Here’s a summary of Day 2 at the 140 Twitter Conference.

Day 2 summary at 140TC in Los Angeles, CA – Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Day 1 of 140 Twitter Conference was incredible.  I learned a lot mostly through reconfirming what I already knew from experienced users and thought leaders, I was entertained, and I met some incredible people.  For those of you who think a meeting about Twitter is just a gathering of nerds who play on their computer all day, well, you would be completely wrong.  Not only were the people engaging and easy to talk to, this was a young, savvy crowd that was ambitious.  Also, the added bonus was that the crowd wasn’t exactly a bunch of balding old men who live in their parent’s basement, lots of eye candy that I had the pleasure of talking to.  Totally worth it.

Anyway, I knew heading into Day 2 and looking at the schedule that it wasn’t going to compare with Day 1.  I was right somewhat.  …continue reading 140 Twitter Conference (#140TC) Day 2 Summary

These are the notable quotes from 140 Twitter Conference Day 1.

From Biz Stone - Co-founder of Twitter

• “creativity is a renewable resource”
• “social alchemy is taking place”
• “we took 2 weeks to build the prototype of Twitter to see if we liked it”
• “twitter is about triumph of humanity, not triumph of technology”
• “tiny bits of information have profound impact”
• “(twitter is) a hybrid between marketing and customer service” …continue reading Notable Quotes from 140 Twitter Conference Day 1 – Biz Stone, Guy Kawasaki, Tucker Max, Chris Hardwick, Chamillionaire, Tyrese, Tony Hawk, LeVar Burton

Here’s a summary of Day 1 at the 140 Twitter Conference.

Day 1 summary at 140TC in Los Angeles, CA – Tuesday, September 22, 2009

My initial thoughts and feelings as we drove to the Skirball Cultural Center in LA.

• Excited about learning more about Twitter
• Looking forward to networking
• Anxious to listen to a few celebrities whether it be online celebrities like Guy Kawasaki or “real” celebrities like Tony Hawk
• Not looking forward to hearing other lame Twitter terms, one of which was twitterverse…wtf?

I wasn’t sure what to expect because I had never attended a conference for an employer before.  As a representative of Marketwire as its Search Marketing and Social Media Specialist, …continue reading 140 Twitter Conference (#140TC) Day 1 Summary