I started using Twitter on...

3/25/07

I looked long and hard for the "Welcome new Twitterer" email in my Gmail inbox (which I got back in 2004 and I've never used the 'Delete' button in), but I just couldn't find it. I found some welcome emails for some extra accounts I had created for work later on in 2007, but not my main account.

Then I expanded the search to throw up everything sent by @twitter.com and I found these:

Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:37:59 +0000
From: Devesh Mistry
To: (hidden)
Message-Id: <4605d277d340c_2ab06fba1b695@habrock.tmail>
Subject: Devesh Mistry wants you to join Twitter!

Hi!


Devesh Mistry wants you to join Twitter!

Click here to get started:
http://twitter.com/i/06c99b863b0fc0588a7911c92be180a85e934aea

Or, check out Devesh Mistry's Twitter profile:
http://twitter.com/deveshm

Ciao!

... followed by the first DM he sent me:

Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:54:51 +0000
From: Devesh Mistry via Twitter
To: (hidden)
Message-Id: <460646eba16a_eab707af922692@sirin.twitter.com.tmail>
Subject: Direct message from Devesh Mistry via web

LOL this is neat!

Devesh Mistry

--
follow me at http://twitter.com/deveshm
send me a direct message from your phone or IM: D DEVESHM your message here.
turn off these email notifications at: http://twitter.com/account/notifications

And a forgot password email:

Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:06:18 +0000
From: Twitter
To: (hidden)
Message-Id: <460746ba372e7_1f98758f3fc31ba@sirin.twitter.com.tmail>
Subject: We all forget, sometimes...

Hey there-

Can't remember your password, huh?
It happens to the best of us.

Your password is: (hidden)

Login at:
http://twitter.com/login

If you want to change your password,
login to your account and click the
"Settings" link at the top right
side of the screen.

The forgot password email is dated 26th and the first invitation is dated 25th! lol, i must have been one oblivious ass!

I still haven't found the original "Welcome new Twitter-er" or whatever that email was called back then. It might have something to do with the fact that I signed up using an aalaap.com email address instead of gmail, and switched it to gmail later on. But, if I've been using Gmail since 2004, why the fuck would I give a non-gmail address to a web app two years down the line? That just eludes me.

Update: I may have found the first few tweets that @deveshm and I posted to Twitter!! Not in the correct order...

aalaap: Listening to Nocturnal 082 - a blast from the past - while last night's Nocturnal 086 gets downloaded! (4/1/07, 12.35pm)
deveshm: So much emotional baggage... Still so much to off load... There goes my weekend plans :( (4/1/07, 8.08am)
aalaap: Playing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (4/1/07, 2.23am)
aalaap: Upgrading Boot Camp on the office Mac so I can go ahead and install Vista. (4/2/07, 1.16 PM)
deveshm: Hate waiting in medical centres :( (4/2/07, 2.02 PM)
...

As you can see, I took to it instantly. I knew it was going to be a great time ahead. The dawn of a new era on the internet!

Remember your first few tweets? If you had enabled the Twitter IM feature and used Gmail, then all of those tweets you posted/received would be saved in your chat history. That's where I found the ones I mentioned above. If you find some of your first tweets, post them in the comments below!