When historians sit down to write the history of first decade of the 20th century, they would have likely used a few years ago labels such as the Rise of the Internet or Googlemania.  If Facebook continues to grow and add functions at its current pace (email will soon be integrated with its message service), historians may simply refer to our time as the Age of Facebook. 500 million plus people have now signed on to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, you will not want to miss the exquisite film about the beginnings of Facebook and its now 26-year-old founder, Mark Zuckerberg, who—just like Bill Gates—dropped out of Harvard to seize a rare business opportunity.  The film is made by real pros who know how to create drama. Even if some stuff is invented to add more drama to the story, the film captures the heart the Facebook story and is a facinating watch. The ad for the film is one of the best promotional line I have ever read: You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.

In the New Yorker you can find a very interesting profile of Mark Zuckerberg published just before the film came out.