Evan Williams Speech at Ted Talks Conference
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102 responses so far ↓
1 777999777999 // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:30 pm
dumb name
2 Z1BABOUINOS // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:30 pm
and at the end, you will beg the government to implant a GPS in you, with camera and audio, so every move you make and every breath you take can be recorded and monitored.And you will looooooove it too! Like your Big Brother…. Like your 500 (fake) friends in facebook.HELLO!
3 RantKid // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:36 pm
lame TED talk this week
4 nazdun // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Not the strongest speaker, but a very interesting talk nontheless. We need more ways of spreading information more easily.
5 silkodyssey // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:58 pm
you do youtube!
6 supertrinko // Feb 27, 2009 at 4:21 pm
oh i see what you did there
7 NwZ2 // Feb 27, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Gotta love paranoid delusions.
8 Skyler827 // Feb 27, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Why is this one so much shorter?Great talk, though.
9 guitarguy93 // Feb 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm
HahaI had to make an exception.
10 iurak6868 // Feb 27, 2009 at 5:24 pm
stephenetienne, the first sentence you wrote: “narcissism and megalomania have become virtues”I really feel the same way about it
11 Mrmoc7 // Feb 27, 2009 at 5:45 pm
“Evan Williams on what’s behind Twitter’s explosive growth”Explosive growth? Isn’t that a bit of an overstatement?
12 SecularWorld // Feb 27, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Not one of the best TED talks, and pretty short, but i love TED anyway!
13 Simaholic45 // Feb 27, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Not really, in the past 6 months Twitter has “exploded” in popularity.
14 Alluminati // Feb 27, 2009 at 6:38 pm
get away with this videos, fascist…
15 1trip711 // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:04 pm
lame
16 samuelmichaud // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Suitable name. For twits. Making the world twitter.
17 zombiesmasher // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:27 pm
TED has 9 minute commercial breaks now?
18 KDIZ930 // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:52 pm
seems fun. my opinion stands that people need to mind their own business
19 chilenozo // Feb 27, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I don’t think it is so paranoid. I don’t think governments will start this, but some may take advantage in the future. The fact that we voluntary are letting our privacy go away with facebook (some employers are using it to pre-screen), Twitter (individuals are constantly spamming about anything they do), etc can make the work for a controlling government much more easy in the near future. Technology go so fast that humans are showing they can’t adapt their laws, ethics, habits, etc, to it.
20 dragonstorm83 // Feb 27, 2009 at 9:48 pm
LOL HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA!!!
21 thaprecepta // Feb 28, 2009 at 12:02 am
twitter seems like fucking useless trash
22 int3rl0per // Feb 28, 2009 at 12:32 am
What the hell was that crap at the end of the talk? Yes, it’s a fnucking solar panel. It generates enough electricity to charge up your cellphone. And?
23 andid // Feb 28, 2009 at 12:49 am
I usually like technology, but this just seems useless. Aren’t cell phones enough loss of privacy? I don’t get it.
24 TehNewV // Feb 28, 2009 at 3:00 am
It’s an Advertisement people, not a talk.
25 botao123 // Feb 28, 2009 at 3:43 am
the speaker looks so nervous
26 HigherPlanes // Feb 28, 2009 at 7:58 am
yea, that kinda happens with people, good observation.
27 academiccuriosity // Feb 28, 2009 at 7:58 am
I have a hard time knowing what to think about Twitter. On the one hand, yes it gives people a way to share information instantaneously. But, just IMAGINE the number of people at Obama’s Inauguration who, instead of actually watching the historical moment, were instead tweeting about it. The problem is that if you’re doing something cool enough to tweet, then you’re too busy to tweet.
28 HigherPlanes // Feb 28, 2009 at 7:58 am
my girlfriend is a twiter whore
29 arev1977 // Feb 28, 2009 at 8:31 am
Good one- I agree with you . We already have cell phones., IM’s, skype and such…..This is very intrusive and annoying!!
