@JoelECarlson – Hello everyone and welcome to today’s Twitterview of @erinklegstad. Lets get things started!

@erinklegstad – hi, Joel! Thanks for having me!

Q – #1    So @erinklegstad, where did you grow up and what were some things you’ve done in your life to get you where you are today?

A:    home = Hallock, MN. College = UofM, Morris // BA in English.Post-college = newspaper reporter in Spicer & @echopress.

: always enjoyed writing and had amazing high school English teachers and an awesome English advisor at UMM!

Q – #2    What kind of work and locations have you had since college?

A:    news editor at the Kandiyohi Co Times in Spicer (now Lakes Area Review) & a county beat reporter @echopress in Alex.

since June 2008, I’ve been a communications rep for @capxprojects (part of @XcelEnergyMN). Love my job!

Q – #3    Cool! So how long have you been using Social Media tools, and which ones do you use?

A:    thanks! I use @facebook to keep in touch with friends, but twitter is my social media tool of choice!

I’ve also been toying with the idea of starting a healthy living/fitness blog. Just haven’t found the time!

Q – #4    Have you started any friendships based on a friend/follow? Who are some you’ve benefited from following?

A:    so many fantastic tweeters! @hyedi is a close friend of mine; we met via twitter & mutual friend @JennaBennett01.

other faves include @nutritionisteat, @LivBtrNutrition, @bert22, my sis @amiklegstad. Too many to list!

I follow many food/health/wellness tweeters, as health/wellness/fitness R my passions! Love their tips & recipes! :)

Q – #5    Do you use any Social Media tools in the work that you do?

A:    we just implemented a twitter account this year (@capxprojects), but that’s it….

our public outreach = open houses, direct mail, website, as our stakeholders aren’t that twitter-savvy. :) #

ooo, I forgot! I also use @foursquare (personally, not for work).

Q – #6    I see. Well lets go to the FAVS: Favorite – restaurant, store, summer activity and color.

A:    fave restaurant(s) = @BirchwoodCafe and @FrenchMeadow! Both have great patios and amazing organic local food.

fave store = hands-down @lululemon and @lululemonSWE! @Nordstrom and J. Crew are also up there. :)

fave summer activity is road biking! I ride with @Birchwood_Bikes & am competing in the state road race on Saturday.

: other fave activities include @corepoweryoga and running. Time with friends rocks, too, as does being outside.

fave color… can’t choose just one! Black, of course, chocolate brown, turquoise. Depends on my mood :)

Q – #7    Wow, you are an active person! How have you found the Twin Cities biking community to be like?

A:    I rarely sit down! :) TC bike community is incredible! We’re fortunate to live in such a supportive community…

great trails, many dedicated bike lanes, @niceridemn! And most importantly, there are awesome cyclists here!

Q – #8    Awesome!  Our time is almost up. To end, what advice or mantra would you like to share today?

A:    my advice… sweat once a day (courtesy of @lululemon), live life to the fullest, love what you do & embrace change!

@JoelECarlson – Thank you for participating and sharing some of your thoughts and life today. Have a great afternoon!

@erinklegstad - it was my pleasure! Thank you for having me on twitteriew! Enjoy your afternoon as well :)

@JoelECarlson – Welcome to Twitterview #2 for today. Our guest is @petebocken, so lets get to geek’n, I mean Tweet’n. :)

@petebocken – Thanks for having me Joel!

Q – #1    So @petebocken, where did you grow up and what were some of the life steps that you’ve taken to get you where you are today?

A:    Grew up in La Crosse, WI. Always lived and breathed tech! Started with keyboarding class back in Kindergarten…

Took a bunch of photography, art, tech classes in HS.

Just couldn’t escape computers. They were a good way to express myself.

Did some IT here and there, but I really took to web design.

Q – #2    So what kind of work do you do now, and what kind of clients do you have?

A:    Help out @westwords_paula at Westwords Consulting, web dev/design for the most part. IT support, the techy geeky stuff.

