Anyone that follows me on Twitter will know that I have just returned from the Cannes Lions Festival where Hill & Knowlton was playing host to its own seminar (the first time PR has been included in 56 years).

We decided to show off a bit so recruited Twitter co-founder Biz Stone to speak and held the festival’s first ever live tweet-up.

You can check out videos from the seminar here.

I was lucky enough to hang out with Biz who turned out to be a class act and uncovered a few interesting facts about the man that you might not know:

• He’s a strict vegan and even wears “vegetarian” shoes
• He loves portmanteaus and can come up with them in seconds
• He likes tequila…but in a connoisseur kind of way not in a “slammer” kind of way

Check out the videos above as they offer some real insight into how Twitter came about, Biz’s thoughts on why it has become such a phenomenon and what the future holds.

Enjoy!

So this is my first post so what better way to kick things off with a brief rundown of who I am and what you’ll find on this blog…

My name is Dan Leach, I’m an Account Director for Hill & Knowlton in London – this is not my first stab at having a blog, in fact it’s my second (the first failed due to lack of time and motivation).

So what will you find here? Well, it will be my general thoughts and discoveries relating to my various interests including PR, marketing and technology. On occasion I’ll write in-depth articles, mostly it will be one-liners. But, all-in-all this is very much experimental – I’m hoping this blog will develop over time into something quite interesting.