“I discovered that you can be a new type of writer in this tiny space.”
See the interview in full at BBC News.
See also a profile of the author and developer, on the Yahoo Developer Network.
Behold the only screenshot in the book 140 Characters. It was generated using Wordle. The rest of the book consists of words, and is written about words.
This site began as an experiment in collective word design. Over the years, we as a community have generated new hypertext conventions like the @ reply, the mention, and the hashtag.
This work exists to document and standardize this new language as a short form of communication. The short form can be comedic, dramatic, momentary, or timeless.
As @Jack says in the Foreword to 140 Characters, we’ve only described 1% of this new medium. The remaining 99% is up to you.
“One could change the world with one hundred and forty characters.” –Jack
Everyone is welcome to participate in the definition of short form. Find out more by visiting our Facebook community, or by following @TheBook and @Dom.
A Style Guide for the Short Form is a concise field manual that will help you be more effective when communicating in small spaces.
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