We pride ourselves on having a personal work relationship with people at all levels of experience and business size

Clients range from single individuals to large corps.

Q – #3    So how quick of an adapter were you to Social Media, and which ones have you used?

A:    MySpace first, left that quick! Then Facebook for friends, family. Twitter more for work networking, new relationships

LinkedIn for …. i don’t know, haven’t had much use for that yet. But I’ve connected to everyone i’ve worked with.

Q – #4    I see. Have you used any of the geolocation tools like Foursquare, Gowalla or Facebooks new one called Places?

A:    I knew you would ask! ;) No! Not for me. Don’t like the idea. Plus everyone would know I don’t leave the house much!

Q – #5    Hahaha! That’s okay. Do you have some people that you feel you’ve benefited from following on Twitter?

A:    I’ll plug @SocialNicole cause she’s been trying to get me to use Twitter for some time now. Think I finally stuck

Follow everything @chriscoyier does for web dev, design, css, wordpress

I use TweetDeck, so I’ll just use searches a lot for stuff i’m watching to keep an eye on

Q – #6    Ah. Any new technologies, hardware, apps or software on the horizon that you think will be a “game changer” soon?

A:    Mobile has obviously skyrocketed the last few years. That will continue.

Hopefully standardization on social networks continues as well as data liberation.

I see casual computing not needing a typical computer, we are seeing that with what Google is doing

Q – #7   Now for your FAVS: Favorite – restaurant, store, gadget and summer activity.

A:    I don’t eat out that much, but fav restaurant is either Chipotle or Dave & Buster’s (Chuck E Cheese for adults!)

Fav store is amazon.com, brick and mortar is Target

fav gadget is my iPhone of course

Fav summer activity, can’t say i have one. pastey white dudes & sun don’t get along

Q – #8    That’s okay. Are you a @MinnStateFair kind of guy, or do you skip that?

A:    Yup, we always go. My wife & I have our tradition of the photo booth every year. This will be our tenth year in a row.

Q – #9    That’s sweet! :) So to end today and Twitterviews for this week, what thought or mantra would you like to share?

A:    Was told a long time ago. “Don’t be a leader or a follower, just be yourself.

@JoelECarlson – Thanks @petebocken for that final comment! Have a great weekend and thanks for your thoughts!

@petebocken – Thank you Joel!

@JoelECarlson – Hello everyone and welcome to Twitterview No.2 of the day. Today’s guest is @asquibb of @CaringBridge, so let Tweet with care.

@asquibb – “Tweet w/ care” Nice! @CaringBridge IS a very caring place – awesome culture :)

Q – #1    So @asquibb, tell us, where did you grow up and what were some of the life steps that you took to get where you are today?

A:    I’m a born & raised MN-girl! I’ve taken a lot of steps, a few tumbles and a lot of ‘gettin back up’ to get to today.

My professional experience started in PR. Then online mktg at a few large corporations. Today, I’m loving work @CaringBridge

Q – #2    Not giving up is a good attribute to have! So where did you get your schooling, and what did you major in?

A:    I attended MSU – Moorhead, major in Mass Comm (Adv/PR) minor in marketing. We didn’t have email my first year! #IAmOld

@JoelECarlson – Hi everybody. Lets get rolling with @asquibb. We will start with where we last left off before the #FailWhale appeared.

@asquibb – Good morning! Let’s not break Twitter this time ;)

Q – #3    If you didn’t have email at MSU, then you definitely didn’t have Social Media tools. How have you come to learn about them?

A:    I monitored msg boards 4 a client. It was a niche community of biz ppl who met offline 1st & cont. the convo online.

I’m no #SM guru. I’m learning like everyone else – trying out the new, fun #SM tools, asking questions…

Learning abt different #SM behaviors & trends thru observation. Makes my work fun, always something new in #SM!

Q – #4    I see. So do you use Foursquare, Gowalla or the new FB Places?

A:    I @foursquare’d for awhile, but it’s not for ‘me’ personally :) I still check-in at #SM events thou.

