Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives

by Randi Zuckerberg

Overview

With Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives, new media pioneer Randi Zuckerberg offers an entertaining and essential guide to understanding how technology and social media influence and inform our lives online and off.

Zuckerberg has been on the frontline of the social media movement since Facebook’s early days and her following six years as a marketing executive for the company. Her part memoir, part how-to manual addresses issues of privacy, online presence, networking, etiquette, and the future of social change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062285157
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/17/2015
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Randi Zuckerberg is a New York Times bestselling author, the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, and host of “Dot Complicated” on SiriusXM. Randi also served as mentor on Oxygen’s show “Quit Your Day Job,” as well as executive producer of “Dot.” based on Randi’s recent children’s book, which premiered on CBC and Universal Kids Fall 2016. Randi appears regularly on NBC’s the TODAY show and CNBC, and has also been seen on CNN, Good Morning America, Fox Business, Bloomberg News, and ABC's World News. She is a Tony Voter and was also a correspondent for the 2016 Tony Awards and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Randi was recently appointed as a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum and is part of the Tech Committee for the American Theatre Wing. In 2017, Randi launched the revolutionary tech-enabled dining experience “Sue’s Tech Kitchen.”

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 First and Last Steps 3

2 The Diamond in the Rough 26

3 It's Complicated 51

4 dot Self 70

5 dot Friends 84

6 dot Love 106

7 dot Family 128

8 dot Career 158

9 dot Community 185

10 dot Future 211

Final Thoughts 239

Acknowledgments 243

Editorial Reviews

For all that current technology has done to improve and simplify our lives, it has undeniably complicated the way we communicate and relate to those around us. Randi’s experience and perspective provide the perfect guide to socially navigating the digital age.” — Kathleen Kennedy, President, Lucasfilm

“Randi has had a front row seat to the shift of a social culture. Dot Complicated offers insights to the way the world is changing and the tech sensibility you will need to navigate this new dynamic.” — Ashton Kutcher

“With impeccable timing, Zuckerberg discusses the hot button issues of the moment and shows us how to use technology to bring positive change to the world. Dot Complicated is a great roadmap in navigating the evolving universe of social media.” — Ron Conway, Silicon Valley angel investor and philanthropist, secured early stage funds for Google, Ask Jeeves, Pinterest, Square, and Twitter

“Dot Complicated is entertaining, insightful, and relevant. Randi Zuckerberg shows us how using technology and social media mindfully can help create lasting meaning in our lives.” — Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Professor of Marketing, Stanford University, and author of The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change

“Randi Zuckerberg provides a valuable and much-needed guide to navigating the stormy seas of social and digital media. You couldn’t ask for a better guide than Randi who has been at the front line of social media from the start.” — Charlene Li, Founder of Altimeter Group, and author of New York Times bestseller Open Leadership

“If you want an entertaining peek into the formative days at Facebook, start here. Randi candidly shares her personal story as an early employee, navigating the complicated space between her personal life and her public persona.” — Tina Seelig, Professor and executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and bestselling author of What I Wish I Knew When I was 20 and inGenius

“Randi Zuckerburg eloquently captures the art of doing it all (including disconnecting) in the digital age. Before you send one more text, you MUST read this book. It’s high time to take charge of our technology devices before they take charge of us.” — Leslie Blodgett, Executive Chairman of Bare Escentuals and creator of bareMinerals

From the Publisher

For all that current technology has done to improve and simplify our lives, it has undeniably complicated the way we communicate and relate to those around us. Randi’s experience and perspective provide the perfect guide to socially navigating the digital age.

Kathleen Kennedy

Randi Zuckerberg provides a valuable and much-needed guide to navigating the stormy seas of social and digital media. You couldn’t ask for a better guide than Randi who has been at the front line of social media from the start.

Charlene Li

With impeccable timing, Zuckerberg discusses the hot button issues of the moment and shows us how to use technology to bring positive change to the world. Dot Complicated is a great roadmap in navigating the evolving universe of social media.

Ron Conway

Randi has had a front row seat to the shift of a social culture. Dot Complicated offers insights to the way the world is changing and the tech sensibility you will need to navigate this new dynamic.

Ashton Kutcher

Dot Complicated is entertaining, insightful, and relevant. Randi Zuckerberg shows us how using technology and social media mindfully can help create lasting meaning in our lives.

Jennifer Aaker

Randi Zuckerburg eloquently captures the art of doing it all (including disconnecting) in the digital age. Before you send one more text, you MUST read this book. It’s high time to take charge of our technology devices before they take charge of us.

Leslie Blodgett

If you want an entertaining peek into the formative days at Facebook, start here. Randi candidly shares her personal story as an early employee, navigating the complicated space between her personal life and her public persona.

Tina Seelig

Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi, recounts her experiences with Facebook and beyond while also trying to dish out advice on how to manage one’s identity in a world that bridges analog and digital domains. As narrator, Zuckerberg proves a complicated choice. Her exuberance is evident in every sentence, and many are delivered with seeming exclamation points. But this high-energy and bubbly delivery quickly wears on the listener as so much of what is being discussed is anything but exciting. She often tries too hard to enunciate every word, an effort that also wears on the listener. These weaknesses can make her advice sound condescending or irrelevant. L.E. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

DECEMBER 2013 - AudioFile

Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi, recounts her experiences with Facebook and beyond while also trying to dish out advice on how to manage one’s identity in a world that bridges analog and digital domains. As narrator, Zuckerberg proves a complicated choice. Her exuberance is evident in every sentence, and many are delivered with seeming exclamation points. But this high-energy and bubbly delivery quickly wears on the listener as so much of what is being discussed is anything but exciting. She often tries too hard to enunciate every word, an effort that also wears on the listener. These weaknesses can make her advice sound condescending or irrelevant. L.E. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

DECEMBER 2013 - AudioFile