Londoners just love to tweet…

In case you were busy catching up on your DMs last night and missed it, Newsnight - that bastion of the British media - featured an interview with Twitter CEO Evan Williams. Amongst the usual questioning on whether Twitter is just a fad for stalking celebs, it also confirmed that the Twitter capital of the world is our very own London. Oyster cards, queuing and Twitter - it’s all part of the experience it seems.

This geographical question however reminds me of the Twestival experience back in snowy February. Several 1000headers visited a variety of the meet-ups all across the country, and it was interesting to see the different attitudes and approaches to using 140 characters. Some build communities, some promote themselves or others, some use it to arrange their lives, some use it to be creative, some use it in ways that make you smile. And that’s what it’s about after all - human interaction in all its glory, just online. Is that a fad? Only, as Evan says in the interview ‘if something better comes along…’

Here’s last night’s interview:

Brought into the world on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized.