This social networking stuff is fascinating to me but, as one of the almost-50 set, I have a significant disadvantage over, say, a 10-year-old. I'm not really joking when I say that. Like any learning, the earlier you start, the easier it is. So, as usual, I ran to find a book, e-Riches by Scott Fox which was published in 2009 (because 2008 is antique already) and read it cover to cover twice. Anyone who knows me will not find that to be surprising. Think about Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn, Tagged... you get the idea. By the way, I LOVE YouTube, although my first few videos were done stretching my arm out as far as I could reach and filming, so my head was the size of a watermelon in the viewfinder. Ha! The other drawback was that people kept walking behind me to be helpful, right through my film. Aargh!
The really challenging thing is that each social networking site comes with mostly unwritten community rules on top of the site rules and what's a woman to do. It's a little like threading a boat between ledges through shark-infested waters. No intention to offend or get grounded or eaten but the waters are muddy sometimes. I enjoy this though because I am passionately committed to opening conversations on particular topics and all these technologies give small and large people a compelling (sometimes) voice to express views. I tend to like informative, uplifting, educational or entertaining material although the presentation does not have to be polished up. Mine isn't. I don't actually mind spam but I also watch commercials to see how people's thoughts are trending so I'm a little odd. What a marvelous time to be alive...
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