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I sat (and skateboarded) for the British Broadcasting Company at my house in San Francisco. We talked about Odeo, Twitter, my company DollarApp, and our community iOSDevCamp. See a brief excerpt here: “I discovered that you can be a new type of writer in this tiny space.” See the interview in full at BBC News.

What you’re holding in your hands is a set of guidelines. A collection of protocols which describe an approach to another protocol, something we call Twitter. The amazing thing about this particular protocol is that it’s being defined daily. By you. Twitter was inspired by the concepts of immediacy, transparency, and approachability, and created by […]

View “Tweets per Capita” on Slideshare. The Worldwide Congress on Information Technology takes place this week in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As part of my participation, I was asked to deliver a keynote speech on Inclusion. The following research is not comprehensive, but is meant to explore  a new metric for technological and cultural progress. I took […]

[Published in Het Financieele Dagblad, the Dutch financial times, on the opening day of WCIT 2010 in Amsterdam.] A shadow economy controls all of the systems of monetary influence in the world. This system derives value from sharing wealth, in the form of information. It is the economy of words, metered by our attention. This […]

The following is an excerpt from 140 Characters, page 9. There’s the story you wanna tell, and the story a reporter wants to hear, and somewhere in between is the story that gets told. –@realizing Real reporting can take place within social networks. There are two key principles to remember. First: Public Twitter and Facebook […]

Today begins my first book tour, starting with a trip to Canada for a presentation on the Hypertext Edition. Speaking at: FITC Mobile, Toronto, September 12-14 Bambou Design, San Francisco, September 15 140 | The Twitter Conference, Los Angeles, September 22-23 Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco October 20, 2009 – BOOK PREMIERE The 140 Characters […]

Here are a few ways to include a reference to “140 Characters” in a tweet, email, or article. Instead of a hashtag, just use the mention: The Full Mention @thebook by @Dom Sagolla. http://140Characters.com A Style Guide for the Short Form. The Big Mention @thebook by @Dom Sagolla. http://140characters.com The Short Mention @thebook “140 Characters” […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]