30 AskCarrieLee // Feb 28, 2009 at 8:49 am
A fascinating tool that is changing how we share information…
31 Azoruk // Feb 28, 2009 at 9:48 am
I, for one, am not particularly interested with twitter. This hardly seems worthy of a TED talk.
32 reignofhope // Feb 28, 2009 at 9:49 am
….wth TED? This is a damn advertisement.
33 StuBakerComedy // Feb 28, 2009 at 10:58 am
Twitter is a genuine social phenomenon. I just Teeted this youtube URL.
34 chaser7016 // Feb 28, 2009 at 11:17 am
I want to talk at TED! Hope I get the opportunity!
35 BartenderMix // Feb 28, 2009 at 11:27 am
the guy is talking about a network externality site
36 lilcryingangel // Feb 28, 2009 at 1:20 pm
i created the first messenger
37 WoofManToronto // Feb 28, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Brilliant! I think Google should buy twitter right now before it’s too late! My 2 cents on the topic:-)
38 chalkers // Feb 28, 2009 at 2:38 pm
i created the universe
39 saridavid // Feb 28, 2009 at 5:05 pm
iam God ):
40 jjmm112 // Feb 28, 2009 at 6:43 pm
” Twitter`s”= saddo`s……………..
41 jacobrecker // Feb 28, 2009 at 8:44 pm
How could someone tweet “I have dropped my phone in the toilet” when the phone is in the toilet? Twitter and Facebook are pointless.
42 jjjjasmine // Mar 1, 2009 at 12:48 am
aw, he was so nervous. =\
43 purv989 // Mar 1, 2009 at 12:57 am
twitter sucks
44 punkslashhippy // Mar 1, 2009 at 8:13 am
twitter’s hugely successful but i have no interest in it.interaction is better on a personal level, and if possible; over a pint : )
45 lnternet // Mar 1, 2009 at 8:23 am
i created you stfu
46 lilcryingangel // Mar 1, 2009 at 8:31 am
nobody believs me
47 marciohiroyuki // Mar 1, 2009 at 8:44 am
fantastic..
48 86kinky86 // Mar 1, 2009 at 8:47 am
not really
49 TheSilentPolyglot // Mar 1, 2009 at 10:55 am
You are right!
50 blackgriot // Mar 1, 2009 at 11:26 am
Thanks for making this CC!!
51 Cannibalzz // Mar 1, 2009 at 11:38 am
I don’t know, this talk really just seemed like a guy bragging about the success of his own company.
52 thecitysleepsinmatt // Mar 1, 2009 at 12:45 pm
cool, but he is a bad speaker
53 Northwichita // Mar 1, 2009 at 7:11 pm
twitter is about people using there cell phone to communicate with groups of other people.oh.
54 jozjan // Mar 1, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Why? What’s wrong with him?
55 rochet75 // Mar 2, 2009 at 2:20 am
SCAM @!!@! PIRAMID SCAM!
56 onepiecemachine // Mar 2, 2009 at 2:57 am
“A plant twitter when it needs watered?”Need watered?
57 AtheistdotEDU // Mar 2, 2009 at 3:44 am
This type of TED talk is like an entry in a really awesome high school science fair, and that is all right with me. He needs better presentation skills, but is probably insanely nervous (think about who is there! and he knows people are twittering!) — much like a science fair student.Some people are far too critical of other humans and their attempts to be better than they are.
58 quakey987 // Mar 2, 2009 at 9:58 am
This cat should really get down on his knees and thank God for technology and his success financial every day. Twitter is an application of technology that is eminently obvious ,almost a creation in itself, I guess someone had to invent it , I’ll bet many just discarded the idea because they thought it too mundane , I’ll give him credit for that at least. Now everyone thinks he has something important to offer the business world or society at large . I think not
59 BlaccChief // Mar 2, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I can see some practical applications of twitter. I actually thought the gas thing was pretty cool. Facebook, eh, I guees some people may just want their face out there and it helps for meeting people that are not just in your area.
