Instant messaging and tweeting limits people to 140 characters or less. Like a haiku, limitations require cleverness and have a beauty of their own. Jeff Pulver wrote 140 words about the 140 character limitation which he performed at Gadgetoff 2009 -
SMS
ODEO
Jack, Ev, Biz.
Start Obvious
Prototype twitter
What are you doing?
Friend
Follower
tweet
Scaling
APIs
Buzz
Fail Whale
Social Media
Business Model?
Respect
Reputation
Don’t Spam.
Be Responsible.
Have Conversations.
Capture and share life’s moments.
Interact.
Discover people.
Make friends.
Attend tweetups.
Serendipity.
SXSW 2007
Share links.
Discovery: Sites, People and News
Real-time Search emerges.
Fred Wilson invested.
me too.
Advertising Brands. Policies?
Business Model?
Politics. The Presidency.
The Media. Connect to TV Anchors. Newspaper Writers. Authors.
Celebrities now tweet.
Music industry too.
News breaks.
Mumbai
Susan Boyle
Plane in Hudson
NOW Media
Oprah
Ashton Kutcher. Larry King.
Race to a Million.
Real-Time Internet Emerges
Systemic Change with worldwide adoption
Iran Elections.
Public Diplomacy? Yes!
Public Safety? Police tweet.
Michael Jackson dies. We mourn.
NFL
Sarah Brown
Business Model? now evolving.
Valuation? Now a Billion?
What’s next?
Champagne!