Just finished TIME’s article on the facebook’s creator Mark Zuckerberg. An enjoyable read, esp. after watching Aaron Sorkin’s movie “the Social Network” only a while ago. Both are good.
Btw, although on an entirely different playing field, some local feature writers should really subscribe to the TIME..
(click the picture for the online article)
Zuckerberg has often — possibly always — been described as remote and socially awkward, but that’s not quite right. True: holding a conversation with him can be challenging. He approaches conversation as a way of exchanging data as rapidly and efficiently as possible, rather than as a recreational activity undertaken for its own sake. He is formidably quick and talks rapidly and precisely, and if he has no data to transmit, he abruptly falls silent. (“I usually don’t like things that are too much about me” was how he began our first interview.) He cannot be relied on to throw the ball back or give you encouraging facial cues. His default expression is a direct and slightly wide-eyed stare that makes you wonder if you’ve got a spider on your forehead.
Most alarmingly, if your signal-to-noise ratio drops below a critical threshold, Zuckerberg will turn his head and look off to one side as if he’s hearing noises offstage, presenting you with his Roman-emperor profile. “If you’re not making compelling points, he kind of just tunes out,” Bosworth says. “He’s not trying to be rude. He’s just like, ‘O.K., you’re not the best use of this time anymore.’ He’s going to find a better use of his time, even if you’re sitting right there.”
‘Person of the Year 2010 – Mark Zuckerburg’
by Lev Grossman, TIME magazine, December 2010
