1. Dr. Famiglietti's First Rule: There are only simple answers to boring questions

3. U.S. State Department asked Twitter to hold off on server maintenance to ensure Twitter was available to protestors

4. One Former US Security Advisor claimed "without Twitter the people of Iran would not have felt empowered and confidant to stand up for freedom and democracy."

6. Iranian government cracked down hard on internet connections

7. Later research suggested word of mouth was the most important technology

10. Hacktivist DDOS attacks had ironic results

11. Government used shared images to identify and prosecute protesters

14. But...

20. Call up as many news feeds as possible

21. Follow sources @acarvin has re-tweeted