aThe Rise of facebook
While reading how facebook caught on and became more popular, it is apparent to the reader how the perspective of the author is bias. The author complements Zukerburg numerous times, but rarely does so for the boys who collaborated with him. Some other things that would make a reader believe the author has a strong tie to Harvard. Some of these are the statement that High school is all about building a strong resume. This maybe true for a majority of students entering any number of collages, but Harvard is so hard to get excepted in to, one must have an out standing résumé. Another theme repeated multiple times in both the novel and film is the “Harvard connections” and “men of Harvard” In the world of the students image is everything and who you know is important. From my experience this not true of other schools, and I do not know anyone who attends a school that is so image conscious.. I also do not agree with the two degree concept. College campuses are so big that I do not believe everyone is connected by only person. This maybe true for the schools with in a school , like we have at Rutgers. Or maybe this just a mentality the author has from attending or studying Harvard.
Other things I noticed while reading “the facebook effect” is how building the webpage benefited the boys. Mark Zukerburg was not a people person. After Popularity of his creation spread, he had to become better at giving interviews and press conferences. A person can take a class on public speaking but this not a skill that can really be taught in classes. After much hard work and thinking Zukerburg was able to develop this skill because it would effect his business. Also, the facebook was something Zukerburg was passionate about. When promoting something that matters, a person is more likely to be a better speaker than, if they were giving a topic selected at random. The roommates of Zukerburg also benefited from the creation of facebook. None of these boys went to school for business, but or computer programming. After being handpicked by Zukerburg, they each quickly learned their given job.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Lonching of facebook
Launching of facebook
The facebook was launched on February Forth 2004. The first 3 Accounts were test accounts. The next few were accounts belonging to Mark Zukerburg and the friends who helped him. At first the website was exclusive to students at Harvard.
When facebook was in its early days it seemed like a safer site because everyone needed a school email address to register. This meant anyone on facebook was guaranteed to be a student. The second reason it was safer in those days is everyone had to use their real name. Everyone was who they said they were. Now you can register from any email address and set a profile to any name. For example people have role-playing facebook accounts. If they want they can set their account a nick name or just first and middle names. People may do this because accounts are checked when applying for jobs. When comparing this, a person can really see how far the website has come in the past six or seven years.
What bothered me when reading this section of “the facebook effect”, is how it kept referring to dating , and underlying meanings about the phrase “poke”. Not everyone this age is looking for a quick hookup, like the novel suggests. Also the influencing sites, such as myspace, are used as dating pages. Users on myspace, are more likely to connect to friends and interest groups than use it as an alternative to something like match.com. I found that the author makes too many generalizations.
The facebook was launched on February Forth 2004. The first 3 Accounts were test accounts. The next few were accounts belonging to Mark Zukerburg and the friends who helped him. At first the website was exclusive to students at Harvard.
When facebook was in its early days it seemed like a safer site because everyone needed a school email address to register. This meant anyone on facebook was guaranteed to be a student. The second reason it was safer in those days is everyone had to use their real name. Everyone was who they said they were. Now you can register from any email address and set a profile to any name. For example people have role-playing facebook accounts. If they want they can set their account a nick name or just first and middle names. People may do this because accounts are checked when applying for jobs. When comparing this, a person can really see how far the website has come in the past six or seven years.
What bothered me when reading this section of “the facebook effect”, is how it kept referring to dating , and underlying meanings about the phrase “poke”. Not everyone this age is looking for a quick hookup, like the novel suggests. Also the influencing sites, such as myspace, are used as dating pages. Users on myspace, are more likely to connect to friends and interest groups than use it as an alternative to something like match.com. I found that the author makes too many generalizations.
beginnings of facebook
Beginnings of facebook
Mark Zukerburg created many websites before facebook was established. The first and most infamous was facemash. This was the site that created legal problems for Zukerburg. After those troubles were cleared up, He went right back to work creating the what would one day be face book. Some websites that were inspiration for face book were Friendster and buddy monster. Friend is described in “the face book effect” as a dating website, although its description sounds like a page to connect with old friends and make new ones. It is pretty much posting a profile and interests like other pages such as live journal, and myspace which is also given as an example in the novel. The other , Buddy monster is a page used with Aol Instant Messenger. Users can upload their buddy lists and compare them to see which friends they have in common and rank most popular users. This could also be used to make friends threw other friends. This idea would eventually be applied on face book when people would be able to find mutual friends on other profiles.
