You’re watching my Twitter video

August 2, 2007 By

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My Twitter video. An inside look. Meet the team. 37 minutes of Twitter brilliance. Watch it.

You get to see the inside of Twitter’s headquarters. Filmed last Friday, the day after they got funding. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, talks about funding for the first few minutes — we start the interview as Biz is on the move just as they were starting to celebrate Niall Kennedy’s birthday. I’ll watch the video right now and add a list of what’s discussed.

2:50: What is Twitter? (Biz)
3:20: TwitterVision (Biz)
4:10 Niall Kennedy‘s birthday and meet the Twitter team. (Biz and team)
5:27 Discussion of South Park’s role in Web world (a neighborhood in San Francisco that has a high concentration of startups). (Biz and Team)
6:08: You meet engineer Britt who talks about the infrastructure underneath Twitter and the problems scaling it and dealing with rapid growth. (Britt Selvitelle, developer).
8:02: who came up with Twitter? (Britt)
9:38: It was built in Ruby on Rails and Erlang. (Britt)
11:55: Scaling and fixing bugs. (Britt)
14:00 Were you surprised by the growth of Twitter? (Britt)
17:00 Who built the mobile Twitter? (Britt)
18:38 Meet Alex Payne. He maintains the API and works with third-party developers.
19:10 Demo of Twitter (Alex)
21:50 Using Twitter on cell phones and IM (Alex)
22:30 TwitterVision (Alex).
26:30 Discussion of TwitterFeed and LOLCats.
27:20 Answer to criticism of Twitter.
28:50 Twitter’s role during disasters.

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http://www.andrewmager.com/ Andrew

Cool video. I have always wanted to visit their offices!
http://www.andrewmager.com Andrew

Cool video. I have always wanted to visit their offices!
http://webeconoscenza.blogspot.com/ gigicogo

Cool!
http://webeconoscenza.blogspot.com gigicogo

Cool!
http://crisedanslesmedias.hautetfort.com/ Eric

Absolutly great.
http://crisedanslesmedias.hautetfort.com/ Eric

Absolutly great.
http://terrychay.com/blog/ terry chay

So when are they going to host a Lunch 2.0
http://terrychay.com/blog/ terry chay

So when are they going to host a Lunch 2.0
http://iamnotfakesteve.com/ NotSteve

Is this Naill Kennedy this Naill Kennedyhttp://www.niallkennedy.com/? What is he doing at Twitter? Creating the Twitter secret Gadget weapons?

And Britt needs a couple of free days … I think:)
http://iamnotfakesteve.com NotSteve

Is this Naill Kennedy this Naill Kennedyhttp://www.niallkennedy.com/? What is he doing at Twitter? Creating the Twitter secret Gadget weapons?

And Britt needs a couple of free days … I think:)
http://map33.blogspot.com/ apenny

favorite quotable question “so for normal people, what is Twitter?”

Just guessing but i think peeps in SF use the word love a lot more freely than they do in NY.
http://map33.blogspot.com/ apenny

favorite quotable question “so for normal people, what is Twitter?”

Just guessing but i think peeps in SF use the word love a lot more freely than they do in NY.
http://map33.blogspot.com/ apenny

i hate that when i post a comment it resets the whole vid, note to self, watch whole video before commenting.
http://map33.blogspot.com/ apenny

i hate that when i post a comment it resets the whole vid, note to self, watch whole video before commenting.
http://abraham.wordpress.com/ Abe

I love Twitter awesome.
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

NotSteve: Yeah, it’s Niall Kennedy. He subleases some space in the Twitter offices. So does 30 Boxes as well and a couple other companies.
http://abraham.wordpress.com/ Abe

I love Twitter awesome.
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

NotSteve: Yeah, it’s Niall Kennedy. He subleases some space in the Twitter offices. So does 30 Boxes as well and a couple other companies.
http://www.tweeturl.com/ Russ Turley

Great video. You grabbed the right guy Britt had a lot of good information. Keep it up.
http://www.tweeturl.com Russ Turley

Great video. You grabbed the right guy Britt had a lot of good information. Keep it up.
Billy

Is it just me, or is the scope of this blog getting smaller and smaller? Is it just about stuff like Twitter and Facebook now?
Billy

Is it just me, or is the scope of this blog getting smaller and smaller? Is it just about stuff like Twitter and Facebook now?
http://iamnotfakesteve.com/ NotSteve

@Robert Scoble: Aaah!

@Billy: Or requests about getting Facebook status from Twitter
http://iamnotfakesteve.com NotSteve

@Robert Scoble: Aaah!

@Billy: Or requests about getting Facebook status from Twitter
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

Billy: just hang out. I interviewed IBM’s top intellectual property lawyer yesterday plus a Stanford University Computer Science professor.

