Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Sent Out The World's First Tweet 5 Years Ago

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey
sent out the world's first Tweet,
five years ago in 2006 on March
21st. It read: "just setting up
my twttr." Today, it's used to
archive lives, cultures and
breaking news in real-time.

Dorsey set-in-motion the idea
for Twitter while working with
Biz Stone and Evan Williams at
the podcasting company Odeo.

"As much fun as we were having,
there was always, I think, in
the back of our heads the idea
of the potential of something
important coming from it," Stone
shared feelings from the start-
up's early days.

It was laughed at by some as a
platform for telling the world
what one had for lunch or when
one cleaned house, but Twitter
has become respected as an one-stop
during disasters like the
earthquake in Japan.

Twitter was an invaluable for
information collection and
communication the moment cell-phone
service became available in Japan,
for example.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20110322085716writ.nb/topstory.html