Talking about Twitter on TV

NBC10-Philadelphia's Jamison Uhler, right, and photographer Brian Wasilauski.

Out of the blue, I got a call from NBC-10 in Philadelphia Thursday afternoon. They spotted me on twitter.grader.com, among the most followed twitterers in Philly, and wanted to talk to me on camera about the hottest platform in social media.

Coincidentally, I had already been planning to attend a program called Social Media Demystified!, organized by the Philadelphia Area New Media Association (panma.org) at the University City Science Center in West Philadelphia.

PANMA represents the leading edge of Philadelphia’s new media community – from designers and programmers to educators, marketing pros and more – and so I invited the TV crew to come along.

Just in time for my interview, I learned from the first presenter, advertising and social media maven Annie Heckenberger - @anniemal - that Twitter now claims 8 million users, including more than 50% who are over the age of 35. Twitter’s not just for kids anymore.

Thanks to NBC10-Philadelphia reporter Jamison Uhler and photographer Brian Wasilauski for coming out. If you are in the area, you can watch for the report during the 5pm and 11pm reports Friday, and I will watch for video links of course.

I Twitter @jimmacmillan