TED Evan Williams Twitter Worksheet SE 2010

1. エヴァン ウィリアムズ 「Twitter ユーザーの声
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PARAGRAPH 1 : Four years ago…
When did Evan Williams decide to become CEO of ODEO?
What did he do after he became CEO?
PARAGRAPH 2 : One of the guys…
Why is Jack Dorsey important? (What idea did he come up with?)
PARAGRAPH 3: Now, it’s hard to justify…
Why did Evan Williams decide that he could justify doing a side project? (What past experience
made him feel like it was a good idea?)
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Have you ever used/seen Blogger?

2. PARAGRAPH 4 : So, for those of you unfamiliar…
How does Twitter work?
How many people will get Evan’s message when he hits send?
Why was Evan’s team so excited about Twitter?
PARAGRAPH 5 : What we didn’t anticipate…
What example did Evan give for how Twitter is useful during real-time events?
PARAGRAPH 6 : But it wasn’t just…
What organizations started using Twitter to spread information quickly?
PARAGRAPH 7 : Among other interesting things…
How does the Korean Barbecue Truck use Twitter?
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3. PARAGRAPH 8 : Twitter was originally…
Who invented a way to reply to a specific person or a specific message?
How would a Twitter user do that?
PARAGRAPH 9 : Another is via the API…
What does API stand for?
What are two very unusual examples of Twitter related applications?
PARAGRAPH 10 : Probably the most important…
What did the company Summize build?
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How did Twitter help people in Atlanta?
PARAGRAPH 11 : And this trend…
How is Twitter being used to help people?

4. PARAGRAPH 12 : I have no idea…
What advice does Evan give? (What does he say he has learned?)
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announced _____________________________
venture capital_____________________________
ramping up hiring_____________________________
engineer_____________________________
tinkering around with_____________________________
for a number of years_____________________________
justify_____________________________
in a matter of seconds_____________________________
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momentous occasions_____________________________
mundane occasions_____________________________
(be) in touch_____________________________
primary use_____________________________
anticipate_____________________________
real-time_____________________________
dispense information_____________________________
search engine_____________________________
trend_____________________________
follow a hunch_____________________________