I heard that you’re settled down,
That you found a girl and you’re married now,
I heard that your dreams came true,
Guess she gave you things I didn’t give to you,
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the light,
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it,
I had hoped you’d see my face,
And that you’d be reminded that for me it isn’t over,
Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,
I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”
Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead, yeah,
You know how the time flies,
Only yesterday was the time of our lives,
We were born and raised in a summer haze,
Bound by the surprise of our glory days,
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it,
I had hoped you’d see my face,
And that you’d be reminded that for me it isn’t over,
Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,
I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”
Nothing compares,
No worries or cares,
Regrets and mistakes, they’re memories made,
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,
I wish nothing but the best for you,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”
Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you,
I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don’t forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,”
Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead.
Senin, 19 Maret 2012
History
Creation
Twitter's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming session" held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Dorsey introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group.[11] The original project code name for the service was twttr, an idea that Williams later ascribed to Noah Glass,[12] inspired by Flickr and the five-character length of American SMS short codes. The developers initially considered "10958" as a short code, but later changed it to "40404" for "ease of use and memorability."[13] Work on the project started on March 21, 2006, when Dorsey published the first Twitter message at 9:50 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST): "just setting up my twttr".[14]"...we came across the word 'twitter', and it was just perfect. The definition was 'a short burst of inconsequential information,' and 'chirps from birds'. And that's exactly what the product was." – Jack Dorsey[15]The first Twitter prototype was used as an internal service for Odeo employees and the full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006.[7] In October 2006, Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Dorsey, and other members of Odeo formed Obvious Corporation and acquired Odeo and all of its assets – including Odeo.com and Twitter.com – from the investors and shareholders.[16] Williams fired Glass who was silent about his part in Twitter's startup until 2011.[17] Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007.[18]
Reaction
The tipping point for Twitter's popularity was the 2007 South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference. During the event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets per day to 60,000.[19] "The Twitter people cleverly placed two 60-inch plasma screens in the conference hallways, exclusively streaming Twitter messages," remarked Newsweek's Steven Levy. "Hundreds of conference-goers kept tabs on each other via constant twitters. Panelists and speakers mentioned the service, and the bloggers in attendance touted it."[20]Reaction at the conference was highly positive. Blogger Scott Beale said that Twitter "absolutely rul[ed]" SXSWi. Social software researcher Danah Boyd said Twitter "own[ed]" the conference.[21] Twitter staff received the festival's Web Award prize with the remark "we'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did!"[22]
In August 2010, the company appointed Adam Bain as President of Revenue from News Corp.'s Fox Audience Network.[24]
On September 14, 2010, Twitter launched a redesigned site[25] including a new logo.[citation needed]
Leadership
As chief executive officer, Dorsey saw the startup through two rounds of capital funding by the venture capitalists who backed the company.[26]On October 16, 2008,[27] Williams took over the role of CEO, and Dorsey became chairman of the board.[28]
On October 4, 2010, Williams announced that he was stepping down as CEO. Dick Costolo, formerly Twitter's chief operating officer, became CEO. According to a Twitter blog, dated October 4, 2010, Williams was to stay[dated info] with the company and "be completely focused on product strategy."[dated info][29]
According to The New York Times, "Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Costolo forged a close relationship" when Williams was away.[30] According to PC Magazine, Williams was "no longer involved in the day-to-day goings on at the company". He is focused on developing a new startup, but he became a member of Twitter's board of directors, and promised to "help in any way I can". Stone is still with Twitter but is working with AOL as an "advisor on volunteer efforts and philanthropy".[31]
Dorsey rejoined Twitter in March 2011, as executive chairman focusing on product development. His time is split with Square (where he is CEO), whose offices are within walking distance of Twitter's in San Francisco.[30]
In September 2011, Board Members and investors Fred Wilson and Bijan Sabet resigned from Twitter's Board of Directors.[32]
Growth
