Comments on: The Gutenberg Tweet http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/ Twitter messages from the annals of time. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:19:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: 10 Historical Tweets You Might Have Missed | Historical Tweets http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 10 Historical Tweets You Might Have Missed | Historical Tweets Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:24:30 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-1424 [...] The Gutenberg Tweet [...] [...] The Gutenberg Tweet [...]

]]> By: Gutenberg@Twitter | Leander Wattig http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Gutenberg@Twitter | Leander Wattig Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:49:03 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-909 [...] Historical Tweets, Hugo E. Martin [...] [...] Historical Tweets, Hugo E. Martin [...]

]]> By: jacob http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-891 jacob Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:25:06 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-891 @Helen kidd im sorry but i must point this out. ahem, NNNNNEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just kidding. but you guys are still analysing this WAY to deeply. its just done for humor. acurate or not. @Helen kidd im sorry but i must point this out. ahem, NNNNNEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just kidding. but you guys are still analysing this WAY to deeply. its just done for humor. acurate or not.

]]> By: HistoryFaculty http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-890 HistoryFaculty Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:52:32 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-890 Okay, settle down now.This is supposed to be FUNNY/SATIRICAL, kind of like a newspaper editorial cartoon. It's the idea of it -- that literacy was 2-3% or so and mostly just the "elites", and that we all know with 20/20 hindsight that this printing press took off and was one of the great successes in history! So FUNNY, knowing as we do of the tremendous success of the printing press, to think of JG saying "Oh crap, I spent all this time and effort on this thing, and it's going to be a big flop." (FYI on requiring precise historical accuracy - it's a friggin' TWEET for heaven's sake!) Okay, settle down now.This is supposed to be FUNNY/SATIRICAL, kind of like a newspaper editorial cartoon. It’s the idea of it — that literacy was 2-3% or so and mostly just the “elites”, and that we all know with 20/20 hindsight that this printing press took off and was one of the great successes in history! So FUNNY, knowing as we do of the tremendous success of the printing press, to think of JG saying “Oh crap, I spent all this time and effort on this thing, and it’s going to be a big flop.” (FYI on requiring precise historical accuracy – it’s a friggin’ TWEET for heaven’s sake!)

]]> By: Helen Kidd http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Helen Kidd Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:46:31 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-864 @Karl Adultt You are absolutely correct. I was mistaken in my date on the press. The Bible completed printing on the press in 1455. I just gave a presentation on the history of Scripture translation and should have looked at both my notes and the powerpoint presentation instead of just the presentation. My apologies. @Karl Adultt You are absolutely correct. I was mistaken in my date on the press. The Bible completed printing on the press in 1455. I just gave a presentation on the history of Scripture translation and should have looked at both my notes and the powerpoint presentation instead of just the presentation. My apologies.

]]> By: Karl Adultt http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Karl Adultt Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:47:11 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-863 @Helen Kidd: You are, in fact, the one in error. Historical record makes it clear that the press was invented prior to 1455. Indeed, it was operational by 1450. Perhaps you are confusing the date of the invention of the press with the date of the first book to be published using the press (the Bible in 1455). It's an easy mistake to make, so please don't beat yourself up about it. Just promise you'll go back to your history books -- none of the fine readers of this site ought to be led down the disastrous pathway of historical inaccuracy. @Helen Kidd: You are, in fact, the one in error. Historical record makes it clear that the press was invented prior to 1455. Indeed, it was operational by 1450. Perhaps you are confusing the date of the invention of the press with the date of the first book to be published using the press (the Bible in 1455). It’s an easy mistake to make, so please don’t beat yourself up about it. Just promise you’ll go back to your history books — none of the fine readers of this site ought to be led down the disastrous pathway of historical inaccuracy.

]]> By: Twitter Historian http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Twitter Historian Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:29:56 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-862 @Helen You're right. When it comes to accuracy in describing 15th-century people using a 21st-century technology, we should be ashamed of ourselves. @Helen

You’re right. When it comes to accuracy in describing 15th-century people using a 21st-century technology, we should be ashamed of ourselves.

]]> By: Helen Kidd http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Helen Kidd Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:26:56 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-861 Boy, how wrong you are. Why, do you think, he invented the press? By 1400, the Bible is in 28 different languages (all hand-written) and translators killed for doing so. In 1455 Gutenberg invents the printing press and the first thing printed is the Bible. In 1522 Martin Luther comes along and not only nails 95 theses to the front door of the Roman Catholic Church proclaiming salvation by faith alone, he gave the printing industry a profit margin. Printers wanted to feed their families and so they were willing to print whatever Luther was willing to give them in their native tongue of German while the Catholic church wanted to keep everything in Latin. Go back to your history books. Boy, how wrong you are. Why, do you think, he invented the press? By 1400, the Bible is in 28 different languages (all hand-written) and translators killed for doing so. In 1455 Gutenberg invents the printing press and the first thing printed is the Bible. In 1522 Martin Luther comes along and not only nails 95 theses to the front door of the Roman Catholic Church proclaiming salvation by faith alone, he gave the printing industry a profit margin. Printers wanted to feed their families and so they were willing to print whatever Luther was willing to give them in their native tongue of German while the Catholic church wanted to keep everything in Latin. Go back to your history books.

]]> By: Wer verbreitet Wissen in der Wissensgesellschaft des Internet? « sozlog http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Wer verbreitet Wissen in der Wissensgesellschaft des Internet? « sozlog Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:16:21 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-793 [...] Gutenberg Tweet, via Historical [...] [...] Gutenberg Tweet, via Historical [...]

]]> By: Reuben Robert http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Reuben Robert Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:30:22 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-550 man, his investors must've been pissed! man, his investors must’ve been pissed!

]]> By: björn | AMHERD | Historical Tweets http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-220 björn | AMHERD | Historical Tweets Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:51:37 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-220 [...] wäre wenn… Gutenberg, Henry Ford oder Oscar Wilde zu ihrer Zeit einen Twitter-Account gehabt hätten? Historical Tweets [...] [...] wäre wenn… Gutenberg, Henry Ford oder Oscar Wilde zu ihrer Zeit einen Twitter-Account gehabt hätten? Historical Tweets [...]

]]> By: Joe http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Joe Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:27:44 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-211 Seems like Johannes could have used a little market research. Seems like Johannes could have used a little market research.

]]> By: El humor 2.0 como recurso, también en orientación profesional (485) | Yoriento http://historicaltweets.com/2009/03/02/the-gutenberg-tweet/comment-page-1/#comment-196 El humor 2.0 como recurso, también en orientación profesional (485) | Yoriento Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:11:30 +0000 http://historicaltweets.com/?p=627#comment-196 [...] Os dejo la lista tras el leer el resto de la entrada. Me ha gustado mucho, por ejemplo, esta anotación de Gutenberg en Twitter que vi en Historical [...] [...] Os dejo la lista tras el leer el resto de la entrada. Me ha gustado mucho, por ejemplo, esta anotación de Gutenberg en Twitter que vi en Historical [...]

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