Lighted phone in a dark theater
Last night I attended a taping of MPR’s show Wits with featured guest Chuck Klosterman. My friend and I got tickets based on our appreciation of Klosteman’s books, and my friend’s love of Craig Finn. Little did I know when we arrived that we were being encouraged to live-tweet the event.
Apparently I’m just a sucker for social media (although I already knew that) because my enjoyment of the event was enhanced about 150% by being allowed to tweet in the theater during the show. At one point I saw someone tweet about it being like reading people’s minds and I fully agree. It also felt to me like a way to exercise creativity while being surrounded by creative people.
My friend tweeted that non-tweeting events had been ruined for her by this experience and I have to agree. I like spilling my thoughts 140 characters at a time, even if it means I’m part of a crowd.