The company experienced rapid growth. It had 400,000 tweets posted per quarter in 2007. This grew to 100 million tweets posted per quarter in 2008. In February 2010, Twitter users were sending 50 million tweets per day.[33] By March 2010, the company recorded over 70,000 registered applications.[34] As of June 2010, about 65 million tweets were posted each day, equaling about 750 tweets sent each second, according to Twitter.[35] As of March 2011, that was about 140 million tweets posted daily.[36] As noted on Compete.com, Twitter moved up to the third-highest-ranking social networking site in January 2009 from its previous rank of twenty-second.[37]Twitter's usage spikes during prominent events. For example, a record was set during the 2010 FIFA World Cup when fans wrote 2,940 tweets per second in the thirty-second period after Japan scored against Cameroon on June 14, 2010. The record was broken again when 3,085 tweets per second were posted after the Los Angeles Lakers' victory in the 2010 NBA Finals on June 17, 2010,[38] and then again at the close of Japan's victory over Denmark in the World Cup when users published 3,283 tweets per second.[39] The current record was set during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final between Japan and the United States, when 7,196 tweets per second were published.[40] When American singer Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, Twitter servers crashed after users were updating their status to include the words "Michael Jackson" at a rate of 100,000 tweets per hour.[41]
Twitter acquired application developer Atebits on April 11, 2010. Atebits had developed the Apple Design Award-winning Twitter client Tweetie for the Mac and iPhone. The application, now called "Twitter" and distributed free of charge, is the official Twitter client for the iPhone, iPad and Mac.[42]
From September through October 2010, the company began rolling out "New Twitter", an entirely revamped edition of twitter.com. Changes included the ability to see pictures and videos without leaving Twitter itself by clicking on individual tweets which contain links to images and clips from a variety of supported websites including YouTube and Flickr, and a complete overhaul of the interface, which shifted links such as '@mentions' and 'Retweets' above the Twitter stream, while 'Messages' and 'Log Out' became accessible via a black bar at the very top of twitter.com. As of November 1, 2010, the company confirmed that the "New Twitter experience" had been rolled out to all users.
On April 5, 2011, Twitter tested a new homepage and phased out the "Old Twitter."[43] However, a glitch came about after the page was launched, so the previous "retro" homepage was still in use until the issues were resolved; the new homepage was reintroduced on April 20.[44][45]
On December 8, 2011, Twitter overhauled its website once more to feature the "Fly" design, which the service says is easier for new users to follow and promotes advertising. In addition to the Home button, the Connect and Discover buttons were introduced along with a redesigned profile and timeline of Tweets. The site's layout has been compared to that of Facebook.[46][47]
On February 21, 2012, it was announced that twitter and Yandex agreed to a partnership. Yandex, a Russian search engine, finds value within the partnership due to Twitter’s real time news feeds. Twitter’s director of business development explained that it is important to have Twitter content where Twitter users go. [48]
"Larry the Bird" Logo
On Monday, February 27, 2012, a tweet from an employee that works on the company's platform and API discussed the evolution of the "Larry the Bird" logo with Twitter's creative director and it was revealed that it was named after Larry Bird of the NBA's Boston Celtics fame. This detail was confirmed when the Boston Celtic's director of interactive media asked Twitter co-founder Biz Stone about it in August 2011.[49]Features
Tweets are publicly visible by default; however, senders can restrict message delivery to just their followers. Users can tweet via the Twitter website, compatible external applications (such as for smartphones), or by Short Message Service (SMS) available in certain countries.[50] While the service is free, accessing it through SMS may incur phone service provider fees.Users may subscribe to other users' tweets – this is known as following and subscribers are known as followers[51] or tweeps (Twitter + peeps).[52] The users can also check the people who are un-subscribing them on Twitter better known as unfollowing via various services.[53]
Twitter allows users the ability to update their profile by using their mobile phone either by text messaging or by apps released for certain smartphones / tablets.[54]
Twitter has been compared to a web-based Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.[55] In a 2009 Time essay, technology author Steven Johnson described the basic mechanics of Twitter as "remarkably simple":[56]
In June 2008, Twitter launched a verification program, allowing celebrities to get their accounts verified.[57] Originally intended to help users verify which celebrity accounts were created by the celebrities themselves (and therefore are not fake), they have since been used to verify accounts of businesses and accounts for public figures who may not actually tweet but still wish to maintain control over the account that bears their name - for example, the Dalai Lama. Verified accounts can be identified by a white tick on a blue background, known as a verified badge, next to the user's full name, on the profile itself or next to the name in search results.As a social network, Twitter revolves around the principle of followers. When you choose to follow another Twitter user, that user's tweets appear in reverse chronological order on your main Twitter page. If you follow 20 people, you'll see a mix of tweets scrolling down the page: breakfast-cereal updates, interesting new links, music recommendations, even musings on the future of education.
