Evan Williams on what’s behind Twitter’s explosive growth
www.ted.com In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I just tweeted that I am commenting on youtube. DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
And yet, I bet you still use failbook.
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:21 pm
So many people think Twitter is just for telling friends that you’re “on the toilet” or “eating some soup”, but if you think that then you’re missing out in a massive way. Twitter can be used for so many amazing things as this talk shows, and the more people that “get it”, the faster and bigger their growth will be. I think Twitter should change the “what are you doing” box/question to something with a broader meaning! I ignored Twitter for a year until I understood its uses… now I love it!
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Odeo rocked back in the day:):):)
July 22nd, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Twitter is only what you make it. If you think its just for people who like to brag, try following useful tweeters like your university or local events manager. That’s where twitter can become worthwhile. And why get news from twitter instead of a news paper website? Because twitter is real-time. It takes time to produce quality professional media, but don’t you want to know what’s happening now?? Thats the beauty of web 2.0.
July 22nd, 2010 at 6:38 pm
great video.. i love twitter . follow me @twitrobo
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Twitter is just another version of getting your personal data and store it on databases for making user behavior profiles.
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:50 pm
I couldn’t care less about somebody dropping their phone in the W.C. But relying it on “Important Events Unfolding” can cause hysteria and confusion when the message is miss read. It’ll die like webcrawler & geocities. “-I’ve just yawned ” trev_goodchild 10:37am 11/06/09.
July 22nd, 2010 at 8:04 pm
twitter is not for me
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:03 pm
follow applefeed on twitter for the lates apple news and free apps!
July 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Anyone else find it funny that we used to use BBS systems to communicate together then came the web and we got lost in it for lo these many years and now a BBS like system with a GUI is now the hot “New” thing, i mean come on its just a socialized message board with a trojan in it to provide updates to others on your botnet, i mean people following you
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:42 pm
try plurk.
i think its cooler because you dont only brag about your unexceptional lie but you can connect and share ideas and stories with your friends. try plurk.
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:59 pm
the only reason twitter is what it is today because so many celebrates got twitter and you can stalk celebrates. Twitter will be a flash in the pan once the celebrates move the people will move with the celebrates. Trust me in 3 years time people will be say stuff like twitter omg that’s so retro . The future is video and live web cam feeds the faster internet will become the better quality live feeds will become.
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Twitter is stalking in the 21st century. Less creepy, more stylish.
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:57 pm
If people have internet access to use Twitter, can’t they use news website to get information on wildfires, rather than reading max. 140 characters status updates!! duh!!
July 23rd, 2010 at 12:44 am
Twitter is something that again shows the true face of our present society’s attention seeking unstable egos. We have to know everything about everyone so we can compare our lives to others just to see if were worth more, less or about the same. Is this really how we want to spend our time? Besides, live news feeds were invented a long time ago.
If you have something important to say to someone you gain enough courage to meet them personally or at least give them a call. Absolute crap.
July 23rd, 2010 at 1:00 am
I’m sorry, but I would have to agree. Twitter is a somewhat pointless application, and wastes time better spent doing something real with your time, rather than fooling yourself with the notion that people actually care about what your doing every second of everyday.
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:00 am
I heart twitter! cool app.
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 am
Morons with no lives.That’s what’s behind twitters explosive growth.
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:06 am
i take that back, his super cool
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:10 am
this guy is a low life
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 am
Teen couple fcking under the shower – VAGINA*XXXSIZE*.*COM
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:27 am
That and the fear of feeling lonely. Twitter helps these people think someone gives a damn.
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:30 am
Do I understand that righly?
If you just Twitter enough, the NSA knows your every deed?
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:15 am
Nervous yes…, genius is hell yes…congrats on a fantastic concept! Victor Antonio