I've met Noah on at least one occasion.  He's a very nice, and very bright guy.  But he is a completely accidental entrepreneur, so I'm not surprised at all that he struggled in an interview like this.  In fact, this might be the first big real-time interview he's done.<p>My reading of the situation tells me that he's just really uncomfortable talking about the conversations he's had with VCs, and doesn't know how to convey that without being awkward.<p>That said I've never really understood his motivation for handling TwitPic the way that he does, but that's definitely not my place to criticise.