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On May 31st, 2000, I signed up with a new service called LiveJournal. I was user 4,136 which entitled me a permanent account and street cred in some alternate geeky universe which I have not yet visited. I was living in the Sunshine Biscuit Factory in Oakland California and starting a company to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services from the web.

One night in July of that year I had an idea to make a more "live" LiveJournal. Real-time, up-to-date, from the road. Akin to updating your AIM status from wherever you are, and sharing it. For the next 5 years, I thought about this concept and tried to silently introduce it into my various projects. It slipped into my dispatch work. It slipped into my networks of medical devices. It slipped into an idea for a frictionless service market. It was everywhere I looked: a wonderful abstraction which was easy to implement and understand.

The 6th year; the idea has finally solidified (thanks to the massively creative environment my employer Odeo provides) and taken a novel form. We're calling it twttr (though this original rendering calls it stat.us; I love the word.ed domains, e.g. gu.st). It's evolved a lot in the past few months. From an excited discussion and persuasion on the South Park playground to a recently approved application for a SMS shortcode. I'm happy this idea has taken root; I hope it thrives.

Some things are worth the wait.

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	eggplantia5 says: awesome. love these docs. Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )
	bizstone says: Right on, Jack. It is an awesome idea, no wonder it has haunted you lo these many years. I'm psyched that I'm here to see it launch! Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )
	sem says: jack, you rock. congratulations. Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )
	dear2world says: I.stumble.upon.twitter.some.months.ago.and.no w.when.I.read.this.it's.pretty.clear.to.me.wh y.I.think.twitter.is.genius.idea.on.the.work. You.guys.rock! "Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy." and... "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )
	!!! k2208 says: wow! storia! -- Seen on google.com (?) Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	Lee Nutter says: It's like a fairy tale :) Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	dubbie says: already very addicted. haha. Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	Tommy Palmer [deleted] says: The Orgins of the Twitterverse. Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	Jrome says: Twitter rocks! Glad you thought of it and had the chance to bring it out. I'd probably have just thought about ymmy saltines. Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	Jim Callender says: cool wireframe.. Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	TaoOfJoe says: Good Things come to those who wait. ditto sem, you rock jack! Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	LenEdgerly says: Historic doc showing 1st 2 Tweets ever: "In Bed" & "going to park". Very cool. Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	knnkanda says: wow you choiced so cool and good! Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	okdt says: Let me ask a question. Have you ever found any unexpected usage of twitter? Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	bsabet says: twitter rules Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	Caol Kailash says: Cool! And I love twitter! Great to see how it started. Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
	Barack Obama is my homeboy says: that's my birthday! :} Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )
	doctor health says: you go bad.and sleep. the computer make you ill Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
	striatic says: so this is how it all started? awesome! -- [discovered in the photophlow welcome room] (?) Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
	Jenn ♥ says: Very cool! Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
	NetpopJosh says: Love the sketch! Please add the story to Project Netpop - reflections of the digital age. Thanks. Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	Arjay Arceo says: OH gosh, I didn't know you were the CEO/creator of twitter. Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	arjunghosh says: Am a total fan of twitter :) thanks for that night when u thought it up :) Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	MichelleMcCormack says: Well, it sure is thriving. Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	jennschwab says: personally, I don't really care to have everyone knowing where I am or what I'm doing. Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	jerseyfreeze says: @jennschwab: you don't actually have to tell anyone Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	zafarali says: awesome! Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	ibernat says: I'm actually writing my BS about Twitter and how to implement the API with my app :) Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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