Twitter Co-Creator and 140 Characters Author, Futurist Speaker

In 2006 Dominic Sagolla changed the future of online communication when he helped create Twitter. Three years later he released his first book 140 CHARACTERS: Style Guide for Short Form.

Sagolla took Hemingway’s simple prose to the next level, demonstrating the effectiveness of well-written short sentences in the digital age. We can see evidence of  the power of this short form throughout internet social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

By writing 140 CHARACTERS: Style Guide for Short Form, Sagolla hopes to revolutionize short form digital writing the way Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style did for traditional print. Like Strunk & White, he focuses on more than grammar and composition, including the importance of simplicity, humor and honesty.

The book includes a forward by the conceiving engineer and current chairman of Twitter, Jack Dorsey.

A Swarthmore and Harvard graduate, Sagolla worked for Odeo as a developmental engineer when it became Twitter. He was heavily involved in Twitter's initial development. Currently he’s an engineer with AdobeAir. He’s also the founder of DollarApp, which develops iPhone applications, and was the catalyst behind Obama’s official 2008 iPhone app.

Areas of Expertise:

• Information Technology
• Intellectual Capital
• Internet/E-Commerce
• Branding
• Entrepreneurship/Small Business
• Innovation and Creativity
• Social Trends