Communicate better, says retweet inventor

The inventor of the retweet button wants Irish programmers to improve their communications skills.

Nick Halstead, chief executive of DataSift, said programmers needed to learn to tell their story when selling a business idea.

''Tell a story. People who can't tell a story are so crippled in everything they do,'' Halstead told The Sunday Business Post.

The DataSift chief, who invented the retweet button - the method by which articles and videos are ...