比,大部分科技作者的文笔都是渣渣),可故事也比较蛋疼,好像整本书都在讲公司内部的政治斗争:一会你是我老板一会我是你老板然后你炒了我接着...
评分 评分这是一本讲述Twitter发展历程的小说,但其着眼点不仅在于产品的推成出新,也不只是关注公司的增值与扩容,更多的是讲述这一群创始人在这段创业之旅的酸甜苦辣。 埃文•威廉姆斯,无论从出钱还是出力,无论从创意还是坚持,他都当之无愧的是Twitter最重要的创始人和奠基者。他...
评分因为书名中带有“蛮荒”这两个字而买的。 这本书完全是当小说看的,写得还不错,一天就可以看完。 对于TWITTER能在硅谷巨头的环伺下倔然成长表示佩服,也算是略窥得硅谷文化的一二。权力、金钱、友情都是必然思考的问题,
毫无跟创业, 科技, 商业, 或产品有关的洞见.. 多是人物描写公司内斗.. 要不刚好赶着Twitter上市来出版就是本没意思的边缘传记..
评分它其实是一本小说,作为小说还是值得一看。但作者带着太多主观态度,个人喜恶极其明显,把 Jack Dorsay 都快黑出翔了。被踢下CEO时是他蠢,重新回来是他有手段,现在名利双收又描写他深夜一个人孤单无助在阳台上听海。。能看英文尽量看英文吧,很多词、句,我相信现在这本仓促出版的中文版肯定没法翻译到位。
评分总算读完 越到后面越无聊 以后这种内容吧 写一篇文章不就好
评分Great great story.
评分它其实是一本小说,作为小说还是值得一看。但作者带着太多主观态度,个人喜恶极其明显,把 Jack Dorsay 都快黑出翔了。被踢下CEO时是他蠢,重新回来是他有手段,现在名利双收又描写他深夜一个人孤单无助在阳台上听海。。能看英文尽量看英文吧,很多词、句,我相信现在这本仓促出版的中文版肯定没法翻译到位。
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