367: ‘Slow-Moving Hurricane’, With Craig Hockenberry
The Talk Show With John Gruber
Twitter on the Phone Was Better Than Twitter on a Desktop
The phone companies were never good at making usable software. The concept of SMS on phones before I message was effectively like, like, remember those pink pieces of paper that we used to use for phone calls when you were out at work? It was hard to read. There was no thinking about user interaction. But Twitter was just mind blowing. Because like you said, I honestly think Twitter on the phone was better than Twitter on a desktop. That's all. Where green bubbles, you know, everybody complains about green bubbles for a while. Yeah. Well, and that they work that they're conceptually sorted by who the chat is with, right? Like all those old T9 phones,
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