Benjamin Ellis

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Twestival – What is That?

It’s all too easy to take it for granted that people know about something. In the last day or two a few people have asked me what Twestival is. Now, some of you will all ready know about the Twitter Festival, but some won’t, so here is a little background.

It was almost two years ago that I went to the first Twestival, Harvest Twestival – Gathering with many of the people I had met via Twitter and listinging to Ben singing his (tongue in cheek) Twitter song, “you’re no-one if you’re not on twitter“.

Fast forward six months, and I found myself in the BBC’s London television studio (thank you Jaz and the team), explaining why thousands of people, may of whom had never met in real life, were gathering in towns and cities around the world at Twestival events to raise money for Charity:Water.

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Posted 4 months, 1 week ago at 10:03 am. 2 comments

Harvest Twestival a Real Tweet

Sorry… That title was just there for the taking, and no it isn’t a typo. The Harvest Twestival was a gathering of the twitterati in Londinium at doonstairs. A very snazzy venue, if a little hot! It gave me the chance to put some 3D faces to 2D avatars from the twitter world, as well as catching up with friends. There’s a lovely photo in the post at This is Now and post by Sizemore (I love the design of Sizemore’s site – very warm and homely). Continue Reading…

Posted 1 year, 10 months ago at 8:21 pm. 6 comments