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# Twitter as a Backchannel
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2009/03/twitter_as_a_backchannel/
- Published: 2009-03-03T12:46:48.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:27:20.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: conferences, smi09, Social Media, X (Twitter)

![Twiiter on stage at Social Media Influence 09](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/03/DSCF0826.jpg?resize=500%2C375)

I’m at the [Social Media influence 09](http://www.screenevents.co.uk/smi%5F09/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) conference in London this morning. Lots of interesting stuff cropping up, but I did like [Robin](http://www.cybersoc.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)‘s use of Twitter as a back-channel during the Enterprise 2.0 panel. The technology failed in the end, but the idea is sound.

Even if my first appearance on the screen was discussing a panelist’s tie…