I don’t plan on using fb Places personally either. FB has lost it’s luster for me (for now).

I <3 #SM, but FB is just ONE way to connect. Sorta like the mktg mix – right audience, right msg…

clearly, my number is off! that last msg was 3/3. Sheesh! :)

Q – #5    No problem! :) So who are 5-15 people that you follow on Twitter that you’ve benefited from connecting with?

A:    A few ppl/orgs: @socialnicole connects ppl/NPOs & brings great perspective; she’s generous w/knowledge!

@JMU612 & the crew who helps connect #SM ppl and ideas (@ericamayer @maikelvdm et al) #

Really enjoy @sarahkayhoffman’s positive Twitter energy #

Of course, YOU! There are so many ppl I’ve benefited from connecting w/ & would like to meet IRL :)

Q – #6    I would have to agree with you on that point. Now for FAVS – Favorite: restaurant, store, color, summer activity & gadget.

A:    Picking FAVs is hard 4 me! Restaurants: @BarLaGrassa & @SanctuaryRest. Store: @ideeli Color: Blue-Green. #indecisive!

Summer activities: hiking, biking, golf, lake time. Gadget: DYMO label maker

Q – #7    (*GASP!*) Why are you breaking up with your iPhone? Never calls back? :)

A:    Ha ha! It’s a love/hate relationship w/my iPhone aka: limb extension. It’s old, unreliable & needs to be upgraded. :)

Q – #8    I see. Well to end today – what thought or mantra would you like to share with everyone?

A:    Okay. I have 2: “Life is a series of EXPERIENCES. They’re not all good – they’re not all bad.” -mi madre :)

“A bend in the road isn’t the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.”

Thanks Joel! This was fun :) Have a great Friday!

@JoelECarlson – Thanks very much @asquibb for your time, your comments and your patience with Twitter! Have a fabulous Friday!

@JoelECarlson – Hello everyone, and lets welcome today’s Twitterview guest, none other than @cydneyw. On with the show!

Q – #1    So @cydneyw, where did you grow up and what were some of the life steps that you took to get you where you are today?

A;    Born & raised in Savage, MN- I took a test in high school that matched my personality w/ a career-& that career was PR!

I think I may be one of the only success stories from those tests :)

Q – #2    So where did you go for schooling after HS, and where have you worked at to hone your skills?

A:    Spent 4 yrs @ UMN, then spent 1 yr as an account intern at AB Group One & 2 yrs @risdall B4 finding my home @Fast_Horse

Q – #3    Nice! So what is your role at @Fast_Horse, and what kind of clients do you work with? Can you give examples?

A:    @Fast_Horse I’m a Client Relationship Manager. Although we work w/ wide variety of clients, I’ve been working…

..primarily on our Coca-Cola account. We work w/ many of the Coca-Cola brands, & it’s a really fun, amazing opportunity

Q – #4    Very cool! So how have you used Social Media tools, both personally and professionally? Foursquare user?

A:    To better understand tools 4 our clients, I always use ‘em personally 1st. I reluctantly joined foursquare back in Jan..

..& now I use it everyday. Same goes 4 Gowalla, Pandora, apps, forums- it’s hard 2B an expert on something u don’t use.

Q – #5    So do you have a Foursquare badge that you’re proud of or any unique badges in your collection?

A:    Ha! I guess I’m proud of the Super Swarm badge (250+) and ‘Dog’s Best Friend’ which is dedicated to my puppy Zoey

Q – #6    That’s sweet. Now for your FAVS: Favorite – restaurant, store, color, summer activity and gadget.

A:    Oh, yes the favs. Restaurants- Good Earth, Rainbow (on nicollet), Pancho Villa, Chino Latino, Ike’s.

Fav stores- Len Druskin, Bananna Republic, Sephora,For Love 21, RueLaLa (I’m counting it!)

FAV color: Green. FAV summer activity: spending the wknd at the cabin boating. FAV gadget: gps on my driod (my savior!)

Q – #7    If you could invite any 1 person for dinner (dead/alive), who would you invite and why?

