Why Twitter Ruled PodCampNYC 2.0


Twitter was all over PodCampNYC this year. I was either meeting people that I already was following on Twitter or I was making new friends to follow on Twitter. Just about everyone had an account and just about everyone was active on it.

Twitter was how people coordinated their plans, announced which sessions they were in or going to, put together flash sessions and impromptu concerts. I didn’t even bother giving people my e-mail address or phone number. Instead I gave them my Twitter account and I made sure that I was following them on Twitter.

Like most other attendees that I encountered I have a Twitter account, but until PodCampNYC, it wasn’t really a social tool. Everyone was using Twitter so effortlessly that for the most part the service became transparent and the value was very clear.

Let’s just hope it stays up for PodCamp Boston.

permalink :: April 28, 2008 at 5:15 pm, filed under interweb and tagged , , , .

2 Comments

  1. Leonard Libitz
    Posted April 29, 2008 at 7:35 am | Permalink

    Twitter gave me a better connection to what was happening @PodcampNYC. It was amazing to see how many people were sending out Tweets in the same room I was siting. It definitely made me feel closer to the community who attended Podcamp.

    @4four1ones @besttechie @alanataylor @drewolanoff

    On Saturday evening @wirelesspacket had the pleasure to meet @robblatt and share our PodcampNYC experience at Barcade in Brooklyn NYC.

    Pleasure meeting you Rob. 8)

  2. Amanda
    Posted May 3, 2008 at 6:25 pm | Permalink

    I was at O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo in San Fran last year and it was the same thing, except to the EXTREME. They had huge LCD screens up everywhere that were actually showing the feeds of who @w2e was following (anyone at the conference who added them).

    So all day people were just huddled around these screens, reading what people were saying about each session, complaining about the lack of outlets for laptops, quoting speakers, etc.

    That was actually my first encounter with Twitter now that I think of it!

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