eric rochow : social media handyman

This is one of those things that happen rarely, social media tools affect you in real time.

I was at the Tilzy.tv NY Web Meetup last night, listening to Matt Bledsoe and Troy Hitch of You Suck at Photoshop talk about their show.

I’m sitting in a chair and I checked Twitter on my iPhone. Paul of For Your Imagination had just sent out a tweet on the @FYIStudio Twitter account:

I see this tweet, and I’m not sure who this is. I’m thinking this person might be from Justin.tv or some web show.

So I google the name on my iPhone, and click on the link to Wikipedia. Up comes the Justine Bateman listing ( I learned she is a famous actor ) with this picture filling up my iPhone screen:

From a group of women sitting behind me is a voice, coming over my shoulder, “What are you looking at?”

I  didn’t turn to see who it was, I just kinda half turned, ( can’t turn well with a ruptured disc ) and said, “I’m looking at Wikipedia”  and then went on to check my other messages.

After the presentation ends, ( and it was really good BTW ) I ask around to see if someone can point out to me who at the meetup is Justine Bateman. And sure enough, it was the woman who asked me “What are you looking at?”

Thinking that must have been a pretty creepy moment for her, I walked up to her and explained that I had seen the FYIstudio tweet and proceeded to look up her info.

Can’t blame her for the look she gave me, but at least I tried.

I’m not a TV star, but I can empathize a bit, as people know a lot about me from watching Gardenfork.tv.

I just thought it an interesting example that shows how information can fly pretty fast, and how it can cause awkward moments.

Sorry for the weirdness Ms Bateman.