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Abu Dhabi 22 Nov 2012 | 10:28 am
In November of 2012, I participated in the Social Media & Beyond event in Abu Dhabi, sponsored by the Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. The forum consisted of Chris Brogan, myself, and ...
Becker College 2012 Commencement Address 8 Jun 2012 | 02:35 am
Worcester, MA: Becker College, May 14, 2012. Candidates for the Class of 2012, it is a distinct honor for me to address you all today. I grew up not far from here in a little town called Lynnfield ju...
First Use of Twitter @ Sign 7 Jun 2012 | 01:06 am
@Errand — Dom Sagolla (@dom) March 22, 2006 — Dom Sagolla (@dom) March 22, 2006 On Twitter’s first day, pretty much all you could do was send messages and receive them. There were no username links...
International Genius Grant 2 Feb 2012 | 08:57 pm
I’ve been selected to receive the first International Genius travel grant from the City of Amsterdam and the Appsterdam Foundation. In recognition of your steller career and continued contributions t...
Interview with BBC World News on Twitter 7 Sep 2011 | 03:39 pm
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...
Foreword by @Jack Dorsey 19 Jun 2010 | 09:47 am
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 ...
Tweets per Capita 26 May 2010 | 10:45 pm
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...
Economy of Words 26 May 2010 | 02:35 am
[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 ...
10 Twitter Tips for Journalists 25 Feb 2010 | 08:59 pm
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 ...
Appreciate Craftsmanship as a Thousand Small Gestures 25 Feb 2010 | 08:53 am
Excerpt from 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form, page 18. How many microscopic adjustments are made to a sculpture before it is complete? How many stitches go into a fine garment? This ...
