Catch an early glimpse at the Recommended Reading section of 140 Characters over on Amazon’s Listmania: Mastering Social Media This list contains books listed at the back of 140 Characters, as well as a few extras I’ve added since sending the book to print.
Read more »I’m honored to report some early reviews. From a designer: Inspired by new mediums of publishing, such as Twitter, this book provides a refreshing look at the breadth of linguistic techniques that shine with the advent of the modern short form. Britt Selvitelle, Front End Engineering Lead, Twitter A developer: In the midst of all […]
Read more »140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form is now available for pre-order from these fine booksellers: Amazon Barnes & Noble Borders Books-A-Million Product Description Make the most of your messages on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites. The advent of Twitter and other social networking sites, as well as the popularity of […]
Read more »Brian Oberkirch captured a few thoughts about writing “140 Characters” during last weekend’s iPhoneDevCamp in Sunnyvale. Enjoy a nice, brief interview about some of the principles behind the book. Not only was I organizing iPhoneDevCamp, but I also attempted to finish up the first draft of the book over the weekend. Hectic, but — I […]
Read more »The Wall Street Journal has taken note of the small form: The literary topic du jour is Twitter, with an onslaught of book deals about the site being made in recent months. For example, former Gawker blogger Nick Douglas snagged a book deal with HarperCollins on a tome about the wittiest messages written on Twitter, to […]
Read more »I’m excited to announce that John Wiley & Sons have agreed to publish the book 140 Characters! I’ve already begun to work with Shannon Vargo over at Wiley, to bring this work to print and digital download. In addition, my company DollarApp is producing a companion application which should ship by the time the book […]
Read more »Have you watched the video demonstration of Google Wave yet? What we have here is shrinkage: shorter times to update, shorter updates themselves, by word in translation, or by character in live typing. Any time we see an acceleration of realtime transmission like this, we witness a revolution. With the telegram, then email, texting, instant […]
Read more »On May 26th, I’ll be speaking at 140 | The Twitter Conference, alongside two of my heroes: @bs and @atebits: What Makes a Great Twitter App? Panelists: Loren Brichter, Britt Selvitelle, Dom Sagolla At the core of Twitter’s popularity is it’s utter simplicity. Building on top of that functionality while retaining the ease of use […]
Read more »[Note: I actually wrote this 2 years ago, but here it is reprinted almost word for word.] Getting overwhelmed with junk on Facebook? Annoyed by random spam targeting you? Tried Twitter for a while and now you think it’s about to Jump the Shark already? Ease back on the throttle there, Fonzie. Twitter is no […]
Read more »I visited Portland this weekend, and had the pleasure of being interviewed on the infamous Strange Love Live podcast during BarCamp. Queue up to 53:30 to hear some History of Twitter and Odeo: Thanks to Toonlet for inviting me on, and to Small Society for sponsoring my trip!
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