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John Seely Brown

The web has just begun to have an impact on our lives. As fascinated as we are with it today, we’re still seeing it in its early forms… My belief is that not only will the web be as fundamental to society as electrification but that it will be subject to many of the same diffusion and absorption dynamics as that earlier medium.

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Monday
Feb242014

Hatching Twitter - a recommended read

Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton, columnist and reporter for the New York Times is a fascinating read.  True to the nature of many Silicon Valley companies, Twitter (or Twttr - its original title) started small and grew without any real business plan, to become the multi-billion dollar public company that it is today.

This extraordinarily popular app, Twitter,  has experienced incredible turmoil since its inception in 2006 and one gets the feeling that there is still more of the story to be told.  Bilton provides details of the relationships and personalities behind the company and weaves it into a captivating story.  

Interviewed by Leo Laporte for TWIT's Triangulation program (available as podcast), it's worth listening to Bilton explain the research and writing of Hatching Twitter.  

This is a fascinating read for all interested in the lives and processes behind one of our indispensible social media applications.  I recommend it.