Over the weekend Twitter CEO Evan Williams attended the Japan Tweetup 2010 and revealed some World Cup stats showing that Japan soccer fans pushed the site to its limits. During the Japan vs. Denmark match 3283 TPS (tweets per second) were hitting the network setting a new all time record for Twitter updates. No wonder Twitter has been under such a strain, when a tech centric nation like Japan wholeheartedly accepts the platform, the result is a deluge of server crushing tweets.
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Below is the full presentation by Evan Williams featuring Japanese translations.
Tweetup Japan 2010 on July 23, 2010
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Bio: Kevin Minott is a 3D artist and tech enthusiast. He’s worked as an illustrator and animator creating teaching aids for K-12 grade schools. His work has been featured in interactive games, exhibits at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and in the accompanying DVD, Climate Change Our Global Experiment. Kevin currently teaches 3D animation in Chicago IL. Komverse, is a blog that reflects his love of technology, art and new media. Featuring the latest in high-end tech news and social memes.
