Jimmy Rogers
Department of Molecular and Microbiology
George Mason University

The Development of the Twitterverse

• Java, A., et al. (2009). Why we Twitter: an analysis of a microblogging community. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 5439, pp. 118-138): Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  *A statistical analysis of Twitter usage habits that was helpful in quantifying the different types of messages and tweets.
• Madrigal, A. (2008a). Mars Phoenix tweets: "We Have ICE!" [Electronic Version]. Wired Science. Retrieved February 25, 2009 from http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/mars-phoenix-tw.html.
  *This provided a quote for the paper as well as some background on the importance of the discovery.
• Madrigal, A. (2008b). Wired science scores exclusive Twitter interview with the Phoenix Mars Lander [Electronic Version]. Wired Science. Retrieved February 25, 2009 from http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/wired-science-i.html.
  *This provided the paper with the name of the Twitter manager for the Mars Lander, along with some interesting perspective on how the project was run.
• Newton-Small, J. (2009). Congress's new love affair with Twitter [Electronic Version]. Time. Retrieved February 25, 2009 from http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1878773,00.html.
  *This provided a lot of helpful information about the different congressmen who use Twitter, along with a quote and some names.
• Cyborg Steve, created with GIMP on 26 May 2008 by Jimmy Rogers. Artwork is derivative but essentialy original. Sources include: http://mashable.com/2007/12/13/best-of-2007-top-5-heroes-in-tech/ and http://www.scificool.com/avatars-sam-worthington-nabs-terminator-role/.
• Screenshots were taken on 7 April 2009 with WinSnap.