9781422277287

Tech 2.0

in our homes today. Mark learned quickly, and he soon found he loved computers and programming. In 1996, Edward was looking for a way for his receptionist to tell him that a patient had arrived in the waiting room. Up to that point, his receptionist had simply been yelling into the office, and Edward wanted something more efficient. Twelve-year-old Mark saw that a computer program could help solve his father’s problem. He set to work to create software that could help. The program that Mark built let the computers in his fa- ther’s office and in the Zuckerberg house send messages back

This is the humble high school that Mark quickly outgrew.

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