Today the Guardian.co.uk posted an article about twitter .  Jemima Kiss met with Mr. Williams in London and they talk about the twitter service, where it is, what it is for and where it is going.  Mr. Williams still can't get his mother to use twitter but there are 350,000 other users happily using the service it appears. 

One of the interesting tidbits is this quote:

"Rather than attach advertising to a personal communication channel," says Williams, "we want to make it a benefit so that there are people or entities you want to follow. We think those things have potential, so as the userbase grows we'll flesh out which of those things work and the business model and revenue will fit in." 

Quite counter-startup thinking I would say but I guess you can afford to work on the business model later if you have a lot of users, money in the bank and investors that believe in you.  Good on them for being able to have the luxury of working that way!

Go check out the full article "Twitter of success" here . 

There is a good conversation up between Guy Kawasaki and Chris Brogan. Chris Brogan is a social media expert specializing in building communities using digital tools. He is co-founder of PodCamp, a free unconference exploring the use of social media like podcasting and videoblogging to build relationships.

Here are the first two interview questions to get you started:

1. Question: What problem does Twitter solve?

   Answer: Twitter connects me to my friends, and introduces me to people I don’t know. It lets me reach an audience all at the same time which means that I can tell them what’s got my attention. THAT’s how I answer the question on Twitter because I think “What are you doing?” is too focused on me. I’d rather tell you about something I think is interesting, and show you how to get there. Sometimes it’s about me; sometimes it’s about someone I think deserves more attention.

2. Question: Why is knowing that your friend’s cat rolled important?

   Answer: It’s not that I really want to know about my friend’s cat, but I sure want to know about their lives. Why? Because it helps everyone feel connected across the distance. With the Internet comes the ability to have global friends, and a friend’s life isn’t just what they blog or podcast about. There’s lots of stuff that goes on in between. It’s like the commercial: “For everything else, there’s Twitter.”

The rest of the Chris Brogan and Twitter interview can be found here..

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