I had an amazing time in Amsterdam, and will be writing lots more about it later. For now, enjoy this brief interview with the Dutch Cowboys at iPhone Developer’s Camp.

Thanks to all who attended—this is just the beginning.

I enjoyed speaking with Henry Tenenbaum on Sunday morning.

I see the future following the model of the past, which is: we started out with this SMS application.

Thank you, @HenryTen and @KRON4News for a great experience!

It’s been an amazing couple of weeks on the Book Tour and now back in San Francisco. More great news is coming but I’d like to share with you a list of recent press, bound to entertain:

• San Francisco Chronicle: Big companies competing in app marketplace (11/11/09)
• [audio] Social Media Hour: #31 (11/10/09)
• The Bulletin: 10 Books to Read in November (11/06/09)
• [audio] KKZZ-AM 1400: Coach Ron Tunick’s Twitter Intervention (11/06/09)
• [video] Haraka Haraka Haina Baraka: Dom Sagolla and the “140 Characters” Book Premiere (11/04/09)
• [audio] Swarthmore News: Twitter Co-founder Dom Sagolla ‘96 on the Short Form (11/02/09)
• [audio] Two Jacks in the Hole: Trick or Treat Huff’s Birthday Tweet w/ Guest Dom Sagolla (10/29/09)
• lalawag: Highlights from the #140conf (10/29/09)
• Publisher’s Weekly: San Francisco Panel Urges Publishers to Keep Experimenting (10/29/09)
• [video] 140 Characters Conference Presents: What’s Next in Social Media? (10/28/09)
• The Daily Gazette: Dom Sagolla ‘96 Presents New Book About Twitter (10/26/09)
• Zahid Lilani: Book Review: 140 Characters by Dom Sagolla (10/22/09)
• Swarthmore Phoenix: Twitter Co-founder, Alum, to Speak About New Book (10/22/09)
• [video] PBS: 5Across: How to Deal with Technology Overload (10/08/09)

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 be called Twitterwit.New York Times technology columnist David Pogue will write a book called The World According to Twitter, which will be a communal effort of sorts containing the best answers to humorous questions he posts on the microblogging site.

And Dom Sagolla, the founder of iPhoneDevCamp and a contributor to the development of the concept of Twitter, has been blogging about writing in short form, and recently landed his own book deal on the subject.

Any bets on who will get the next Twitter/blogging book deal? (My money is onTextsFromLastNight.com.)

That’s a good bet.

I was lucky enough to be available for this Nightline piece on Twitter. I spoke for about half an hour with the irascible John Donvan, which got boiled down to about 30 seconds about our book (starting around 5:22 in the above clip):

[Dom skateboarding]

John Donvan: He’s writing a book about his Twitter experiences, in which he argues that having to say something in just 140 characters — that’s a new kind of literature.

“Your ability to express yourself is pretty laid bare, and I’ve struggled really hard with a style that is both expressive, but also unique and recognizable out of context.”

Peep the full video featuring Biz and Ev, thoughtfully captured by Adam.

They’re no Strunk and White, but Dom Sagolla and Adam Jackson are aiming to do for Twitter what “The Elements of Style” did for good writing on paper: outline elementary rules of usage, composition and grammar.

Thus begins an article on our book in the Bits & Blogs section of the New York Times. From her summary, what impresses me most about Ms. Wortham is that she understands how Twitter users are collectively creating a new genre of literature.  One of the best parts of this article is in the comments, however:

Does anyone see the irony in a *book* about how to write for Twitter?

Yes, BarbaraKB we do, and what delicious irony it is. Our “book” will be in hypertext first as an iPhone App, and then later published in print. During the entire process we hope to add the latest feedback from the community and stay as fresh and current as we can.

This is going to be a challenge, but we’re committed to staying relevant.