You CAN stay active in social media without blogging

16 Jul

Posted by: Bryan in: RSS, Twitter

Yes, I’ve been quiet on the blogging front here lately — a 10-day vacation in California without a computer followed a week of daydreaming about said vacation can do that to a guy.

But I doesn’t mean I’ve been completely out of the loop this month. To wit:

I popped onto my mobile phone on occasion while in California to Twitter the highlights of my vacation, sharing tidbits about — among other things — my baby, baseball, breakfast, and biking over a bridge.
Since returning home, I’ve been reading, tagging, and sharing plenty of posts in Google Reader. Have a look here: Bryan Person’s Shared Items. You can subscribe to the RSS feed of my shared items, too.
I’ve also been leaving a number of comments on other blogs and am starting a new practice of tagging these posts in del.icio.us for easy review later on: Bryper’s commented posts.
I’ve been filling my commutes to and from Monster with the sounds of my favorite marketing and PR podcasts, including Six Pixels of Separation, For Immediate Release, and Inside PR.

My own example can serve as a good reminder that we contribute and/or stay connected to social media in a variety of ways, some less high-profile than others. We may not be blogging or podcasting ourselves, but it doesn’t mean we’re not paying attention.

Update: As Eden Spodek rightly points out in this post’s comment stream, I should have made the point that although I wasn’t blogging about my vacation, someone else was doing that for me. Shel Holtz has a good account of a San Francisco Giants game that he and I took in during my trip, as well as a geek dinner we attended. Shel also incorporated a conversation we had about social media overload at the dinner into a recent episode of FIR.

7 Responses

julien
16|Jul|2007 1

nice points. i have to get back into delicious…
Eden Spodek
17|Jul|2007 2

You forgot to mention how some of your adventures were included in other people’s blog posts.

I love the idea of Bryper’s commented posts. Thanks for the inspiration. I’ve also found del.icio.us is a great repository for corporate blog monitoring. You always have the option of clicking on “don’t share”.
Bryan
17|Jul|2007 3

Eden and Julien: I’ve admittedly been off and on with my del.icio.us use over the past couple of years, but I’m starting to get back into it. I’m finding it very helpful keeping track of posts of I’ve commented on, and for adding my own introductory notes about each link. I do wish, though, that the interface could be made to look a little nicer.

Eden, good point about being included in others’ blog posts. I updated my post above to include a couple of relevant links.
Rebecca Thorman
17|Jul|2007 4

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for commenting on my post. I’m a del.icio.us junkie myself and find it allows me to believe I won’t forget anything or leave anything behind when in reality I don’t re-visit about fifty percent of my bookmarks. Still, I like your idea about tracking comments on del.icio.us. It feeds my cataloging obsession
Bryan
17|Jul|2007 5

Rebecca, you think 50% is bad? Ha - my non-return rate was much, much higher. But I’m definitely improving.
Eden Spodek
17|Jul|2007 6

Maybe another NewComm Road Map segment about del.icio.us would be useful - power uses perhaps? I set up a few accounts ages ago but just started using it regularly a month or so ago.
Rebecca Thorman
18|Jul|2007 7

Okay, maybe fifty percent was optimistic…