Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2024-09-25
Alex Kantrowitz, Ryan Mac & Kate Conger: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast
Debate: Has Elon’s Twitter Takeover Worked? — With Ryan Mac, Kate Conger, Zach Coelius
Ryan Mac and Kate Conger are reporters at The New York Times and the authors of a new book, Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. Zach Coelius is managing partner at Coelius Capital — and a VC who thinks Elon is doing a pretty good job with the social media company.
Alex Kantrowitz discussed Character Limit by Kate Conger and others and Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Character Limit
Character Limit by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac is a deep-dive investigative book detailing the tumultuous chaos and internal disruption that unfolded at Twitter following Elon Musk’s high-profile acquisition of the company.
Discussed“The subtitle of the book is How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. I like picked the book up and I said, is Twitter really destroyed?”
Where to get it
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson is a comprehensive biography detailing the life, ventures, and management methods of the billionaire entrepreneur.
Discussed“There's even scenes in your book and Walter Isaacson's book about him where Elon basically packs up a server, a server room or his big, uh, database, uh, warehouse, data warehouse, and puts it in a truck himself with like his cousins or something.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“They're both reporters for the New York Times and they're the author of Character Limit, How Elon Must Destroy Twitter.”
“You can get their new book, Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. It's out in all bookshops today.”
“Has Twitter been destroyed? I don't know. It's X now. And you can find the book, Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroy Twitter in your bookstore of choice.”