Chris
you're right that the decision was made quickly but having watched the video I think that this was a case of a wise crowd and an interviewer who had totally misjudged what the audience wanted... not to say that it couldn't all go wrong at other times in other situations, of course.
The thing I liked most was the sense of being there myself - and also the sense that I could engage by telling my friends there what I thought.
Aha - I hadn't seen the video when I wrote that.
I think you're totally right about the interview in front of a crowd situation.
They knew what they wanted to get out of it, which didn't seem to tally with what she was going to get out of it.
But yes - your big point stands. Twitter is a fantastic way of feeling like you're there. Reminds me a bit of the old jokes in the Guardian future of media sessions - why are we all here, when people like Jemima Kiss were live-blogging it so well?
Thanks for pointing to the Lacey tweet Chris.
You know, I think she interviewed Kevin Rose at Le Web in December. That interview was terrible too.
For more of the same, check out Eric Webber's piece in Advertising Age's - All atwitter in Austin, why PR people have to understand the mob use blackberries.
Cracking piece
http://adage.com/smallagency/
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