Video: Why Laura “Pistachio” loves and hates Twitter (2:45)

Categories: Interview, VideoPosted on November 3rd, 2007

Watch the above video to find out why Laura loves and hates twitter.

I was really pleased to finally meet Pistachio (her real name Laura Athavale Fitton) at the Boston Blogger Dinner a few weeks ago. She writes the Great Presentation Blog, and we immediately got into a discussion about Twitter. Aside from being one of the hyper networked and well connected, she’s a natural speaker, and helps others to be great speakers.

When people connect online and interact it’s a pretty amazing network. When two people finally meetup in real life after collaborating online it’s a really an amazing thing, it’s as if people knew each other already and conversations instantly pick up.

I’m on Twitter, (follow me and I’ll add you back) and use it very, very actively, I’ll tweet what I’m reading (and give commentary) even as I do research, so in many ways by following me, it’s getting a glimpse into one of the ‘pipes’ of input and output in my life. If you’re not sure what Twitter is, or how to use it, read what the web strategist should know about Twitter.

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Excellent video! Laura definitely does a great job of explaining Twitter, as you said she’s a great speaker.

Thanks for sharing this.

- Neil.

Posted by Neil Ford on November 3rd, 2007 at 10:33 am

I don’t think there was any “hate” expressed for Twitter at all. She called it “stupid”, for how it starts out (seemingly useless). But once you educate your Twitter and start making connections with people that interest you it becomes very valuable.

I don’t think Laura “hates” it in ANY way.

Posted by P.W. Fenton on November 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 am

Laura’s path and use of Twitter is almost identical to mine. It really has opened up opportunities for me and connected me with a LOT people I doubt I would have been able to get to know otherwise. One key is to not be afraid to follow people you find interesting. Most of them will follow you back. Once that connection is made conversation is easy.

Posted by Annie Boccio on November 3rd, 2007 at 1:01 pm

PW, I know she doesn’t ‘hate’ it but I was hoping to get folks attention. (shame on me) but I guess it worked!

Posted by jeremiah_owyang on November 3rd, 2007 at 4:21 pm

[...] took the plunge and joined Twitter after watching a video on Jeremiahs post. You can follow me at technologythree. Jeremiah also has a very informative post on why you should [...]

Posted by WebMantras » Follow me on Twitter on November 4th, 2007 at 8:55 am

Yes I like Twitter. At first glance it seemed like some mad teenage thing. Once I got my head round the fact that there are some people I like to be connected to because I found what the twittered interesting I then understood it. I tune in now and again and find some more people and connect.

Posted by Niamh Kiernan on November 5th, 2007 at 5:10 pm

Laura and started with twitter about the same time, “met” through our interaction there and immediately hit it off. So how can anybody even say that?

Because twitter has an amazing ability to serve up tidbits that are easily munchable while making it easy to pass up those that are not of interest. But unlike connections people often feel at other events, twitter, when used well, facilitates a continuing stream of short interactions.

When we’re not twittering, blogging or working with clients? We’ve been known to play facebook scrabble. For people who need to connect to network and help our businesses grow, anything that helps that happen is a good thing.

Posted by Susan Reynolds on November 5th, 2007 at 7:37 pm

I am way new to this SoNet revolution, but see some value in it as it relates to promoting my wife’s new travel agency business.

Is there any published demographic information for the top SoNet websites so that I can be sure she is spending her time effectively with the appropriate audience?

Posted by ThunderCAT on November 6th, 2007 at 10:05 am

Jeremiah’s Video: Why Laura “Pistachio” loves and hates Twitter …

Jeremiah Owyang who brings us all kinds of great stuff has shot a fun video answering Why Laura “Pistachio” loves and hates Twitter OK she says it’s a kind of dumb application but she doesn’t say she hates it - in fact, she tells what about it ho…

Posted by Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum on November 6th, 2007 at 11:12 am

Thanks for sharing this video, Jeremiah. It’s very insightful and yep, it definitely got our attention, nice work

I agree that at first glance Twitter seemed like a teenage crazed thing. It’s all making sense now though and it’s all about connections…this social media thing is here to stay!