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Chi ldhood Fasc inat ion

Make Connections: Origin of Twitter Although the word Twitter is now most well known as a social media website, it is also a word that means “a short burst of incon- sequential information,” and “chirps from birds.” This explains why the logo for Twitter is a songbird, and the name of a Twitter update is a “tweet.”

the Innovator of the Year Award in 2012. In an article released by Forbes that same year, he was compared to another great entrepreneur: Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. According to the article, Jack “is nerdier than Steve Jobs,” even if his “ego seems in check.” When Jack found out about this comparison, he was insulted. “I think the reference was because I am a programmer, so if that is the nerdy way, then guilty: I am a nerd,” he explained. Programmers write pieces of code that tell a computer how to behave. Because Jack did all of the programming himself, Twitter expanded rapidly. The man who created the revolutionary tools known as Twitter and Square did not have a typical childhood. He overcame many trials to be- come the successful entrepreneur he is today. Jack was not the best com- municator in his youth, so communicating via text rather than with his voice came naturally to him. As an adult, he used his childhood challenges to help him find ways to help people around the world interact with each other in simpler, clearer ways than ever before. EARLY YEARS Jack Dorsey was born on November 19, 1976, in St. Louis, Missouri. As a young boy, he found it very hard to communicate with his family and fel- low students due to a speech impediment . “I could pronounce [words]