60 Zombiebloodfeast // Mar 3, 2009 at 5:09 am
Perhaps he merely doesn’t feel comfortable in the spot light.I myself like the work to speak for itself, and find it difficult to say anything interesting about anything I might do. I often come across as unsure, when really I just think trying to upsell oneself sounds kinda shameless. He doesn’t seem to be bragging, just unsure of what else to say. Don’t tell me you would be comfortable up there trying to justify why you’ve been chosen to be on the same stage as some very brilliant minds
61 dsgncr8or // Mar 3, 2009 at 1:52 pm
We need more products that allows us to help eachother… pretty kewl.
62 8ballbreakandrun // Mar 3, 2009 at 8:52 pm
It wasn’t 2.12 a gallon for gas in Loganville when we recently had our difficulties. It was 4.60 or so per gallon.
63 gotilk // Mar 4, 2009 at 9:46 am
A friend of mine recently came up with a word to describe the battle against this type of thing and I helped her do it. She called it “googlewhelming”.You create so much information, (boring, uninteresting information) associated with your full name, that any employer trying to dig into your personal life as a way to “screen” you (sorry, it is what it is.. stalking) will become so bored after about 45 min, they give up and either hire you for your abilities or move on.
64 flyhead2 // Mar 5, 2009 at 12:19 pm
This is enough to turn anyone into a neo-luddite.
65 brizzlie // Mar 9, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I agree with the “worst talk ever” tweet…
66 kthankxbye // Mar 10, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Evan is adorable
67 kahnicles // Mar 11, 2009 at 8:13 am
hmmm, i’m getting closer and closer to my first tweet
68 787Bisurdaddy // Mar 11, 2009 at 1:27 pm
He’s not really engaging the audience, but nonetheless, I found it interesting to hear about the various ways people actually use Twitter, especially since I don’t because I found it to be rather pointless. I was wrong.I tend to be behind the curve a bit because I only use my phone for talking and limited texting. I don’t have a Blackberry or anything, so I try to avoid cumbersome ancillary functions, but those functions are getting more and more useful every day.
69 787Bisurdaddy // Mar 11, 2009 at 1:30 pm
If I ever find the interface that I feel comfortable with, I’ll dive into those functions and probably use things like Twitter, but I really haven’t found a device that I like enough yet.The ability to have so much information available at our fingertips is quite extraordinary when you consider how much different things were only 15 years ago.
70 HigherPlanes // Mar 14, 2009 at 10:25 am
It’s not just twitter. it’s the web. Why is the web so luring? It gives us a voice. Plain and simple. and if that confuses anyone you haven’t thought about it long enough.
71 normskis69 // Mar 17, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I hadn’t heard of Twitter before today. Myspace/Facebook with the addition of ‘Tweets’. I’m sure it’s useful/profitable.Can someone solve this problem?I wish there was a way of never having to see another pop up or ‘roll-over’ advert ever again.Roll over ads should be banned because they prevent you from using a portion of your screen:The advert pops up in the foreground of whatever you’re viewing and won’t go until you physically look at it and click ‘x’.Disgusting
72 achance000 // Mar 19, 2009 at 12:36 am
If your using firefox I believe there is an extension that blocks adsense ads …it would work provided the ad is by adsense……never tried it but I heard it works…give it a shot….don’t know if it works for IE though.
73 normskis69 // Mar 19, 2009 at 1:10 am
Cheers. I have IE and Firefox, but I tend to use IE more for some reason?!I’ll give it a try
74 trevfrank // Mar 19, 2009 at 11:41 pm
9:11 lesbians
75 pkrishnametal // Mar 23, 2009 at 2:10 pm
thanks
76 tizoasted // Mar 23, 2009 at 2:20 pm
twitter, i don’t get the obsession :/JLYI:dot:NET
77 crazydafy // Mar 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm
bahaha
78 svennybob // Mar 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I’d say the key to Twitter’s “success” is people’s vanity and addiction to rambling about their pointless lives. Pretty gay.
