Comments on: Twinglish: leveling the language playing field http://urbanturbanguy.com/twinglish/ marketing, technology & design Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:18:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gagan http://urbanturbanguy.com/twinglish/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Gagan Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:29:30 +0000 http://urbanturbanguy.com/blog/?p=40#comment-53 Twitter’s parameters were set by what would fit in a text message on a phone - i.e. 140 char was a limit on many of the SMS ( Short message service ) providers. Twitter’s parameters were set by what would fit in a text message on a phone – i.e. 140 char was a limit on many of the SMS ( Short message service ) providers.

]]> By: Siddharth http://urbanturbanguy.com/twinglish/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Siddharth Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:22:07 +0000 http://urbanturbanguy.com/blog/?p=40#comment-52 Curious to know why is it 140 characters. Where did this number come from? Curious to know why is it 140 characters. Where did this number come from?

]]> By: SDC http://urbanturbanguy.com/twinglish/comment-page-1/#comment-38 SDC Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:14:46 +0000 http://urbanturbanguy.com/blog/?p=40#comment-38 In general constraints inspire creativity, in good ways (getting to the point or making do with less) and in bad ways (using Microsoft Access to do things it was never intended to do and can barely handle!) In general constraints inspire creativity, in good ways (getting to the point or making do with less) and in bad ways (using Microsoft Access to do things it was never intended to do and can barely handle!)

]]> By: christian http://urbanturbanguy.com/twinglish/comment-page-1/#comment-15 christian Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:27:26 +0000 http://urbanturbanguy.com/blog/?p=40#comment-15 i think you are absolutely right. Twitter does pressure the writer an engineering approach. And i would suggest it simultaneously pushes it toward a poetic one. Poetic constraints (rhyme, meter, length, etc) in some ways limit, but at the same time promote creativity. I think this force is also at work on the Twitter author. Teresa Amabile, for example, at Harvard Business School has done research on the positive effects that constraints have on the creativity of teams, and i think it would apply here as well. i think you are absolutely right. Twitter does pressure the writer an engineering approach. And i would suggest it simultaneously pushes it toward a poetic one. Poetic constraints (rhyme, meter, length, etc) in some ways limit, but at the same time promote creativity. I think this force is also at work on the Twitter author.

Teresa Amabile, for example, at Harvard Business School has done research on the positive effects that constraints have on the creativity of teams, and i think it would apply here as well.

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