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Mashable - The Social Media Guide: Twitter CEO Evan Williams Interviewed on Charlie Rose [Video]

  • swag · 9 months ago
    Charlie Rose?!? C'mon, Evan. Ever hear of eating your own dog food?
  • thom singer · 9 months ago
    This is an interesting article if you are NOT a Twitter user. After the 7 minute point it got higher level, but the 1st third was too basic and did not hold my interest. Even at minute 15 I had not heard anything I did not know. But Evan is a smart guy who has real vision.
  • pittsburgh internet marketing · 9 months ago
    hey, is Charlie Rose on Twitter -- I'd like to follow him.
  • Adam Ostrow · 9 months ago
    supposedly he told @ev he was joining, but haven't seen an account yet ...
  • AskJamesHolmes · 9 months ago
    Adam - Thank you for sharing this video. I love Charlie Rose and it fun fun to watch his fascination with Twitter - child like wonder, very cool. It was also great to hear how organically Twitter has evolved and that might offer a few clues to the question on everyone's mind - how are they going to make money. At least on the surface we seem to be more concerned about this than the founders.

    I was fascinated to learn that there are more than 2000 third party programs that have the capability to post to Twitter. That coupled with the third party applications results in a micro industry built around Twitter.

    Great and insightful interview as we have come to expect from Charlie Rose.

    James
    http://Twitter.com/AskJamesHolmes
  • Adam Ostrow · 9 months ago
    I thought so too, glad you enjoyed it :-)
  • Santiago · 9 months ago
    Did you guys see http://www.twibeo.com launched today! It is similar to Twitter but lets you do much more stuff!
  • David Jagger · 9 months ago
    The main thing to note is that the interview content is meant for the majority of Charlie Rose's viewers, who know nothing or very little about Twitter.
    I'm located in the UK and whilst I'm only a 11 day old Twitter user, I think that I've grasp the mechanics of it quite well. For Charlie Rose and others, I've no doubt that the interview was an informative introduction to the world of Twitter. Anything on a higher plane would have been lost and of no interest to non Twitter users. That's why 'Soaps' are so popular - KISS, the acronym that is. Enjoy. @DavidJagger
  • Valencio · 9 months ago
    hmm.. interesting.. although I am curious about how they plan to make money.. !
  • Dave Gray · 9 months ago
    Great interview as always from Charlie Rose. I disagree with the comments that say there's nothing here for Twitter users. I have been on Twitter since the day it launched and Evan's thoughts about events, information vs. social media economics and journalism were very interesting to me.

    It's also really wonderful to see Charlie Rose's ever-youthful curiosity and enthusiasm for new ideas, and how quickly he grasps new topics that so many others struggle to comprehend.