AP Interview: Catching up with Twitter’s Biz Stone (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO – When Twitter turned five years old on March 21, co-founder Isaac “Biz” Stone was on the road celebrating with some of the popular short messaging service’s famous users. In the past two weeks, he has appeared on the shows of Conan O’Brien, Howard Stern and Martha Stewart among others. He also made a special stop in Chicago just to take out Twitter’s employees there for drinks — a pastime he calls “beersonbiz.”

It’s a variation on Twitter’s weekly employee meetings at its San Francisco headquarters. Although those gatherings are called “Tea Time,” Stone told The Associated Press in a recent interview that everyone mostly consumes beer, salsa and chips. He also revealed another Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, had become a regular Tea Time attendee in recent months, even though he technically wasn’t working at the company. Dorsey’s job status changed Monday when Twitter announced he is coming back

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