I’ve had a chance to really dive deep into the book New Year’s resolution because of holiday and a bit of MUNI travel, and so I thought I’d update the world.<\/p>\n
1) Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton<\/p>\n
Holy smokes the author hates Jack Dorsey. And founding stories are so much more complex than I ever realized. Truly an insane account of an insane company. <\/p>\n
2) Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin<\/p>\n
Politics are nasty, but the people in the game do the craziest things to be liked, electable, and thick skinned. I also think the world does t realize how close to McCain (and by proxy Sarah Palin) were to being elected. It would have been something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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