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About this episode

This is the first part of a conversation I had with Greg Grunberg who plays Matt "The Mind Reader" Parkman on the TV show Heroes about Twitter. Twitter can be called a lot of things, but one of the things it is is a great facilitator. It facilitates connections that make real differences in people's lives. Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) started using Twitter. My friend Rick "MacMerc" Yeager (@rickmacmerc) likes Heroes and when he noticed that Greg was using Twitter, he offered Greg some tough love to to help him get the most out of his Twittering. Greg and Rick became friends and now they're business partners. They'll be launching an iPhone App soon called Yowza!! My friends Dave (@davecurlee) and Kat Curlee (@katcurlee) recently found out their daughter has epilepsy. Kat shared the news on Twitter. Greg Grunberg has a son with Epilepsy and he serves as the Chair for the National Walk for Epilepsy. He reached out to Kat with encouragement and advice and really helped to alleviate tons of anxiety Dave and Kat were feeling. Greg, Rick, Dave and Kat all connected on Twitter and it didn't matter that one of them was a famous TV guy. Twitter just put them on equal footing as nice people who could help each other. The National Walk for Epilepsy will be held in Washington, DC on the National Mall, Saturday, March 28, 2009. Greg is walking for his son's team, Jake's Crazy Brain Waves. You can find out more information at walkforepilepsy.org. Cali's Twitter Page

• Release Date

  Mar 24, 2009

• Runtime

  06:49