Allison, Chef and Food Activist from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

Allison shares why she tweets and the importance of getting the word about healthy food for schoolkids

Kim, Knowledge Manager at Institute for National Strategic Studies from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

Kim talks about her research into social media’s role in the Arab spring.

Update: The report to which Kim is referring is AMIR (Arab Media Influence Report) and can be found on the PBS website here.

Jay, Investing Consultant from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

Is there a revenue model for microblogging platforms?

Elizabeth, developer from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

New Project from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

Talks about her reservations in using social media.

Lee, Congressional Aide from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

Talks about how her congressman uses social media to connect with his constituents.

Brian, Lawyer from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

Talks about the division of his company dealing solely with social media

Paul, Graphic Designer from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

Self-avowed twitter hater

Bill, Developer from Abigail Noonan on Vimeo.

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Is porn social media?

I haven’t been in the right frame of mind for twitter. My original idea was to post little witty things about the articles I work on. They fascinate me, why wouldn’t they fascinate the internets? Related to that I was posting my stock photography searches. These can get whimsical and ludicrous sometimes. Other times you sigh and once again search for a lightbulb. These aren’t bad ideas, but I wasn’t passionate about them. I’ve posted a couple times, interacted once in a while with my friends, and mostly didn’t think about it. Predictably, I’m not hooked; I don’t have any followers; I don’t have a voice.

It’s all been percolating. Obviously twitter  has a massive appeal for millions of people. Many of them have found unique voices that people want to read. One name keeps popping up in my mind. Allison Sosna. She and I were on the same rowing team for a summer in 2007. I am about 8 years older than her (as I was than most of my teammates). We haven’t seen each other since that summer, we aren’t even really acquaintances, but we are Facebook friends. Allison’s Facebook feed is synced to her twitter account— @ChefAllisonDCCK and is updated several times a day.

She tweets about her job. She is a chef cooking healthy, local food for local schools. She tweets about the the meals she cooks, about the kids trying out new foods and exploring food history. 

She retweets food articles and talks about her organizations efforts in the community.

At one point she was tweeting about Alice Waters being in her kitchen.

She keeps a daily log of her work, about which she is obviously passionate. And you WANT to read her. She loves her work and because of that love you want to know how it is going, what is happening with it, and yes, what she is serving charter school kids for lunch.

I am inspired by her and I want to use her as an example for what I want to do with my twitter account. I was to share what I am working. I want to talk about what excites me in design, what frustrates me and what I am using in my articles. I want to talk about our clients! They are amazing and varied  and brilliant and infuriating. I want to talk to other designers who are passionate about what they do and be inspired by them. Allison uses twitter to share her mission with the world. Design life, social media, editorial design, my daily work life—all these thing matter to me. Maybe if I can write about them sincerely and passionately, I too will have a voice worth reading.

In the meantime, go check out Allison. You too will be inspired. And anyone feeding our kids deserves to be heard.

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