Facebook Book
Did you know there’s a “book” written by Karel Baloun called Inside Facebook: Life, Work and Visions of Greatness? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Maybe it’s because the “book” is actually just an e-book, only available as a downloadable pdf file or audio book, but what do I know.
I have yet to shell out the mere $9 it costs to buy the book. But from what people have told me, the book is essentially a massive lovefest for all that is Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. I was a bit disappointed upon hearing this, for I was hoping it would be a bit more of a “tell all” book where Baloun lets loose with reckless abandon on thoughts and feelings about the company. Still, people have told me it holds a few cool stories and anecdotes about how the site runs behind the scenes and how the dichotomy of the entire organization is focused.
It should be noted that Baloun no longer works for Facebook, as he and the site split amicably last summer, so on the surface he doesn’t have anything to gain from puffing up the site and making it seem better than it might actually be. Of course, if the site ends up selling for the $2 billion price tag that Zuckerberg has repeatedly asked for, it wouldn’t hurt that have Engineer for Facebook on your resume, which is the position Baloun happened to hold.
If you’ve got $9 to spare and don’t mind reading something that “feels like its a gigantic blog entry,” then pick up the book and see what you think.
