“Twitter has been my life's work in many senses. It started with a fascination with cities and how they work, and what's going on in them right now.” Has BeensCitiesRight NowSensesFascination Author:Jack Dorsey
“I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test.” WayYearsGovernmentCitiesTechnologyTakenPolicyParticularModelsTestsImpactProgrammingEfficientFeedbackImplementingCity Government Author:Jack Dorsey
“I loved couriers. You had this transfer of physical information happening throughout the city and the world. Someone picking up the package, putting it in a bag, going somewhere, taking it out of the bag, giving it to someone else. I thought that was so cool. I wanted to map it, to see that flow on a big screen.” WorldGivingBigsWantedCitiesInformationHappeningsFlowScreensBagsMapsPackagesTransfersBig Screen Author:Jack Dorsey
“I said a long time ago that Foursquare can make cities better. You have these augmented realities like Foursquare and Twitter and Facebook that provide these virtual nodes and instant feedback from anywhere, adding annotation around a physical places.” LongSaidRealityCitiesLong TimeInstantFeedbackLong Time AgoTwitter And FacebookFoursquareAnnotation Author:Jack Dorsey
