Twitterview with Jhaymee Wilson

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  • http://www.quantmleap.com Shim Marom

    Sorry guys, I can see the novelty but can't quite see the point of using a tool that is obviously not cut to support long textual discussions. Why limit yourself to a 140 characters discussion when you can easily use other more relevant tools?

    Cheers, Shim
    http://www.quantmleap.com

  • http://edge.papercutpm.com/ PapercutPM

    Heya Shim! Thanks for the chime-in! :-)

    Well, from my perspective the novelty isn't something to be dismissed. It was fun to do. That's a legitimate purpose in and of itself. We *could* have done the interview in another way. I was interviewed four times last week–once on the phone, once on paper, and once for a podcast. But the Twitterview was just plain nifty. And people followed along because it was something that was interesting and new. If you don't try new things, you don't find out whether or not they'll work for you. I would absolutely do one of these again because I enjoyed it.

    I think what people have to ask themselves about these types of new media interactions is, “what do you hope to achieve with it”. If it's to headline in the New York Times, a Twitterview probably isn't the right approach. If it's to conduct a project status review, it's probably not the right approach. For attracting interest and building some traffic, it was great! And Jhaymee and I have feedback that people followed along, so that's a little different than just a one-to-one interview as well.

    The Twitterview was Jhaymee's idea, and I felt it was pioneering. I was thrilled to have been invited.

    There were people who didn't see the value of fax machines, instant messaging and text messaging. Now we embrace them as part of our every day lives…but we had to go through disastrous fax marketing, IM spam and poor interfaces to get there.

    Cheers, and thanks again! :-)

  • Brian Arbauch

    It's important to remember that twitter is only 140 characters per message. It's not limited to 140 characters per answer, and some answers did span several tweets.

    This notion that twitter somehow acted as a barrier to the conversation doesn't ring true for me. The conversation/interview was successful. I got information out of it. It also happened in real time which adds to the fun and excitement of the process.

    There's no editing, you tweet it, it's out there for everyone. No second chance.

    I also think part of the success of any interview is measured by how many people see it. If nobody sees it, it has no impact, so even if it has the most groundbreaking ideas in the Universe, it fails. By this measure Twitter has IMPACT – in all caps!

    Geoff's fax machine analogy is a good one. If I've learned anything, it's not to dismiss the new because I can't see the value..yet.