Unraveling the social web

I’ve been playing with so-called social media now for several months. I started with LinkedIn, oddly enough. That probably isn’t the vendor of choice for most social web mavens. But I was out of work, doing the odd contracting gig, and LinkedIn seemed useful. Like most adult learners, I tend to go with functionality over window dressing, and LinkedIn, though not the prettiest networking site, leans towards the professional. So it suited me fine at the time.

Now that I’m more gainfully employed, my social media interests have taken me first to Facebook (around 1000 friends to date at https://www.facebook.com/wieder) and then to Twitter (currently around 6500 followers on the busiest of my Twitter accounts at http://www.twitter.com/GerryWiederRN)

I’ve also started blogging more. My blog at gerrywieder.com used to lie fallow for months at a time. While don’t spend hours blogging every day, I do make more frequent entries, and I’ve started to pay closer attention to what may be good topics to write on. My writing is getting better over time, and although I don’t have the flair of a Perez Hilton or the mass appeal of Aston Kutcher, I imagine someday I may attract a small leadership.

Am I on my way to financial independence with my web hobby? Hardly. I have yet to find what might be commercially appealing about my little passtime.  Perhaps someday. For now, I’m happy to indulge myself in getting out a few small sentences of drivel every other day or so. I suspect after awhile, I will prune my blog site. I’ll keep the best and hide the worst. Maybe I’ll put up a couple of advertising banners, to lure the unwary into my Google Adsense trap!

Ah, what fun. Time to go to my day job. Hope you enjoyed the read. Comment often.