social media

Do you doubt your competence?

June 28, 2011

Share Your peers are not your customers. I’ve posted this statement on the wall in front of me. On notes beside my computer. On my computer screen wallpaper. I repeat it to myself all the time. Like a chant. A mantra. And still I forget. I’m surrounded by brilliant people My email and Twitter stream [...]

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Yes. You *are* an expert.

February 7, 2011
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ShareA few nights ago I was chatting with someone about blogging and Twitter. And he asked me: “Are you a social media expert?” I panicked and mentally back pedaled. Uh oh! I stepped out of bounds and was talking about something I have no right to talk about. I was worried the police of Social [...]

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What the hell am I doing?

September 27, 2010

ShareAs so often happens…a number of events or ideas ganged up on me came together and gave me some insight. 1. I failed my accountability experiment I said I would write 3 posts a week in September. As an experiment in doing what I said I’d do. In keeping promises to myself. And here I [...]

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Social media anxiety and the 7 link challenge

July 15, 2010

ShareI’m not just shy in real life. I’m also shy online. In the interests of busting through my social media anxiety, I decided to participate in the Problogger 7 Link Challenge. What’s so scary about that? 1. I’m admitting to reading problogger. And thus revealing my aspirations to become a serious (or even, dare I [...]

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I know you! I read your blog!

March 23, 2010

ShareOne of the things I love about blogging – both reading and writing – is the depth at which we can communicate. I am a big time introvert. But I can yap, yap, yap here on the blog – because I can take time to formulate my thoughts and string them together in a way [...]

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Post and run syndrome

January 29, 2010

ShareI’ve been working on not hating people so much increasing my attempts to be sociable. This might come easy for some…but for a misanthrope an introvert like me, it’s not so easy. Right now I am on a mission to become a social media butterfly. Here are some of the (extremely brave) things I’ve been [...]

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