Have you ever wondered what Twitter looked like in the early stages? We’re talking very early stages here — before any website files were even created. We’re talking the pencil to paper level.
Twitter – A Creation By Jack Dorsey
The first twitter sketch after Jack Dorsey had the idea to make a more “live” livejournal.
From a note circa January 2006.
casual awareness.
“what are you up to?”
multiple entry point to set status
- web
- email
- phone
- sms
- im
multiple ways to “subscribe” to status
- web
- email
- phone
- sms
- im
3 aspects
- set status
- timeline (collaborative)
- configuration
All images courtesy of Jack Dorsey’s Flickr page.


