Twitter Expert

Last week I went to the Nottingham Twestival, and met some interesting people. What is a Twestival? Essentially a drink ‘n’ chat in the pub for people who use Twitter, which in Nottingham meant mainly bloggers and people from the IT or Creative industries.

These are the cards I collected:

1. Al Carlton (@alcarlton) is a blogger and web-entrepreneur who runs Coolest Gadgets and Self Made Minds, and a number of other sites. Bloggers interested in learning about blogging and developing their profile should read Self Made Minds.
2. Marcus Batey (@marcusbatey) is a Graphic Designer based in Nottingham.
3. Wilds Duck Productions is an IT and media company (television, film, DVD, video and CD production; CD and DVD duplication; PA, lighting and staging).
4. I’ll also give a shoutout for Nightair Productions, who are based near Mansfield and local to me. They are an equipment hire company who also do parties. It is run by Andy Monk, who looks a bit like Simon Cowell, but is more civilised.
5. I kid you not, but Caron-Jane Lyon of PCM Creative (@pcmcreative) (”Empowering Social media for business in the UK”) makes part of her living building private social networks using the Ning service, in addition to “normal” websites. Caron was one of the main organisers of the event.
6. Finally, I had a chance to meet infamous local Lib Dem Blogger Alex Foster (@alexfoster).

Here’s a “not Simon Cowell” video:

Tags: al carlton, andrew monk, caron-jane lyon, coolest-gadgets, nightair, nottingham twestival, pcm creative, selfmademinds, wild duck productions