This document provides an overview of Twitter past, present and future. It discusses how Twitter started and its initial uses, current statistics on users and professional applications. It also explores Twitter's place in education and language learning. The document outlines Twitter's communication gaps and competitors. Finally, it speculates on potential future business models, increased commercial usage, and how users may adapt the platform over time.

1. Twitter: Past, Present and Future

2. To the blind all things are sudden. -Marshall Mcluhan

3. In The Beginning

4. Early Twitter Site

5. Who is Using Twitter

6. Quote From Co-founder “Many people use it for professional purposes-keeping connected with industry contacts and following news” -Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder

8. General Statistics Graph courtesy of socialmediatoday.com

9. Why Aren’t Teenagers Using Twitter? "Most teens are not interested in being truly public,” says Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd. Only 8 percent of online teens use it. This potentially stems from privacy concerns, that it may be difficultto block who can see your profile.

10. Comparing Social Networks Graph courtesy of socialmediatoday.com

11. Place in the Market

12. Twitter Features According to Hitwise, Twitter in January 2009, stands at number 84 in it’s Computers. In the internet category, it is one space up the chart from Digg. Twitter's Features: Brief/ compact: only 140 characters one tweet Transparent: everyone can see your tweets unless you set the private mode. Accessible: accessible from computers or mobile anytime and anywhere; accessible to anyone you would like to follow.

13. Place In Market To listen to your customers "A growing number of companies are keeping track of what's said about their brands on Twitter. Comcast (CMCSA), Dell (DELL), General Motors (GM), H&R Block (HRB), Kodak (EK), and Whole Foods Market (WFMI) are among a handful of companies haunting Twitter to do everything from burnish brands to provide customer service.” --Rachael King, How Companies Use Twitter to Bolster Their Brand

16. Place In Education Information sharing/ Interactive encouragement: Following opinion leaders as a self-education way

17. Language Tool An optimistic tool to support foreign language learning Twitter was viewed as a supplement to practice in authentic environment different aspects of the target language as it was taught in the classroom -- Wikipedia It is suitable to train communicative and culture competence anytime anywhere with-out face-to-face interaction. -- Borau, K; Ullrich, C; Feng, JJ

19. Twitter’s Communication Gap According to Hubspot's statistic, only 18% of all Twitter users have more than 100 followers. A total 81% of users are currently also following less than 100 people.

20. Twitter’s Gender Gap The gap between men and women Twitter follower statistics from HBS:

21. Competitors

23. Rich media content: video, audio notes,link preview, galleries

24. Social gaming

25. Location services

27. The Future

30. Share ad revenue with 3rd party platforms

31. Acquire businesses (e.g. Summize)

32. Charge access to customer data

35. Micropayments

36. Charity fundraising

37. Election organizing and policy debates/announcements

38. Data mining and metrics

39. Emergency/Contingency planning and operations

40. Brand management

41. Social infrastructure (process engineering)

43. Questions? Presentation by Anita Beninger @anitamedia Zachary Midleszmidles@gmail.com Li Li lili_smiling@hotmail.com Brian Solloms8ronin@gmail.com Ivan Sydorenko @IVSyd