Twitter on March 21, 2006, when Dorsey published the first Twitter message at 9:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST): "just setting up my twttr". Dorsey has explained the origin of the "Twitter" title: ...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. The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees and the full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006. In October 2006, Biz Stone, Evan
Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation Participants write essays based on either one or two novels authored by the non-profit founder, Althea Dorsey Gray. The scholarship program is open to all high school seniors and college undergraduate and graduate students. An unspecified number of winners are chosen by a panel of judges consisting of current and retired teachers, criminal justice professionals, and graduate students. Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation The Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c) organization based out of the Greater Washington, DC area founded in 2009. The foundation award scholarships every year to high school seniors and all college undergraduates/graduates. The mission of DGLF is