Twitterganger
Fri 28 Mar 2008, 10:45 am
(Yes, it’s another post about Twitter. Deal.)
I have long known that I have more than a few Googlegangers. The most interesting to me is Steve Lawson (duh!), an British bass player just a few years younger than I. He is one of those shameless self-promoters that I admire so much. It looks like he’s taking every opportunity to reach out to listeners and expand his audience on the web. As such, you can hear his music on just about any social software site. I have been tuning in on Last.fm and Facebook.
I didn’t know he was on Twitter until I got a reply from someone I didn’t know, talking about music. On a hunch, I searched his/my name and found http://twitter.com/solobasssteve. I friended him, and have since been rewarded with fun messages like this one. I left a comment on his blog under the name “Steve Lawson (no, not that one, another one)” and so on.
What’s my point? Just that Twitter and the Internets are fun. I like the flames and the drama and all that, but isn’t it cool that we can spend time just goofing around together with people we otherwise wouldn’t know?

Hi Steve! twitter is great for that – informal fun introductions into people’s web-life. it’s nice getting to know you after years of skimming past you on google vanity searches ;o)
Sx
Comment by Steve Lawson — March 28, 2008 @ 11:24 am
shoulda clarified which SL it was posting just before, in case people think you’re having a Tyler Duerden moment… :o)
Comment by Steve Lawson (the other bass playin' one with the big hair) — March 28, 2008 @ 11:25 am
That’s funny….I don’t think anyone else is named Dean Giustini. (Unless it’s another alias)
Dean Giustini
Comment by Dean — March 28, 2008 @ 9:27 pm
How neat! I used to roll my eyes at the whole twitter thing but I’m finding it has all sorts of unique uses and here’s yet another.
(Incidently, my maiden name is Lawson.)
Comment by Carleen — April 9, 2008 @ 6:36 pm