Laura “@Pistachio” Fitton is one of the first prominent “microbloggers,” with roughly 6,500 readers on Twitter. An early beta tester of Seesmic and Qik, she connects people to new ideas and innovations using all the tools of microsharing.

Her innovative use of social media has also gotten the attention of the top minds in technology, as profiled by Naked Conversations author Shel Israel for his Global Survey. Laura has also been quoted in The New York Times Magazine, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, The LA Times, Newsweek.com, Inc.com, CIO Magazine, CNET, ZDNet
and many other magazines, publications, web shows and blogs. She speaks
at technology conferences, private industry and guest lectures at
Bentley College.

Laura is a magna cum laude graduate of Cornell University’s
eclectic College Scholar program. In “past lives” she studied science
writing with Carl Sagan, rock climbed, sailed on a schooner, raised a
niece, ran a hobby farm, traveled and lived abroad.

Today she lives in Boston with two toddler daughters and a giant
Leonberger. She practices Ashtanga yoga and plays ice hockey in her
“spare” time, and is a stroke survivor dedicated to raising awareness.