Messages
Users can group posts together by topic or type by use of hashtags – words or phrases prefixed with a"#" sign. Similarly, the "@" sign followed by a username is used for mentioning or replying to other users.[58] To repost a message from another Twitter user, and share it with one's own followers, the retweet function is symbolized by "RT" in the message.In late 2009, the "Twitter Lists" feature was added, making it possible for users to follow (as well as mention and reply to) ad-hoc lists of authors instead of individual authors.[51][59]
Through SMS, users can communicate with Twitter through five gateway numbers: short codes for the United States, Canada, India, New Zealand, and an Isle of Man-based number for international use. There is also a short code in the United Kingdom which is only accessible to those on the Vodafone, O2[60] and Orange[61] networks. In India, since Twitter only supports tweets from Bharti Airtel,[62] an alternative platform called smsTweet[63] was set up by a user to work on all networks.[64] A similar platform called GladlyCast[65] exists for mobile phone users in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.
The messages were initially set to a 140-character limit for compatibility with SMS messaging, introducing the shorthand notation and slang commonly used in SMS messages. The 140-character limit has also increased the usage of URL shortening services such as bit.ly, goo.gl, and tr.im, and content-hosting services, such as Twitpic, memozu.com and NotePub to accommodate multimedia content and text longer than 140 characters. Twitter uses its own t.co domain for automatic shortening of all URLs posted on its website
Minggu, 18 Maret 2012
Kisah Seorang Ibu dan Anak
Ibuku hanya memiliki satu mata. Aku membencinya, ia adalah sebuah hal yang memalukan. Ibuku menjalankan sebuah toko kecil pada sebuah pasar. Dia mengumpulkan barang-barang bekas dan sejenisnya untuk dijual, apapun untuk mendapatkan uang yang kami butuhkan. Ia adalah sebuah hal yang memalukan.
Pada suatu hari di sekolah. Aku ingat saat itu hari ketika ibuku datang. Aku sangat malu. Mengapa ia melakukan hal ini kepadaku? Aku melemparkan muka dengan rasa benci dan berlari. Keesokan harinya di sekolah.. “Ibumu hanya memiliki satu mata?” dan mereka semua mengejekku.
Aku berharap ibuku hilang dari dunia ini maka aku berkata kepada ibu aku,”Ibu, kenapa kamu tidak memiliki mata lainnya? Ibu hanya akan menjadi bahan tertawaan. Kenapa Ibu tidak mati saja?” Ibu tidak menjawab. Aku merasa sedikit buruk, tetapi pada waktu yang sama, rasanya sangat baik bahwa aku telah mengatakan apa yang telah ingin aku katakan selama ini.
Mungkin itu karena ibu tidak menghukum aku, tetapi aku tidak berpikir bahwa aku telah sangat melukai perasaannya.
