A presentation I gave at a 'notworking' event called Glug in London. It was a short 5-10 minute presentation given in a pub to drunk designers and digital folks mainly. It's not the smartest thing I've ever done, but I thought I'd share it nonetheless. It's missing lots of video clips and things which obviously made it much much better than it is now. Honestly.

1. Iain Tait from Poke
Twitter party theory
explained in 20 slides*
*26 actually. I’ve had to add in a few extras so it makes sense on SlideShare

2. HOW CAN PEOPLE ‘NOT LIKE’
TWITTER? IT’S LIKE SAYING YOU
DON’T LIKE PARTIES.

3. THERE’S A PARTY OUT
THERE FOR EVERYONE

4. ‘PARTY’ IS A VERY LOOSE TERM

5. LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO
PARTY WITH ‘CELEBS’

6. AND ON THE TOPIC OF CELEBS LET’S
NOT FORGET THAT TWITTER IN THE UK
WAS INVENTED BY ROSS AND FRY*
*I THINK IN THE US TWITTER WAS INVTENTED BY OPRAH OR ASHTON, RIGHT?

7. BUT
IT ISN’T
@WOSSY
OR
@STEPHENFRY’S
PARTY

8. IT’S
YOURS
AND IF YOU’RE HAVING A SHIT TIME ON
TWITTER IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT. YOU’VE
FALLEN IN WITH THE WRONG CROWD.

9. "WHEN
SELECT
YOU’LL ING GU
MIX OF WANT ESTS F
CHARA TO CHO OR YOU
WILL A CTERS OSE AN R EVEN
LL GET , BUT M INTERE T,
INVITE
PEOPLE ALONG AKE SU STING
WITH O WHO A . IT WO RE THE
THER D RE KNO ULDN’T Y
INNER WN TO DO TO
GUEST CLASH
HEATED S OR C
AUSE
DEBAT
ES."
EXTRACT FROM PARTY ETIQUETTE GUIDE

10. ON TWITTER THE TABLE PLAN DOESN’T MATTER - THE
GUESTS DON’T KNOW WHO THEY’RE SITTING NEXT TO

12. H RE ,
O A TS
W
TS ONALIS
ES TI
VI GU SA
TE VER RE
"IN
CON EW GHOA
G D
OO ALLY TH ALOS ON
ESP ECI B NG OUR."
RI UM
N
OW NSETO OF H
KN SE
THE IR
EXTRACT FROM PARTY ETIQUETTE GUIDE

13. AND IF YOU SUDDENLY DECIDE YOU DON’T WANT
SOMEONE AROUND, REMOVING THEM IS SIMPLE

14. AND IF SOMEONE INVITES YOU TO THEIR PARTY YOU
DON’T HAVE TO FEEL COMPELLED TO INVITE THEM BACK

15. LE
OP T
PE A
F TS
O N
ES WA
YP E
T N
5 -O
THE NO PARTY
AT WITTER
TH R T
THEI

16. I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL

17. I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID SOMETHINGOM
ISHCORP.C COOL
UBB
R SOMETHING COOL
I JUST SAID
P.S. I DID SAY HOW MUCH I LOVED NATHAN AND HIS BLOG -
I JUST SAID SOMETHING COOL
EVEN IF HIS AUTO-POST MAKES ME NOT WANT TO BE HIS
FRIEND ANY MORE...

18. YOU’LL
(IF SHE NEVER
HE
SHE’LL ARS ME T GUESS
BE MY F ELLING
RIEND..
.)
WHAT
YOU WH
AT SHE SHE SA
JUST SA ID!
ID MAY
BE

19. DON’T BE A
RETW EET
SLAG

20. HEY LISTEN TO US.
WE’RE TALKING
YES WE ARE TALKING. LOUD.
A LOT.
BUT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. HA HA.
IT’S PRIVATE. BUT WE’RE TALKING
IN PUBLIC. HA HA HA.

21. I BET YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH, I BET THEY DO...
OH. NO ONE CARES.
HAHAHA. REMEMBER THAT
CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD!!!

22. I BET YOU WANT TO US.
HEY LISTEN TO KNOW
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE’RE TALKING
RESPECT YES WE ARE TALKING. LOUD.
YEAH, I A LOT.
BET THEY DO...
THE @
BUT YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT
OH. NO ONE CARES.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. HA HA.
IT’SHAHAHA. REMEMBER TALKING
PRIVATE. BUT WE’RE THAT
CONVERSATION WE HA HA.
IN PUBLIC. HA JUST HAD!!!

23. “I’VE JUST INSTALLED THIS WICKED
THING. IT MAGICALLY MAKES
EVERYONE WANT TO FOLLOW ME”

24. D ON’ T BE
N IDIOTWICKED
AINSTALLED THIS
“I’VE JUST
THING. IT MAGICALLY MAKES
EVERYONE WANT TO FOLLOW ME”

25. DON’T ACT LIKE A
GIBBERING COKEHEAD

26. AN
W URTS
IT YO
TA O
IN T
IA
@ OME OU!
C
TO TY - THA NK Y
PAR