Mark Zukerburg created many websites before facebook was established. The first and most infamous was facemash. This was the site that created legal problems for Zukerburg. After those troubles were cleared up, He went right back to work creating the what would one day be face book. Some websites that were inspiration for face book were Friendster and buddy monster. Friend is described in “the face book effect” as a dating website, although its description sounds like a page to connect with old friends and make new ones. It is pretty much posting a profile and interests like other pages such as live journal, and myspace which is also given as an example in the novel. The other , Buddy monster is a page used with Aol Instant Messenger. Users can upload their buddy lists and compare them to see which friends they have in common and rank most popular users. This could also be used to make friends threw other friends. This idea would eventually be applied on face book when people would be able to find mutual friends on other profiles.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
facebook effect1
Facebook effect1
Before starting to read the facebook effect, I decided to think about how the stories of the book and the movie were different. I already knew from Class discussions that the book portrays Mark as a hero and the film portrays him as a Villon. I also found details in the reading that I do not remember from the film.
The film the social network never mentioned that Mark had siblings. I also do not remember the web page class connect. This was a way for students to see if cute girls or friends were in the class that they were taking. A student could also use this web site to plan their upcoming class season with their friends. This was likely to be in the film adaption but I can not recall it in the plot. Something else that was changed was facemash.
Facemash was an early web page invented by Mark zukerburg and his friends before facebook. In the film, this was used by the boys and their friends to rate girls. The film goes in to vivid description of Mark’s breakup with his girlfriend and a drunken rant he posted on his blog one night after breaking up with her. In the Novel, the author briefly states that there was a breakup and this left Zukerburg upset. The fact that users could compare the student’s pictures to farm animals was also glossed over in the novel. One other thing that the film changed was it’s version of facemash only used girls. The biography of facebook stated that facemash used both males and females. There is a statement saying how one boy was very happy when he read his picture was voted as acceptable. So far, Zukerburg is not painted as the vile crazy person that the film portrayed,. However, he is not described as a nice person you would be best friends with either. It does make him a little more relatable.
Before starting to read the facebook effect, I decided to think about how the stories of the book and the movie were different. I already knew from Class discussions that the book portrays Mark as a hero and the film portrays him as a Villon. I also found details in the reading that I do not remember from the film.
The film the social network never mentioned that Mark had siblings. I also do not remember the web page class connect. This was a way for students to see if cute girls or friends were in the class that they were taking. A student could also use this web site to plan their upcoming class season with their friends. This was likely to be in the film adaption but I can not recall it in the plot. Something else that was changed was facemash.
Facemash was an early web page invented by Mark zukerburg and his friends before facebook. In the film, this was used by the boys and their friends to rate girls. The film goes in to vivid description of Mark’s breakup with his girlfriend and a drunken rant he posted on his blog one night after breaking up with her. In the Novel, the author briefly states that there was a breakup and this left Zukerburg upset. The fact that users could compare the student’s pictures to farm animals was also glossed over in the novel. One other thing that the film changed was it’s version of facemash only used girls. The biography of facebook stated that facemash used both males and females. There is a statement saying how one boy was very happy when he read his picture was voted as acceptable. So far, Zukerburg is not painted as the vile crazy person that the film portrayed,. However, he is not described as a nice person you would be best friends with either. It does make him a little more relatable.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Last paper setup
Last paper setup
Today I finished my paper. Today was all about finding final support for my argument. At first I had to backtrack because I had a while since I last worked on the paper. After I found my place, I started to look for what Slate said about batteries. This took a while and I did not find an exact quote about plane batteries, but about E waste in general. I wrote about how the waste was shipped from America to around the world. Another topic I found that I included in my paper was the fact that most electronics do not last the full time they are built to last for. This could have two meanings. Either People are replacing them much faster than they should be. The other possibility is that the manufactioners have caught on to Americans’ need to constantly buy and replace items. This resulted in the manufactioners making products that last less than half the time they are supposed to. After this I tied everything together and concluded by saying the green movement is a good thing. It may be a good thing, but it is catching on gradually and probably not fully replace the American mentality of aiming for bigger and better things.
Today I finished my paper. Today was all about finding final support for my argument. At first I had to backtrack because I had a while since I last worked on the paper. After I found my place, I started to look for what Slate said about batteries. This took a while and I did not find an exact quote about plane batteries, but about E waste in general. I wrote about how the waste was shipped from America to around the world. Another topic I found that I included in my paper was the fact that most electronics do not last the full time they are built to last for. This could have two meanings. Either People are replacing them much faster than they should be. The other possibility is that the manufactioners have caught on to Americans’ need to constantly buy and replace items. This resulted in the manufactioners making products that last less than half the time they are supposed to. After this I tied everything together and concluded by saying the green movement is a good thing. It may be a good thing, but it is catching on gradually and probably not fully replace the American mentality of aiming for bigger and better things.
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