So, life is about connections. Your next job is about who you know, and your problem can be solved by someone that knows the answer. This is obvious, its life, and its networking. So what happens when you make that life digital? You take all your pictures, and put them on flickr, you start a blog, you get on facebook, and even linkedin. Well, nothing. Your facebook friends don’t know about your professional contacts, and your photos. And none of these people know about your blog. Well, here is how “connections” help. The beauty of all this web 2.0 bull shit, is it works well with each other. For example, most people that know me, check my facebook page whenever it is updated, and thats it. They never bother with my blog, or my flickr page. Even people in flickr don’t know about my flickr’ page. So, I started trying to bridge these ideas. I found, in flickr, there are groups, you can join photo pools, for others to see, and comment on your pictures, and you can also categorize your photos, so you (and others) can see similar pics. At this point, they are still only knowledgeable about you on flickr, thats it. Well, flickr lets you link to your blog. So now, they can see your blog, because they see your pictures. This is only the beginning, now, I have facebook, linkedin, flickr, my blog, and they still are very separate beings. Flickr can post to my blog, and thats it. So, step 2, facebook, the biggest beast of them all. I have a app on facebook for flickr, and my blog. Now, when people go to my facebook profile, they see my blog posts, and my flickr pictures… and my blog posts about my flickr pictures (level 2 complete, level 1 of inifinit loop, complete). Alright, facebook and flickr are connect, and same with my blog, these 3 entities are all connected. So, I also had to add linkedin to my facebook page. Now, my life is a horrible mess of a circle, and hopefully, more people will read my blog, and see my pictures. The big goal of this is for a) me to make more professional contacts, or b) have my photography noticed, and possibly turn a profit. Of course, c) more people reading my blog, and maybe a comment or 2 would certainly lighten my day. I’m not going to bombard you with all my links, I believe they are all in my blogroll anyways. So, go find me! and maybe, find a new friend too!
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