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Review copies have shipped, and now 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form will be appearing in stores across the US and Canada. Look for it, snap a picture, and post it here! Once you’ve read it, please post a review to Amazon, Borders, or Barnes & Noble. Don’t forget: in one week I’ll […]

Contact: Cynthia Shannon, cshannon@wiley.com @cincindypat/415-782-3119 Heather Condon, hcondon@wiley.com @WileyBiz/201-748-6017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 140 CHARACTERS: A Style Guide for the Short Form By Dom Sagolla, Co-Creator of Twitter “One could change the world with one hundred and forty characters.” – Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder of Twitter San Francisco, CA – Twitter – the 140 character online service […]

I’m pleased to announce that I will be appearing at the Swarthmore College Science Center (near Philadelphia) for a special event. Friday, October 23nd 4:00pm in room 199 of the Science Center Swarthmore, PA Schedule: 4:00-4:15 – book display and presentation setup 4:15 – ready to sell books, maybe signing as well 4:30 – talk, […]

Fellow speaker Monty Metzger used his Flip camera to capture a brief interview about the basics of the book, available October 19th. Note: I correct myself, but the book contract was in fact signed in late June. I did leave Adobe to work on it full time in July and submitted the first draft on […]

Today begins my first book tour, starting with a trip to Canada for a presentation on the Hypertext Edition. Speaking at: FITC Mobile, Toronto, September 12-14 Bambou Design, San Francisco, September 15 140 | The Twitter Conference, Los Angeles, September 22-23 Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco October 20, 2009 – BOOK PREMIERE The 140 Characters […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Twitter Co-creator Dom Sagolla to publish “140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form.” Printed by John Wiley & Sons, the book is scheduled to appear in bookstores in the US and Canada on 10/19/09. The product of four years of research and writing, this field manual to social media has three […]

Tuesday October 20, 2009 7:00pm BookShop West Portal 80 West Portal Ave. San Francisco, California 94127 Get Directions Join Twitter co-creator Dom Sagolla as he debuts his first book, “140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form.” Bookshop West Portal is a local, independently-owned bookstore frequented during the creation of the text. Event includes a […]

Here are a few ways to include a reference to “140 Characters” in a tweet, email, or article. Instead of a hashtag, just use the mention: The Full Mention @thebook by @Dom Sagolla. http://140Characters.com A Style Guide for the Short Form. The Big Mention @thebook by @Dom Sagolla. http://140characters.com The Short Mention @thebook “140 Characters” […]

Catch an early glimpse at the Recommended Reading section of 140 Characters over on Amazon’s Listmania: Mastering Social Media This list contains books listed at the back of 140 Characters, as well as a few extras I’ve added since sending the book to print.

Twitter was born about three years ago, when @Jack, @Biz, @Noah, @Crystal, @Jeremy, @Adam, @TonyStubblebine, @Ev, me (@Dom), @Rabble, @RayReadyRay, @Florian, @TimRoberts, and @Blaine worked at a podcasting company called Odeo, Inc. in South Park, San Francisco. The company had just contributed a major chunk of code to Rails 1.0 and had just shipped Odeo […]