We have blogged about Twitter and emerging lightweight social networks over the past few months. This week in Sydney was the first STUB meeting (Sydney Twitter Underground Brigade), a group of 100 or so sydney twitterers. We were pleased to attend and meet the other elite emerging web 2.0 community influencers.

The interesting aspect of the twitter community, is that the majority of members are either

• Internal influencers within companies
• Change drivers within digital agencies
• Influential bloggers and podcasters
• Jerky corporates trying to understand and exploit the social media space (like telstra)
• Awesome net-savvy community engager’s from non evil companys (like microsoft)

You can catch some interviews from the evening at the NetX Blog. One of our team was lucky enough to have a few words. (Download the Nick HaC Shifted Pixels Interview)

If your on twitter, you can connect with us at http://twitter.com/nickhac or http://twitter.com/shiftedpixels

Dave King of our own St Edmonds Lab hypothesizes that Twitter circles can amplify existing social circles Download MP3 (2.3M)

Nick Hack of Shifted Pixels imagines casual group gatherings that are instigated and organized through Twitter bursts. Download MP3 (1.8M)

Cathy Edwards of the Telstra Chief Technology Office points to the corporate dimension of Twitter: Maintaining and deepening business relationships Download MP3 (2.5M)

Ian Grant of Sound Alliance sees worldwide fan circles spontaneously forming around live gigs, bands and music minutiae. Download MP3 (1.9M)

David Whittle evaluates the true data amassed through Twitter. He envisions that the constant messages about state create new marketing opportunities Download MP3 (3.7M)