On today’s show we’re going to talk with Rob Gokee, author of In the Belly of the Fail Whale: How Twitter Changed My Life in One Year. But before we do I want to apologize for getting this week’s show out so late.

I do freelance web design and social media strategies and thankfully work has been picking up. In fact, I’m almost at the point where I have too much work coming in. Unfortunately, I’ve been so busy that I wasn’t able to get the show out on it’s regular schedule. On top of that, last week I caught a cold which laid me up. I’m over the worst of it but I still have a lingering cough.

Check this out: last night I was I crouching by my desk trying to organize my various computer cables when I was hit with a coughing fit. I lost my balance and smacked my head against my desk. While I was flailing about I also mashed my hand against my desk and somehow managed to twist my ankle. I’m pretty banged up and I have a lump on my forehead the size if a ping pong ball.

Anyway, that’s why the show is late. I hate to release shows late but it happens from time to time. I’ve made arrangements with Alterati‘s Joseph Matheny to pull a show out of the vault the next time I’m running behind but hopefully that won’t happen too frequently.

But let’s get back to today’s show!

As I mentioned, our guest is Rob Gokee and we’re going to talk about his book, In the Belly of the Fail Whale: How Twitter Changed My Life in One Year.

I know at some point that Twitter is going to be as commonplace as instant messengers but right now Twitter is still a pretty exciting place to be and it certainly has changed my life.

I’ve been following Rob on Twitter for over a year now and when he published In the Belly of the Fail Whale I wanted to have him on the Small World because first of all, he’s one of the friends I’ve made on Twitter and second of all, I wanted to find out how Twitter changed his life. In the Belly of the Fail Whale is a great read and is very funny even when Rob is revealing some very painful part of his life.

You can follow Rob on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/robgokeemusic. You can find me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/smallworld

• Rob Gokee “Terrace in the Rain

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