Please forgive the blatantly self-serving post, but today was kind of a nice day -- and I want to tell you about it.
I live and breathe social media. I'm excited about this stuff, and use it daily at work and in my personal life.
I'm thrilled with Twitter, to which I am addicted, and I have harnessed everything from Facebook and Flickr to YouTube and Posterous in fun and fulfilling ways.
Writing about social media for the Pioneer Press is a delight. I dissected Social Media Breakfast Twin Cities in today's paper, and have a piece on Foursquare hitting very soon. In the process, I've met fascinating people using social media in powerful and ingenious ways.
Social media has been fantastic for "crowdsourcing" to find the people and information I need for my stories (Twitter is especially effective for this now that I have nearly 7,000 followers). This technique has put me in touch with even more folks I'm now honored to include in my source list.
Even with all of this, I was surprised and flattered to be included today on a list of 20 top Minnesota "social media innovators." Wow. I am humbled and grateful. Thank you.
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