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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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  • Ron
    Interesting content and presentation - keep up the good work!

    Ron
    HIPjobs.net
  • shutterrelease
    I've never heard of this. I'm gettin the 140characters iPhone app today!
  • kyshan
    whats new in twitter?
  • Booter
    aloha my brudah
  • steve
    hey ,i got a question .does anyone can tell me how to use this website ,do not need register ? i knew the website from the newspaper ,i come from China ,and i am attracted by the website . i need ur help.thx !
  • I don't know if you guys are aware of an emerging trend of completely self-contained 140 character stories. Sometimes they are a blip of action, but some times they say so much in so little space. I specialize in sci-fi / alternate realities on my stream @twirledview.

    I was personally inspired by @arjunbasu who defined the "twister" prose form to me as requiring exactly 140 characters and being a complete story within those limits. We both adhere to this standard in our writing.

    I've wanted to find a place to get started in writing for nearly 20 years. I've written things off and on during that time, but I never had a way to be able to move fluidly in and out of writing. As a novice writer, my concern was simply being able to start and complete something. This form has given me a place I can do that nearly every day. It is also helping me to build the writer habit which can be difficult to develop for a busy person (I own my own business). Since I have started with Twitter, however, I have finally found writing back in my life and feel more fulfilled because of it.

    Thanks!
  • Who knew?

    It's funny how these things evolve did you have any idea you were creating an internet Carnival?
  • softladmachine
    Less is mo.
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