Malam itu, Aku terbangun dan pergi ke dapur untuk mengambil segelas air. Ibuku menangis disana, dengan pelan, seakan ia takut bahwa ia akan membangunkanku. Aku melihatnya, dan pergi. Karena perkataanku sebelumnya kepadanya, ada sesuatu yang mencubit hati aku.
Meskipun begitu, Aku membenci ibuku yang menangis dari satu matanya. Jadi, Aku mengatakan diri ku jikalau aku akan tumbuh dewasa dan menjadi sukses, karena aku membenci ibu bermata-satu aku dan kemiskinan kami.
Lalu aku belajar dengan keras. aku meninggalkan ibu dan ke Seoul untuk belajar, dan diterima di Universitas Seoul dengan segala kepercayaan diri. Lalu, aku menikah. aku membeli rumah milikku sendiri. Lalu aku memiliki anak-anak juga. Sekarang, aku hidup bahagia sebagai seorang pria yang sukses. aku menyukainya disini karena ini adalah tempat yang tidak meningatkan aku akan ibu.
Kebahagiaan ini menjadi besar dan semakin besar, ketika seseorang tidak terduga menjumpai aku “Apa?! Siapa ini?”… Ini adalah ibu aku.. tetap dengan satu matanya. Ini rasanya seperti seluruh langit sedang jatuh ke diri aku. Anak perempuan aku lari kabur, takut akan mata ibu aku.
Dan aku bertanya kepadanya, “Siapa Anda? aku tidak mengenalmu!!” sandiwara aku. aku berteriak kepadanya “Mengapa engkau berani datang ke rumah aku dan menakuti anak aku! Pergi dari sini sekarang juga!”
Dan ibu dengan pelan menjawab, “Oh, maafkan aku. aku pasti salah alamat,” dan dia menghilang. Terima kasih Tuhan.. Ia tidak mengenali aku. aku merasa cukup lega. aku mengatakan kepada diri aku bahwa aku tidak akan peduli, atau berpikir tentang ini sepanjang sisa hidup aku.
Lalu ada perasaan lega datang kepada aku.. Suatu hari, sebuah surat mengenai reuni sekolah datang ke rumah aku. aku berbohong kepada istri aku mengatakan bahwa aku akan pergi perjalanan bisnis. Setelah reuni ini, aku pergi ke rumah lama aku.. karena rasa penasaran saja, aku menemukan ibu aku terjatuh di tanah yang dingin. Tetapi aku tidak meneteskan satu air mata sekalipun. Ia memiliki sepotong kertas di tangannya.. dan itu adalah surat untuk diri aku.
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Anakku,
Aku pikir hidupku sudah cukup lama saat ini. Dan.. aku tidak akan mengunjungi Seoul lagi.. tetapi apakah itu terlau banyak jikalau aku ingin kamu untuk datang menunjungiku sekali-kali nak? aku sangat merindukanmu. Dan aku sangat lega ketika mendengar kamu akan datang dalam reuni ini.
Tetapi aku memutuskan untuk tidak datang ke sekolah.. Untuk Kamu.. aku meminta maaf jikalau aku hanya memiliki satu mata dan aku hanya membawa kemaluan bagi dirimu.
Kamu tahu, ketika kamu masih sangat kecil, kamu terkena sebuah kecelakaan, dan kehilangan satu matamu. Sebagai seorang ibu, aku tidak tahan melihatmu harus tumbuh dengan hanya satu mata.. maka aku memberikanmu mata aku.. aku sangat bangga kepada anak aku yang melihat dunia yang baru untuk aku, menggantikan aku, dengan mata itu.
Aku tidak pernah marah kepadamu atas apapun yang kamu lakukan. Beberapa kali ketika kamu marah kepada aku. aku berpikir sendiri,”Ini karena kamu mencintai aku.” Aku rindu waktu ketika kamu masih sangat kecil dan berada di sekitarku.
Aku sangat merindukanmu. Aku mencintaimu. Kamu adalah duniaku.
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