9781422287231 Twitter®: How Jack Dorsey Changed the Way We Communicate

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Research Project Jack Dorsey has said his inspiration for Twitter came from the strings of voice communication he heard over the police scanner as a child. Research the difference between dispatch language and Twitter posts and explain how they are both similar and different. Is it possible that dispatchers may use Twitter-like computer programs in the future?

hacking, but Jack did not do it to cause any harm. He just wanted to find a way to contact the company. After Jack retrieved some e-mail addresses from the website, he decided to do the right thing and notify the company of the weakness he found. He sent an e-mail to the company saying, “You have a security hole. Here’s how to fix it. Also, I write dispatch software.” The company was so im- pressed with Jack’s actions that they hired him a week later. According to Jack, landing a job at a dispatch company in New York was a “dream come true.” He packed up his bags and moved halfway across the country, where he continued pursuing his college degree at New York University. He was only nineteen years old at the time, but he was already thinking big.