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Biz Stone Hypes His 'Twttr' Texting Service in Historic 2006 Video

by Warren Riddle on February 12, 2010 at 06:30 AM

Twitter has joined the ranks of Facebook and Google as an iconic Web entity, having given pop culture such widely recognizable terms and phrases as "micro-blogging," "tweet," and "140-characters-or-less." Few people probably remember the site's humble origins, though, particularly its once vowel-less name.

Say OMG has unearthed an amazing video of historical Net significance that features Twitter co-founder Biz Stone touting the benefits of his new "social texting service based on the contents of your mind." The site originated as 'Twttr,' a sort of mass-texting service that enabled users to share messages with selected cell phone friends by texting a "short code." Check out the video after the jump for a glimpse of social networking history, or if you just want to see Biz Stone doing a hilariously ridiculous Regis Philbin-Ludwig Von Drake impersonation. [From: Say OMG, via: Mashable]

Tags: biz stone, BizStone, cellphone, funny, history, socialnetworking, texting, top, twitter, twttr

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