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Monday, July 30, 2007

Twitter and Greenpeace

The Ocean Doctor is Twittering from aboard the Greenpeace ship "Esperanza." They're currently in the Bering Sea using submarines to explore undersea canyons. Follow along!

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Taking a bite out of the big apple

First, Twitter was a fun side project, then it was cared for lovingly at Obvious until it was time to form Twitter, Inc. Today, we're excited to announce an important moment for Twitter. We've raised funding from our friends in New York City at Union Square Ventures.

From some of his early writing about Twitter we had a hunch Fred Wilson was someone we'd get along with. After we met with Fred and his team, we knew we wanted to work together. As Fred's written in his post about the news, Twitter is going to use this funding to grow our resources and focus on the important tasks ahead.

To help us achieve these goals we're also working with our old friends out here on the West Coast at Charles River Ventures. In addition, we're honored to include some folks we've been inspired by as angel investors including Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Ron Conway, and Naval Ravikant to name a few.

Twitter has had such an awesome start and now we're even more excited to keep up the momentum. We're very much looking forward to building a strong and sustainable company. If you want to be part of Twitter, please consider joining us. It's going to be fun.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

@johnedwards

On July 23rd immediately following the Youtube/CNN debate John Edwards will answer questions from Twitter users in a live webcast on JohnEdwards.com. He wants twitter-ers to @johnedwards some questions in advance. Pretty cool.

Friends, Followers, and Notifications

Lots of folks have noted that there's too much overlap and confusion between "friend" and "follow." They both mean "I want this person's updates" so why do we need them both? Good point, it turns out we don't. As Twitter has evolved, these two concepts have emerged in parallel and clouded things up. So, in the spirit of simplification, we've made a change.

After careful consideration and user testing, we are no longer going to define people as your "friends." The functionality of adding people remains, but the interaction is focused on the term "follow" instead. We've also added a "notifications" toggle which allows you to turn on updates via SMS or IM on a person-by-person basis.

The new button for these features is prominently placed so it's possible you'll notice more folks following your updates. If you'd rather not be notified when you attract a new follower, you can adjust your account settings. Please try out the new functionality! Hopefully, you'll find it easier and more intuitive.

A Twitter Turnaround

Dan from Wireless Is Fun has spotted an interesting Twitter Turnaround. Howard Lindzon decided to join Twitter and only post about going to the toilet—a commentary if you will, on his perception of Twitter's value to society.

However, when an explosion rocked Manhattan Howard turned instantly to Twitter, "No more joking about toilets. No more ambiguity. Lindzon uses the one tool he bashes and pokes fun at to inform and hopefully inform himself of a crisis situation."

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Twitter's Drinking Water Strategy

It occurs to us that paying to have water bottled and shipped to our office when clean drinking water flows from the tap is silly, to say the least. In fact, some might even say it's socially, ecologically, and financially irresponsible.

Many people suffer without access to reliable drinking water
The bottled water industry creates lots of garbage and pollution
Bottled water costs way more than tap water

However, it's important that folks drink water every day so we've devised an official Twitter, Inc water strategy. First, we stopped delivery of bottled water. Next, we're going to buy a nifty water bottle for everyone who works at Twitter and install a filter on the tap so the water is even tastier.

When guests visit our office, we'll offer them drinking water from our limited stock of Ethos water. Ethos works to help children around the world get clean water and raise awareness of the world water crisis.

Crystal: support superhero!

I was proud and happy to wake up to the following email:

Good Day Jack,

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank one of your employees, who has been helping me with a serial problem over the last few weeks. Her name is Crystal and she has given exemplary service in my opinion.

We had someone who had set up a couple of sites using twitter and was using them to spread false information. At first this was almost funny, but later became more serious. As soon as I pointed out that this person had overstepped the line, the sites were frozen in accordance with your terms and conditions.

I am pleased to find somewhere on the Internet that I could recommend to anyone knowing that abuse will not be tolerated, and where the staff are so efficient and helpful.

Best Regards,

David Parr
St. Helens, UK

Crystal continues to amaze us (and Twitter users) every day! Have a question, issue, or some feedback? Contact us!

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Twitter Rocks

Twitter Rocks
Originally uploaded by Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble wrote this message in the sand in Half Moon Bay, CA and twenty seconds later it was wiped away by the waves. Awesome, thanks Robert!

Monday, July 09, 2007

Twitter Recognized by TIME

Twitter.com - 50 Best Websites 2007 - TIME

iPhones at Twitter HQ

iphone
Originally uploaded by bizstone

As you might imagine, there are lots of expenses associated with employees--salary, health insurance, etc. In the grand scheme of things, buying 10 employees a fancy new iPhone is not a gigantic expense. However, arriving at the office on a normal weekday and discovering a brand new iPhone waiting for you feels like an extra fancy perk. Speaking of iPhones, pockettweets.com is a cool web site designed specifically for the latest apple gadget.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Twitter Downloads

Have you checked out our new downloads page? Free applications for Windows, Mac, and Firefox thanks to some smart Twitter fans and our API. As always, there's more over at the Fan Wiki.

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