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EVERYTHING HAS TO start somewhere. While Facebook’s story is one that’s well known, thanks to its popularity and films like The Social Network, it’s more interesting to see the early interviews its CEO Mark Zuckerberg did.
Today, Facebook is an amalgamation of different services including Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus Rift, but this 2005 interview, when it was then known as thefacebook.com and had more than a million users, sees him having a beer while talking about the site.
The vibe of the interview is more casual than others, with the then 20-year-old Zuckerberg wearing a white t-shirt and shorts and at one point, the video cuts to a scene where one of the employees does a kegstand in the office.
At that time, Facebook’s role was to be “an online directory for colleges”, but while Zuckerberg has moved onto loftier topics like connecting the world and breaking down barriers of prejudice, the core of the company hasn’t really changed.
“Our goal wasn’t to make an online community but a mirror for the real community that existed in real-life,” he says. “The Facebook for your school isn’t somewhere where people go to meet, [it's] where you go to see who knows each other. An icebreaker so you can find out something about people… or maybe message them, it’s a really informal way to meet people”.
But the most interesting snippet was his response to Facebook expanding to other colleges and beyond. Compared to what it is now, his goals were modest.
There doesn’t necessarily have to be more. I mean a lot of people are focused on taking over the world or doing like the biggest thing or getting the most users. Part of making a difference and doing something cool is focusing intensely.
Expanding into “other types of things” helped turn it into the behemoth it is today, covering a wide number of areas like photography, video, livestreaming, messaging, virtual reality and events.
And if you really want to see the benefit of hindsight, this Boards.ie thread about it launching in TCD in 2005 is a good example, where it was dismissed as a fad.
Registered for it, then had to unregister – far too embarrassing.
Don’t see how… it’s a far too American concept. If you want to catch up with people from college, you keep their number.
And the best one:
This is how nerds talk to girls none of this face to face jive I see. Interesting concept, I’ll stick to actually talking to girls in person!!!!! Like nearly everyone else does!!!
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Apple Green. Keep the extortionate prices down and make some decent filled rolls unlike Topaz and you won’t go far wrong with the public.
Too late.
Topaz deli and coffee is awful.
Most Apple greens are nice and as I driver I appreciate their clean customer toilets the most!
You can spent €100 on diesel in Topaz to be told “sorry there’s no loo. Have some of our watery coffee”
Support local. Buy local.
I refuse to buy any petrol that wasn’t pulled from the ground on these very isles! I’ve been stranded on quite a few occasions and my car hasn’t moved since it ran out of fuel the day I bought it but I’m not changing my ways!
Hope the sub contractors get paid this time unlike what happened at the Lusk service station when it was built.
Not Applegreens fault, they paid the principal contractor who in turn shirt changed the sub contractors.
I should stand to be corrected on that bit that’s what I can recall from memory.
Applegreen is a great spot. Take kids to one in Castlrbellingham. Inside play area is great. Long haul lorry driver appreciate it, a safe place to pull in for the night grab a shower etc.
All good.
The thing you have to remember before you spout the “Buy Irish / Support Irish Jobs” nonsense, is that there are far more people living outside Ireland who consider themselves Irish than there are living on this island.
Therefore when you buy “foreign”, there’s a good chance that you’re supporting somebody who had to emigrate, or the company that game them a job when they had to emigrate, or their descendants. .
Neal,
Correct also what would happen to the economy if trading partners decided to stop buying Irish and to “buy local” think we’d be in a bit of a mess. It’s a 2edged sword
well done Neal, this has to be the stupidest thing I have ever read on the journal. regarding those who “had” to emigrate surely creating jobs in Ireland would enable them to come home.
What about all the family run garages that they will close down, like tesco, lidl and aldi, Irish money making British and German filthy rich companies richer and Irish stores to suffer and close.
People have voted with their feet and / or their level of disposable income.
I’m prob worse than anyone when it comes to aldi or apple green ye gotta love a deal, but that’s because they can buy in such big bulk. The smaller business can’t compete with that, I don’t own a store or know anyone who does, I just think it’s wrong because they open so many stores it doesn’t mean the demand for petrol will be greater it means some small business will eventually close and another Irish family will lose jobs.
Ben applegreen dont really use their economy of scale to keep fuel prices down. I generally find they are the same as any other garage around them price wise.
They sell bad fuel . Low mileage
Anything on where the 6 are?
Just to point out Applegreen is a 100 percent owned and run Irish company that now also branched to the UK and the US. A company that is very modest about their success.
Where are all the shinners complaining about these jobs? Actually where have the shinner bots gone since the elections. It is like the tap has been turned off. And criticism from Gerry and all of the Government has quietened a lot too. Seems they are preparing for Government by pretending they always supported austerity.
Because Applegreen don’t sell dodgy Shinner diesel.
Apple green come in open up company owned sites which eliminate small family businesses.
They use their economies of scale to create price wars and eventually the family owned stores die out. E.g Ennis
These news stories shouldn’t get praise for opening new stores as they will force close others.
You can’t create extra demand for Fuel
There is no service station off the motorway from Dublin to Waterford. (among other long stretches) What they are offering is a product to service motor way traffic not set up in the middle of your town. They are badly needed unless you want children to go to the toilet on the side of the road .
More profit in Lucoazade than petrol
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