More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys and Their Heroic Quest to Save Your Privacy from Facebook

Like many biographical works, compelling, in that I kept wanting to see what happened next. Dwyer did a good job of providing the men's background and the driving forces behind the Diaspora project. As a software developer myself (but for a large, established company) I enjoyed hearing about how the "startup" was formed, including getting the initial bolus of cash and the subsequent fundraising attempts. Of course, there's relatively little detail about how the Diaspora software was built, but that's just as well, as it would bore the "normals" to tears. I did find very few cringe-inducing passages when talking about programming or computers, so that's a point to Dwyer's credit.
I did find some of the "colourful diversions" a little boring at first. In retrospect, they were there flesh out the men and give motivations for their involvement in the project and some of their actions. Still, they didn't grab me at first. Another quibble is that in a few places, it seemed like Dwyer was trying to hard with the vocabulary and writing style, jumping out of what was clear, straightforward prose into something a little more ornate and flowery. It wasn't a big deal, just slightly jarring when it happened.

Overall, an enjoyable and educational book.