Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetThat's actually really, really cool. It's like you got to see where Big Brother's Helpful Nemesis, Big Sister, lives!
... I still would've faked an injury during the tour just to see how responsive they were if it was right in front of them. ;)
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetNo, she was nowhere near the 5,000 friend limit on Facebook. What I do know is that she’s one of those super-duper private people who likes to hide just about everything on her profile from “outsiders” … which makes me think she has bigger problems. (See Festivus post below.)
And thank you, I definitely am my father’s daughter, he’s an old-school connector-type, meaning, he’s a connector who connects people and isn’t on any social networks at all. I like to say I’m My Dad 2.0. Yes, I do have more than my share of people to choose from for helping this client, and now my problem is deciding who to approach – which isn’t really a bad problem at all, come to think of it.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetIsn’t there a button now that says something like “Ignore all app requests from this person”? I think there is, because I use it a lot and it’s made things much quieter!
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI’m not really losing any sleep over it, Nikki. She & I weren’t “real” friends in real life like you and me, we were just coworkers who were also Facebook friends. If you were to suddenly “unfriend” me on Facebook then yeah, I’d approach you but my relationship with this girl isn’t anything like that – I’d never invite her to a Jill Jack show with me, to have dinner/coffee/whatever. It’s just for the fact that on more than one occasion she said she wanted to get together after the new year because she thought we could do some work together, and she made no secret that she was trying to get all the freelance work she could get that makes me scratch my head. It’s not really my loss at all, it’s hers, and it was good blog fodder.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetLast night I was having a bunch of self-doubts about a lot of things in my life, and I’m glad I woke up to follow a link from Dave L. to this post. Thanks for the kick in the ass.
I’m reminded by this post of my last boss, who would shoot down everything I ever suggested with “We don’t have the resources for that,” which was complete B.S. because she never even took time to consider the fact that we DID, in fact, have an abundance of resources at our disposal, and I was making suggestions that would take very few. It was just her “easy way out” of actually doing anything different that god forbid, might actually work. There are many reasons why I quit, as I mentioned to you in an email, but that was definitely a big one. I didn’t have patience for anybody who would automatically dismiss ideas without actually considering their feasibility. Now I realize that I had been doing the same thing to myself, and I’m glad this post alerted me to that.
Stacy Lukasavitz´s last blog ..Be careful whom you “unfriend”
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetThanks for plugging Dave’s Lounge, my favorite podcast.
I’m purposely trying to stay outside of “the bubble” for the reasons you outlined and more. It’s important to not be brainwashed by your own industry/colleagues — stay in the know, yes, but too much echo chamber is damaging to one’s perspective and business.
I’m always on the lookout for examples of different companies who are utilizing the space in different, overlooked ways and have a couple I plan on writing case studies about in the near future.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetOK once again I’m late to the party and I don’t want to beat a dead horse here but “You go, girl!”
Rather than tell you how much I agree with you, I’ll just confess that reading this reminded me of one of my favorite scenes in Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, where they walk into a diner in the middle of nowhere wearing business suits and say, “Excuse me, do you have any businesswoman specials? Because you know, we’re businesswomen… we’re doing Tuscon later.” You can dress up like a businessperson and even claim to invent Post-Its, but you’ll eventually be found out.
Stacy Lukasavitz´s last blog ..Social media is way too smurfy these days.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetDo you really smurf so? Frankly, I was up a smurf without a smurf when I wrote this!
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetIt sounds like you had a bad experience and I’m sorry to hear that. While I don’t agree with your comments I respect them. However, many in my field would argue that “social media” is different than “social networking,” but for you to say social networking was “never about delivering content” makes me more cognizant that no, many people still do not see the value in it. I won’t get too into an argument because frankly that’s way too exhausting and beating a dead horse, but there are plenty of folks that focus on content delivery through social media/networking as their very business that would probably be more than happy to enlighten you, such as David Meerman Scott, Brian Clark and the folks at Copyblogger, and my friend Dan Eizans at Campbell-Ewald. Thanks for stopping by and I hope that in the future you do find some value in social media/networking.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetYou’re right on target, Dave. Nobody “owns” social media. It’s a (relatively) new method of communication, being utilized by different fields in different ways, more and more creatively, and we’re all borrowing from each other. Much like your analogy of saying nobody owns friendship or happiness, it reminds me of those people who sell plots of land on the moon. Maybe I’m missing something here, but seriously, WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO OWN THE MOON?!
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetDon’t forget it also helps if you’re a “life coach” or a real estate agent who has some kind of cheesy picture of yourself in the left column of their twitter homepage, followed by a giant list of sites that other people can find you on. Because you know, you’re that self-important. Bonus if you have some stupid “inspirational” quote somehow incorporated, to.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI don’t think anybody should have a set timetable, but every once in a while would be nice.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetDear Raincoaster,
Marry me.
Love,
@dammredhead
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI totally get your analogy but if social media were like gardening to me, it would be something I never really bothered to do!
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI remember studying these in college and getting into a debate with a professor, insisting that the first three weren’t realistic and applicable to this day and age, if they ever were. I used the internet as the basis of my argument. God forbid I should question what they were teaching/preaching in higher education!
I agree with you that Beckstrom, McMillan & Chavis are probably the most “accurate,” but I don’t believe that it’s possible to numerical value on something as robust as community and relationships. It’s oil and water, just too dynamic to quantify.
