Making use of Twitter

Geertjan Wielenga: It makes sense in our tech space that if you follow a certain number of people on Twitter, you only focus on 20 or 30 people out of that group, and you get all the information that you need from those people. Do you find that getting information from a few knowledgeable people, by following their posts, is more valuable than reading some anonymous article by somebody who you have no connection with at all?

Ivar Grimstad: In some ways, but at the same time, you have to be a little bit careful that you don't fall into this bubble that means you only ever listen to people who are like you.

Getting influenced by ideas from all around you is always good and that's where the conference side becomes important.

I go and listen to other talks at conferences still. I never go to a conference with a particular narrow focus in mind; I just look at the schedule and think, "Okay, what's cool here?" I might select...