79 dhp1161 // Mar 23, 2009 at 2:45 pm
fat ones thoughwarning
80 pkrishnametal // Mar 23, 2009 at 2:59 pm
damn..too late.thx btw
81 teretete // Mar 23, 2009 at 3:35 pm
ouch, needs practice on public speaking
82 masterohumans // Mar 24, 2009 at 12:46 am
poor guy looked nervous
83 salesasylum // Mar 29, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Nervous yes…, genius is hell yes…congrats on a fantastic concept! Victor Antonio
84 trakkaton // Apr 5, 2009 at 10:47 am
Do I understand that righly?If you just Twitter enough, the NSA knows your every deed?
85 Aragonesccafa // Apr 9, 2009 at 8:36 am
Three girls using another girl for their pleasure – 1POKEMONHENTAI[.]COM
86 tiagoaoa // Apr 11, 2009 at 1:24 pm
That and the fear of feeling lonely. Twitter helps these people think someone gives a damn.
87 delyq7er1 // Apr 24, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Teen couple fcking under the shower – VAGINA*XXXSIZE*.*COM
88 hijodemadre2 // Apr 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm
this guy is a low life
89 hijodemadre2 // Apr 26, 2009 at 2:11 pm
i take that back, his super cool
90 preagnantflea // Apr 27, 2009 at 7:32 am
Morons with no lives.That’s what’s behind twitters explosive growth.
91 blackhealthvillage // Apr 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm
I heart twitter! cool app.
92 RaiSaix // May 5, 2009 at 6:38 pm
I’m sorry, but I would have to agree. Twitter is a somewhat pointless application, and wastes time better spent doing something real with your time, rather than fooling yourself with the notion that people actually care about what your doing every second of everyday.
93 ImOnTheTube // May 9, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Twitter is something that again shows the true face of our present society’s attention seeking unstable egos. We have to know everything about everyone so we can compare our lives to others just to see if were worth more, less or about the same. Is this really how we want to spend our time? Besides, live news feeds were invented a long time ago. If you have something important to say to someone you gain enough courage to meet them personally or at least give them a call. Absolute crap.
94 cygnus1899 // May 21, 2009 at 6:40 pm
If people have internet access to use Twitter, can’t they use news website to get information on wildfires, rather than reading max. 140 characters status updates!! duh!!
95 kathy025 // May 23, 2009 at 6:35 am
Twitter is stalking in the 21st century. Less creepy, more stylish.
96 jellyboy123 // May 23, 2009 at 5:52 pm
the only reason twitter is what it is today because so many celebrates got twitter and you can stalk celebrates. Twitter will be a flash in the pan once the celebrates move the people will move with the celebrates. Trust me in 3 years time people will be say stuff like twitter omg that’s so retro . The future is video and live web cam feeds the faster internet will become the better quality live feeds will become.
97 WERDMARC // May 26, 2009 at 10:31 pm
try plurk.i think its cooler because you dont only brag about your unexceptional lie but you can connect and share ideas and stories with your friends. try plurk.
98 Fulcanellius // May 27, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Anyone else find it funny that we used to use BBS systems to communicate together then came the web and we got lost in it for lo these many years and now a BBS like system with a GUI is now the hot “New” thing, i mean come on its just a socialized message board with a trojan in it to provide updates to others on your botnet, i mean people following you
99 jose449 // May 28, 2009 at 5:17 pm
follow applefeed on twitter for the lates apple news and free apps!
100 duba3988 // May 30, 2009 at 4:15 pm
twitter is not for me
101 trevgoodchild // Jun 10, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I couldn’t care less about somebody dropping their phone in the W.C. But relying it on “Important Events Unfolding” can cause hysteria and confusion when the message is miss read. It’ll die like webcrawler & geocities. “-I’ve just yawned ” trev_goodchild 10:37am 11/06/09.
102 dave // Sep 16, 2009 at 1:13 am
great video.. twitter is in a league of its own now and has passed all the competition by. Its bigger then big
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