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After they hosted us for iPhoneDevCamp 3, I was featured last year for this Yahoo! Developer Spotlight article. We cover the topics of Twitter, iOSDevCamp, DollarApp, and 140 Characters.
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As one of the creators of the micro-blogging service Twitter, and author of 140 Characters: A style guide for the short form, I sat with BBC News for a brief interview on entrepreneurship. My key piece of advice is this: “The simpler you make your idea, the easier it is… to understand the market and [...]
The creative people at the Yahoo! Developer Network filmed this at my home office in San Francisco. Thanks to Tom for his engaging questions, and Havi for the opportunity.
Continue reading about History of Twitter, iPhoneDevCamp, & 140 Characters
Thanks to those of you who wrote in—Math Cards version 1 has been restored to the App Store! An iTunes Staff Favorite, Math Cards rose to the #3 Paid App in Education last year. Quick quizzes in basic math for iPhone and iPod touch. Features: Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide Cards Per-Card Grades Grade-as-you-go 25 Problems [...]
The Hypertext Edition of “140 Characters” is a new book format that is constantly updated with fresh content. Twitter Co-creator Dom Sagolla covers all the basics of great short- form writing, including the importance of communicating with simplicity, honesty, and humor. This is the first writing guide specifically dedicated to communicating with the succinctness and [...]
Continue reading about 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form
As co-founder of iPhone Developer’s Camp, I maintain contact with developer communities all over the world. One very passionate group has formed in the Netherlands, and has invited me to sponsor, organize, and speak during two great events. The first is a daylong hackathon: iPhoneDevCamp Amsterdam November 25th, 2009 11am-4pm (with lunch break) Westergasfabriek Attendance [...]
(Left to right: Duran Rose, Stephen Lynch, Jahanzeb Sherwani, Edward Marks, James Anthony, Farah Memon, and Dom Sagolla. Photo courtesy of Michael Margolis.) It was a thrill to present Big Words at the first ever App Store Showcase at the Apple Store in Downtown San Francisco. I was in august company, where we presented in this [...]
I appeared for the original debut of Adobe TV, talking about my experiences with the Mac after hours, and all about iPhone. I no longer work at Adobe, but have gone full time with DollarApp and my latest project 140 Characters. Adobe has recently relaunched the site, allowing me to embed this well-produced video here. [...]
As part of a recent book deal, DollarApp has been granted Interactive Rights to the full text of “140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form“. Imagine a new type of book: @BookApp. We are interested in working with any iPhone Developer to offer 140 Characters as an In-App Purchase within their App. Just [...]
