How emoji replaced QWERTY as the world’s most popular keyboard | Jeremy Burge | TEDxEastEnd

They have been around in various forms since the 1990s, yet emojis can sometimes be a mystery. How did this obscure Japanese creation make its way to every single phone in the world?
Jeremy Burge has spent the past four years of his life documenting emoji changes. From the addition of foods, sports and animals to the overhaul of skin tones and better representation of women, this universal set of pictographs has grown considerably over time. Many key decisions from companies and individuals have had a profound affect on the way we communicate today.
Jeremy Burge is the founder of Emojipedia and creator of World Emoji Day. He is also a member of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee, which is responsible for reviewing requests for new emoji characters.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@Felipe.Glauber]

Man, you have balls - literally

[@bluekimseokjin2440]

we need a plain pink heart pls

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Hello Visual Design class😎😎

[@hi.1271]

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[@dnstore]

Emojis are go

[@howellspangler5716]

its so weird that everyone can understand emojis but languages like Japanese cant use QWERTY

[@karlpages1970]

The green gun , while being a great idea, should come with a smile inclusive. We need more internationally trained linguist designing and consenting for important industry specific emojis. Definately adjudicated by international specialists and not tech companies or governments. The current emojis will evolve but does any civilised person want business having too much manipulation of a developing language at this nurturing stage?