A Tweet Through The Ages

Rakesh Chaudhary@nutboltfilms

@AkamaiPS

“What goes in the hot dog stays in the hot dog”

Highly Optimized Connection

[20 seconds] to type

[1 second] to transmit

[21 seconds] to tweet

WORLD’S FIRST CELL PHONE

[1 second] to transmit

[51 seconds] to sms

[50 seconds] to type

[34 seconds] to voice message

[5 seconds] to dial

[10 seconds] unnecessary apology greeting

[10 seconds] unnecessary instructions

[5 seconds] to transmit

[4 seconds] to record

Telegraphy

from Greek: tele τῆλε "at a distance”graphein γράφειν "to write”

SEMAPHORES

THE TELEGRAM

Samuel Morse (April 27, 1971 – April 2, 1872)

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[33 seconds] to telegram

BEFORE TELEGRAPHY

[31 minutes] to carrier pigeon

SANQUHAR POST OFFICE SCOTLAND

[2.5 hours ] to post

PERSIAN ROYAL POST

[36 hours] for Marathon Man

…in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it”.

- Edward R. Murrow