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CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Meeting the President 4 CHAPTER TWO A Talented Student 10 CHAPTER THREE Code Monkey 16 CHAPTER FOUR Welcome to Silicon Valley 22 CHAPTER FIVE Facebook’s Profile 28 CHAPTER SIX Setting Goals 34 Important Dates 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
5 CHAPTER ONE Obama’s appearance at the Facebook town hall meeting demonstrated how important the social networking website had become MEETING THE PRESIDENT Sweat was dripping down Mark Zuckerberg’s face It was April 20 2011 In just minutes the 26-year-old cofounder of Facebook would host President Barack Obama They were holding an online version of a town hall meeting In these events people can ask politicians questions about important issues