A:    oh man, that is tough! It’s not exciting, but I would say 1 of my grandfather’s. They both passed before I was born.

Q – #8    I understand that! To end today – what thought or mantra would you like to share with everyone?

A:    Final Thought: Bring as much laughter as possible into your life! Oh, and adopt as many animals as you possibly can :)

Thanks, Joel! I appreciate you taking the time to talk with me today! Wuerffel, out.

@JoelECarlson – Wonderful!  Well thank you for sharing some of your life and time with everyone today @cydneyw. You have fun at @Fast_Horse.

@JoelECarlson – Hello everybody and welcome to the Twitterview of @KARE11 “sports guru” @p_oshan. Lets make like Favre and play today!

@p_oshan – Guru might be a bit of an overstatement…

Q – #1    So @p_oshan, where did you grow up and what were some of the life steps that you took to get you where you are today?

A:    Grew up in Burnsville & graduated from U of M in 04. Started an internship at @kare11 in Jan ’04 & eventually offered paid gig

Q – #2    So did you choose the focus on sports, or did sports choose you? Was yesterday a “dream sports day”?

A:    I chose sports. Growing up, sports played such a big part in my life, it felt natural to follow that for a career

Yesterday was busy. It was pretty close to a dream day for sports fans – Favre circus & Thome walk-off HR

I think a dream day in our world would be covering someone winning a championship

Q – #3    Do you agree with Favre’s quote from last year “The pieces are in place” for them to go to the SB this year?

A:    I agree the pieces are in place (if everyone stays healthy) but I don’t think the “magic” will be there again this year

Q – #4    Interesting take! So who is your early pick from the NFC and AFC to make it to the Super Bowl?

A:    Tough to say in mid-August, but (like a lot of people), the Jets look good in the AFC. NFC could be Cowboys or (gasp) Packers!

Q – #5    It is early. So besides sports, what are some other interests that you dabble in?

A:    I love to travel and play golf (neither of which I do enough). Like microbrews, sushi, music and time with my fiancee

Q – #6    A nice variety.So do you use Social Media in your work for topic or information research? How long have you been on Twitter?

A:    SM has revolutionized all news gathering/sharing. We definitely use Twitter/Facebook to find stories and spread info

I’ve been on #twitter for (guessing) 18 months or so. I use it for work every day

Q – #7    Who are 5-15 people/orgs that you find you benefit from following personally or professionally?

A:    @conanobrien, @jimmyfallon & @funnyordie for humor, @espn_nfcnblog for #Vikes info, @pitchforkmedia & @hypem for music

@12barsmpls (a non-prof some friends and I started), @wwe & @mikethemiz because I’m a big wrestling fan

@JoelECarlson @perkatplay @david_watkins & dave_schwartz because they’re my cohorts and they “get” #twitter

I could go on and on with how people I follow benefit me, but I’ll spare you all!

Q – #8    Thanks! :) Now for the FAVS: Favorite – restaurant, store, summer activity, national sports person.

A:    Restaurant: White Castle! Store(s): Savers, Unique, Buffalo Exchange, Tatters; Activity: golf

Fave sports person is hard! Mike Tice was always good for a laugh. I don’t know if I have a favorite anymore

Q – #9    I meant NAT person that covers sports. Also, what was it like meeting Conan O’Brien?

A:    I’m a real big fan of John @Buccigross – ESPN hockey geek. He’s good on air and writes great stuff online

Surreal moment meeting @conanobrien – he’s a hero of mine and he could not have been a nicer guy when we met

Q – #10    Final point – What mantra or thought would you like to share with everyone?

A:    Mom always said be nice to everyone. I believe it; I try to live it. And the golden rule is hard to disagree with!!

@JoelECarlson – Good Mom! :) Thanks @p_oshan for your time and comments today. Have a good afternoon! #GoVIkes #TwinsWin and #GoWolves

@p_oshan – Thank you, @JoelECarlson! That was fun! Time to go see Brett Favre!