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November 27, 2006
Mix extroversion and blogs for fun and profit.
Please go un-geek yourself, and begin by reading this one, by Diane Levin at Online Guide to Mediation. It's called "Get the connection: building your network through blogs". Diane, always upbeat, outgoing and intelligent at once, notes that blogging is "not a solitary activity" and instead is "joyfully, boldly public". If you read this and other posts by Diane, you'll know that extroversion and blogging can be mixed. I will chime in and emphasize this: folks, if you are going to do this blog thing, please pick up the phone, talk to people, travel, and meet with people in the flesh, too. (Which bloggers are doing increasingly but, in my view, not enough--why confine yourself to "e-mail vibe" relationships?) There is no substitute for these human activities in building a life or a business.
Posted by JD Hull at November 27, 2006 12:59 AM
Comments
Dan, ditto - blogging from down here in New Zealand makes f-to-f even more important and one of the highlights of my year has been having dinner out with Diane and Steve when Susan and I were in Boston in April and we are now great mates!
Geoff
Posted by: Geoff Sharp at November 27, 2006 05:10 PM
Dan, thank you so much for your kind and generous comments, as well as for the link to that post!
Thanks, too, for wisely reminding us all that there is no substitute for the face-to-face conversations that make our professional and personal lives so rewarding. The Internet of course brings a multidimensionality and a richness to our interpersonal experiences, but nothing can take the place of real world interactions.
Best regards,
Diane
Posted by: Diane Levin at November 28, 2006 09:04 AM