The tale of twitter begins in 1984

And so begins an interesting account in Vanity Fair of Jack Dorsey , the co-founder of Twitter, and writer of the first-ever tweet. Jack Dorsey born November 19, 1976  is an American software architect and businessman widely known as the creator of Twitter and as the founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company. In 2008, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.

 


Innovator and commuter programmer, Jack Dorsey, is best known as the creator of Twitter, a social media tool that uses short messages to share personal expression. In the beginning, the service was deemed shallow and ego-driven by many a naysayer, but it gained respect as it was used by major organizations and movements as a powerful platform for political, social, and personal campaigns.


Computer programmer and entrepreneur. Born November 19, 1976, Jack Dorsey is best known as the creator of Twitter. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. Dorsey became interested in computers and communications at an early age and began programming while still a student at Bishop DuBourg High School. He was fascinated by the technological challenge of coordinating taxi drivers, delivery vans and other fleets of vehicles that needed to remain in constant, real-time communication with one another. 


When he was 15, Dorsey wrote dispatch software that is still used by some taxicab companies today.His three guiding principles, which are shared by the whole company and through its culture, are simplicity, constraint and craftsmanship.