The Alana Taylor Show

Posted on: April 16, 2008 at 12:29 am | Posted under: Technology, Twitter

So a week ago I get this tweet from Gary Vaynerchuk.  I take his advice and decide to follow Alana Taylor on Twitter.  I then subscribe to Alana’s blog with Google Reader to see what she is about.  Once I see her post about The Alana Taylor Show, I DM her on Twitter to see if she needs any help moderating her uStream chatroom.  We go back and forth on Twitter and I end up helping her out for the 1.5 hours that she was on tonight.

What does all of this mean?  It is the power of the social web!  Just how one tweet from a crazy wine guy (love ya Gary!) can prompt someone to follow and connect with someone and then help that person out on their first uStream show is just amazing!  I was very glad to help out Alana with her show tonight, she is a very talented young woman with a lot of potential.  I wish that the whole "web 2.0" social networking phenomenon was around when I was still in college, because I would be just like her (except with facial hair and a deeper voice).

We had a lot of fun with her show tonight, and even tried to get Jason Calacanis to stop by so that Alana could do a live audition for him for Mahalo Daily, but no luck!

Building relationships with new people and exploring new avenues of communication is where we are at – and it is fantastic!

On a more somber note, I did not win the lottery tonight.  So no 37 million dollars for me. I want to start Mahalo East in NYC – it will happen eventually!

Cheers!

Comments
  • Jacob Burke
    Hey Alana, no worries! Glad I was able to help you out with your show. Let me know when the next one is and if you need help again. We should also work on styling your uStream page. Shoot me an email or IM and we can discuss it further.
  • JAKEEEEEEE hahahh this is what happens when I get too excited about people blogging about me. I want to get to everyone and then I mess up on names. I am so sorry :(
  • Thanks for moderating again Jason ;) I think that's EXACTLY what social networking is about and it's one of the biggg reasons I am so crazy excited about it.

    See you on the ethernet :P
  • I just stopped by your blog and thought I would say hello. I like your site design. Looking forward to reading more down the road.

    Robert Michel
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