Post by SuperKingT on Apr 1, 2013 12:41:35 GMT -5
Not sure whether this should be posted here or in Mr. Irrelevant so I posted it here because it's somewhat related to Wheel.
Twitter just announced that they are shifting to a two-tier service. Their basic service, Twttr, only lets you lets you use consonants, but their premium service, Twitter, lets you use consonants for $5/month.
Read the whole blog post here.
In the post, the mention that they got their inspiration from Wheel.
Twitter just announced that they are shifting to a two-tier service. Their basic service, Twttr, only lets you lets you use consonants, but their premium service, Twitter, lets you use consonants for $5/month.
Read the whole blog post here.
In the post, the mention that they got their inspiration from Wheel.
Product inspiration
Our own VP of Product, @sippey, got his inspiration for the new Twitter Tiers from several (perhaps surprising) sources. “I was carpooling home after Twitter’s seventh birthday party,” he told me, “with my head filled with images from our past, like our early logo where we spelled it TWTTR, in neon green toothpaste. And then Prince’s song “I would die 4 U” came on the radio. I felt like there was something there, but I wasn’t sure what or how to bring it to market.
Then later that night, I was watching “Wheel of Fortune” with @adambain, and a contestant yelled out ‘I wanna buy a vowel’. Everything just sort of clicked. Adam and I turned to each other and high-fived. It was one of those product moments that just felt like magic.”
Our own VP of Product, @sippey, got his inspiration for the new Twitter Tiers from several (perhaps surprising) sources. “I was carpooling home after Twitter’s seventh birthday party,” he told me, “with my head filled with images from our past, like our early logo where we spelled it TWTTR, in neon green toothpaste. And then Prince’s song “I would die 4 U” came on the radio. I felt like there was something there, but I wasn’t sure what or how to bring it to market.
Then later that night, I was watching “Wheel of Fortune” with @adambain, and a contestant yelled out ‘I wanna buy a vowel’. Everything just sort of clicked. Adam and I turned to each other and high-fived. It was one of those product moments that just felt like magic.”
