Five years ago today, Twitter was born. Founder Jack Dorsey has been reminiscing and posting thoughts on the social platform. In those early days, Twitter was called Twittr.
Via Twitter, @jack talks about the beginning,
"5 years ago today we started programming Twitter ("twttr" for short). 8 days later the first tweet was sent"
"I've been digging through all my drawings, emails, & notes from around that time. I'll share them over the next 2 weeks right here on #twttr"
"We were given the go ahead to work on the idea that morning. An IM conversation with @Biz letting him know: http://t.co/iFsNQb2 #twttr"
"We were given the go ahead to work on the idea that morning. An IM conversation with @Biz letting him know: http://t.co/iFsNQb2 #twttr"
"The team was small: @Noah came up with the name & managed, @florian & I programmed, @Biz designed, all under the roof of Odeo & @Ev. #twttr"
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"The name Twitter came from @Noah Glass & the Oxford English: "a short inconsequential burst of information, chirps from birds." #twttr"
"However, we wanted to focus on mobile, so we dropped the vowels to get the SMS shortcode 89887 (TWTTR). Too bad Teen People owned it. #twttr"
"I drew out the original idea on this notepad around 2001, named stat.us. Just needed the right time & team. http://t.co/aMft0SM #twttr"
"A week earlier, @Biz & I worked on the design to show Odeo before programming. Here's the first twttr.com. http://t.co/s1gPjKv #twttr"
"A design for the logged in following page (then called "friends"): http://t.co/ODFsNK2 #twttr"
You can read all of Jack's thoughts and check out his links, on his Twitter feed.
