The A List Apart Blog Presents:

The Origin of Tweet

by Jeffrey ZeldmanJuly 02, 2013August 12, 2019

Published in Uncategorized

Article Continues Below

Twitterific co-creator Craig Hockenberry tells how and when a bird became synonymous with Twitter, and reveals the secret history of “tweet” as a noun and verb for Twitter messages and the act of publishing them.

No Comments

Got something to say?

We have turned off comments, but you can see what folks had to say before we did so.

More from ALA

Mobile-First CSS: Is It Time for a Rethink?

by Patrick Clancey

Is mobile-first CSS always the best option? Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons and lays out an alternative.

Designers, (Re)define Success First

by Lennart Overkamp

Learn how to engage stakeholders, focus on impactful objectives, and measure the results in this template for ethical design.

Breaking Out of the Box

by Patrick Brosset

What can we do with thirty pixels? Windows Controls Overlay frees us from 40 years of history telling us how apps should look.

How to Sell UX Research with Two Simple Questions

by Sophia V. Prater

Seriously, do not ever design screens again without first answering these questions: what are the objects and how do they relate?

A Content Model Is Not a Design System

by Mike Wills

Why do so many content models still look more like design systems rather than reflecting structured data? Mike Wills takes us on a personal journey as he examines his own past experiences and invites us to conceive content models that articulate meaning and group related content together for use on any channel.