But, this is what’s hot in the tech industry. I just came back from Always On and they just had a standing-room-only discussion of social networking.
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

Billy: just hang out. I interviewed IBM’s top intellectual property lawyer yesterday plus a Stanford University Computer Science professor.

But, this is what’s hot in the tech industry. I just came back from Always On and they just had a standing-room-only discussion of social networking.
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

And a TON more coming that’s not Facebook or Twitter. Oh, and I try not to post too much of that stuff on my link blog. So, if you are sick of hearing about social stuff you should check into that.
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

And a TON more coming that’s not Facebook or Twitter. Oh, and I try not to post too much of that stuff on my link blog. So, if you are sick of hearing about social stuff you should check into that.
http://www.sugarattack.com/ william

Nice job Robert. Only suggestion i could make is to use a mic for yourself because i could hardly hear your questions
http://www.sugarattack.com william

Nice job Robert. Only suggestion i could make is to use a mic for yourself because i could hardly hear your questions
http://kosso.wordpress.com/ Kosso

Good stuff Robert! Thanks for that! Nice to hear from the team what’s been going on.

I wonder if they realise that I met my fiancee on Twitter?

We both have a button which says “I fell in love in 140 characters or less…” ;p

10,000 miles away too!
http://kosso.wordpress.com Kosso

Good stuff Robert! Thanks for that! Nice to hear from the team what’s been going on.

I wonder if they realise that I met my fiancee on Twitter?

We both have a button which says “I fell in love in 140 characters or less…” ;p

10,000 miles away too!
http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/ Connie {Crosby

Thanks so much. Very informative. Spaz looks great–can’t wait for that.

Cheers,
Connie
http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com Connie {Crosby

Thanks so much. Very informative. Spaz looks great–can’t wait for that.

Cheers,
Connie
http://www.thomashan.com/blog thomashan

Robert, thx so much for an inside view of what the twitter folks are doing! Love it!
http://www.thomashan.com/blog thomashan

Robert, thx so much for an inside view of what the twitter folks are doing! Love it!
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http://lojic.com/blog/ Brian Adkins

Nice job. Keep these inside view videos coming. Is Jaiku coming next, or did I miss that one?
http://lojic.com/blog/ Brian Adkins

Nice job. Keep these inside view videos coming. Is Jaiku coming next, or did I miss that one?
http://moneydick.com/ daniel

A great view inside. Now see how they do birthdays at pownce!
http://moneydick.com daniel

A great view inside. Now see how they do birthdays at pownce!
http://dbrusilovsky.wordpress.com/ Daniel

Loved the video Scoble!
http://dbrusilovsky.wordpress.com Daniel

Loved the video Scoble!
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http://tweblog.com/ Toby Getsch

Dude! Shutup w/ the Twitter and Facebook posts!!!

You’re so much better than this, and so much more creative that this.

I dare you to stop posting about Twitter or Facebook… just for 7 days.

Seriously, I’ve been following you since just before you went to MSFT. I’ve left comments here and there. And, I’ve met you in person several times… I have much respect, and I love what you’ve done for the industry (Web 2.Scoble).

However, I’m sick of it! There is so much more to life than the hottest thing in the bay area.

I’ll keep reading. But, Damn… now I’m down $.02.
http://tweblog.com Toby Getsch

Dude! Shutup w/ the Twitter and Facebook posts!!!

You’re so much better than this, and so much more creative that this.

I dare you to stop posting about Twitter or Facebook… just for 7 days.

Seriously, I’ve been following you since just before you went to MSFT. I’ve left comments here and there. And, I’ve met you in person several times… I have much respect, and I love what you’ve done for the industry (Web 2.Scoble).

However, I’m sick of it! There is so much more to life than the hottest thing in the bay area.

I’ll keep reading. But, Damn… now I’m down $.02.
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

Toby: you need to get a feed reader. I just “J” over anything that’s lame or repetitive or not interesting to me.

Maybe you should read my link blog.

But, more stuff coming to you. I’ve also done 360 videos — only one of which is on Twitter and none on Facebook — in the past 11 months.
http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

Toby: you need to get a feed reader. I just “J” over anything that’s lame or repetitive or not interesting to me.

Maybe you should read my link blog.

But, more stuff coming to you. I’ve also done 360 videos — only one of which is on Twitter and none on Facebook — in the past 11 months.
http://www.apple-of-my-i.com/ marshal sandler

Steve Rubel know what twitter is !
http://www.micropersuasion.com/
http://www.apple-of-my-i.com marshal sandler

Steve Rubel know what twitter is !
http://www.micropersuasion.com/

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