Before you wonder based upon all the pictures in our flickr stream below, it wasn’t all about the parties, the disco taxi’s and the drinking. The content from the sessions at The Next Web was actually quite good. The content from the sessions was really interesting and there was plenty of it. There was also a girl there who did some brilliant sketch note taking of each of the sessions and you can find that in one of the video’s below.
I had a great time talking with Esther when I was a the event and I have to say her drawings are so much better than my notes from the event as they totally catch the essence of the event. The conversations the content, everything. As such if you want to see the content then do click on the links below the video about her sketch notes. Additional content on what the sessions were about has been done really well by the team running the event and you can find all the info about the event and the write up’s over on our thenextweb.tweetmeme.com category that we put up especially for the event!
And finally the bit that you were all waiting for I’m sure… none other than our own Nick Halstead dared to get up on stage with Chris Sacca as the moderator… Here’s what happened!
Do enjoy the video from the event… Also today Nick was over at Geek’n Rolla and I’m sure he’ll give us an update on how that all went when he gets back!
So today Oprah Winfrey is going to be doing her very first live Tweet on her twitter account. Before even writing her first tweet she has over 70,000 followers. As such to see how popular she is and to follow how the conversation around her show evolves we are tracking the progress.
As Chris Sacca said today at The Next Web Twitter is growing faster than many viruses and cancers. So we are curiously looking at how viral the Oprah campaign is going to be. Even before she’s been on the show there are so many re-tweeted blog and websites… The media frenzy is massive.
So if you’re curious to see how things are going to pan out then watch our Oprah TweetMeme feed here! I’ve also embedded the Oprah video which you can get for your site here! If you’re writing about Oprah and want your posts tracked then just incude oprah in your tweet and when it’s re-tweeted we’ll pick it up!
So today is my first day as the community manager at TweetMeme and as such I thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce myself and what I’ll be doing here over the next few months. So here goes…
First things first I’ll be looking over the comments from our current users and identifying any key areas where the site could be drastically improved so get your suggestions into us via the forum as I’ll be looking there to see what areas are your pain points and what features we are missing that should really be there. I’m also into making things as simple and usable as possible so if I see usability issues I’ll be picking up on them to make your job easier!
Secondly I’ll be attending The Next Web conference and will have my laptop with me so that you can see TweetMeme in action and at it’s best. As such do come and find me and I’ll show you what we can do with the site! Honestly there’s more to it than just the front page… I wonder how many of you are using the tweetmeme wordpress plugin on your sites or the buttons. Also if you’re a developer and are interested in working with our API then do take a look at it, we are looking for feedback on this as it’s something we are hoping for developers to get really into!
And finally some random facts about me…
Background: Formerly I worked at Cardinal Health as a software engineer doing a lot of .net programming and software development in and around this area. I’m also the founder of the Girl Geek Dinners and that is where my community experience comes from. I’m known for being a little unconventional in my approach to things and have a passion for mobile devices… so thanks to Nick (aka the Boss) I am now fully connected with an IPhone! So that means you can find me on Twitter a little more often than you used to! If you want to find me on twitter my account is @girlygeekdom and I have a couple of blogs… my group blog is GirlyGeekdom and my personal one which I’ve not put much on recently is Flirting with the Future… I thought it was a fun name for a blog! You’ll also find me blogging here and over on the Fav.or.it blog too! And yes I will be cross posting every now and again, but hopefully not too often!
We will be attending The Next Web Conference and pitching TweetMeme as part of the ‘Twitter ecosystem session’. It is one of the best European conferences attended by some of the biggest names on the scene and a fantastic opportunity to network with other developers. It is also a great place to meet European VC’s (and probably some US ones on the prowl this year.)
If you are attending and want a demo of TweetMeme or want to discuss any potential business come over to the Sun Startup Essentials stand who are kindly hosting us. (there is also likely free beer from them!)
As such do come and find me and I’ll show you what we can do with the site! Honestly there’s more to it than just the front page… I wonder how many of you are using the 
