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Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey. Inventor of Twitter By: Kelly Ryan. “What if you could share your status with all your friends really easily, so they know what you're doing?” –Jack Dorsey. Background. Born November 19, 1976 Creator of Twitter

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Jack Dorsey

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  1. Jack Dorsey Inventor of Twitter By: Kelly Ryan “What if you could share your status with all your friends really easily, so they know what you're doing?” –Jack Dorsey

  2. Background • Born November 19, 1976 • Creator of Twitter • In 2012, The Wall Street Journal presented him with the "Innovator of the Year Award" for technology. • He first attended Missouri University of Science and Technology and then transferred to New York University. • When Dorsey was about 13 years old, he was very interested in dispatch routing. • Some of this software he invented is still used by many taxi cab companies. • He also had other technology ideas that included networks of medical devices.

  3. Twitter • Twitter is an online social networking service and micro blogging service that allows users to send and read text-based “tweets” or messages of up to 140 characters. • Twitter rapidly developed and became increasingly popular worldwide. • As of 2012, there were 500 million registered users. • Unregistered users can also access public tweets. • Dorsey had this idea of creating a software in which people could share statuses and messages among friends easily. TWITTER TIMELINE: • In 2000, Dorsey had an idea for a web-based realtime status/short message communication service. • This lead to the creation of the popular media website: Twitter • Twitter was launched July 5, 2006. • On September 14, 2010, Twitter launched a redesigned site with a new logo.

  4. Interesting Information • Similar to other computer science entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey dropped out of college before receiving his degree. • Twitter was used by U.S. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008. • The first off-Earth Twitter message was “tweeted” from the International Space Station on January 22, 2010 by NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer. Twitter in the Classroom •  Teachers can utilize twitter in their classrooms to unite students. • Trending topics can promote creativity and new ideas. • Create a tight-knit community of learners • With an authoring technology tool like Twitter students can collaborate with each other and the public.

  5. List of References • Dickey, M. R. (2012, October 3). How Jack Dorsey Came To Invent Square and Twitter - Business Insider. Retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com/how-jack-dorsey-came-to-invent-square-and-twitter-2012-9 • Griggs, B. (2013). Twitter's Jack Dorsey eyes New York mayor's job - CNN.com. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/tech/social-media/dorsey-twitter-nyc • Jack Dorsey. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/jack-dorsey-578280. • McCarthy, C. (2010, January 22). Astronaut sends first live tweets from space | The Social - CNET News. Retrieved from http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10439573-36.html • Twitter. (2013). Retrieved from https://twitter.com • Twitter's Jack Dorsey on 60 Minutes [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2anYtEmdK0

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