20091202 The twitter Trio (2)

The twitter Trio

In 2006, eager to pitch his idea, Dorsey approached the podcasting company Odeo, based in San Francisco. There he met Stone, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who had already published two books about social media. Stone, a native of Boston, had also co-founded Xanga.com a website that hosts blogs and social networking profiles. Within a few weeks of their first meeting, Dorsey and Stone created a prototype of Twitter. The pair was soon joined by Odeo's co-founder. Williams, a veteran Silicon Valley executive and co-inventor of Blogget.com.

The son of a Nebraska farmer, Williams had displayed an interest in business and marketing even as a teen. Sensing Twitter's business potential, he enthusiastically got involved. The excited trio of Dorsey, Stone and Williams launched a full-scale version of Twitter in the summer of 2006. Fueled by Dorsey's brilliantly simple concept, Stone's communication and marketing skills and William's technology business sense, Twitter soon grew into a multi-use media platform. Dorsey said, "My whole philosophy is making tech more accessible and human." By connecting people so quickly and conveniently, Twitter is doing just that.



entrepreneur n. 企業家/事業創辦者/承包人
eg: After building several restaurants and hotels, the young entrepreneur started his own grocery store chain.

veteran adj. 老兵的/經驗豐富的/老資格的/久經使用的
eg: The veteran politician lost the election to a younger, less experienced candidate.

enthusiastic adj. 充滿熱誠的/熱情的
enthusiastically adv. 充滿熱誠地/熱情地
eg: Eager to improe his English, Greg enthusiastically signed up for the three-day speech camp.
eg: The new quarterback(四分衛) was enthusiastically welcomed by the team.
eg: The students discussed the new project enthusiastically.

accessible adj. 可(或易)得到的/可(或易)使用的
eg: The governor wants to make higher education more accessible to low-income students.

proto- 首先
-type 樣式
prototype n. 原型/模型/藍本
=> a kind of first form
=> something that would give people an idea of what it is like
eg: The company finished designing the prototype of their new car last month.

prototype n. 模範/楷模
eg: He is the prototype of a good father.

veteran n. 老手/經驗豐富的人
veteran adj. 經驗豐富的/老資格的
=> someone with experiences
eg: Bob is a veteran campaign fundraiser.
eg: Charlie is a veteran baseball pitcher. He can handle all sorts of situations.


fuel v. 激起/刺激

brilliant adj. 優秀的/輝煌的/出色的
brilliantly adv. 燦爛地/出色地
eg: For the touch problem, I came out with a brillant idea to solve it.




//== Chat Room ==//

networking n. 建立人脈/拉關係

network n. 網狀系統/電腦網絡/網狀物/

social networking 社群
=> 一群因為某種因素和你建立關係的人

social networking site 社群網站

//== Grammar on the Go ==//

The excited trio launched a full-scale version of Twitter in the summer of 2006.
=> The excited trio launched a complete version of Twitter in the summer of 2006.

full-scale adj. 徹底的/完全的
=> complete and using all resources
=> describe things involved in system or organization of many parts.

eg: The police chief ordered a full-scale investigation to find out how the bank robbery had occurred.
eg: There might be full-scale war if the hostile nations can't agree at the peace talks.