Twitter: The Crocs of the Web
Dec 11th, 2007 by Dan Blank
David Armano explains why the microblogging service Twitter has seen such explosive growth. The answer is that Twitter creates a conversation ecosystem, which can connect people across location and media.
He illustrates how Twitter uses their website, widgets, mashups, mobile, virtual worlds and feeds to create a flexible service that allows people to use it in convenient and compelling ways.