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Re: Are you a Purist or a Corporatist?

Susan Reynolds — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:24:41 -0000

Been on both sides and up and down the scale but at this point I have to be dragged screaming to anything above a 7.

The people / the clamor / the noise don't guarantee prevailing and truthfully I don't think they should. On the other side, the corporate money does not always mean that they will be able to win all battles.

Stick me at a 5 and call me medium-rare.

Re: Video: Why Laura “Pistachio” loves and hates Twitter (2:45)

Susan Reynolds — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:37:05 -0000

Laura and started with twitter about the same time, "met" through our interaction there and immediately hit it off. So how can anybody even say that?

Because twitter has an amazing ability to serve up tidbits that are easily munchable while making it easy to pass up those that are not of interest. But unlike connections people often feel at other events, twitter, when used well, facilitates a continuing stream of short interactions.

When we're not twittering, blogging or working with clients? We've been known to play facebook scrabble. For people who need to connect to network and help our businesses grow, anything that helps that happen is a good thing.

Re: Crises Management Template: Child Relations for Social Networks (Facebook)

Susan Reynolds — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:08:04 -0000

I'm rolling, because it's true. The saving grace is that after they are actual adults and have kids of their own they kind of like to keep track of what the old folks are up to.

Which then brings up the other kind of problem. I get text messages saying "when are you people going to get home?" How do they even know I'm gone? They read about it on facebook!

Re: Davos Question: How to improve the world? My answer: Peas!

Susan Reynolds — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:13:43 -0000

Although waking up to find this idea had made it to scobleizer.com could have made my day, the real joy comes from discovering more and more that people *get* the potential of a little thing like twitter to be a force for community, connecting, encouraging, across all boundaries that normally divide us.

In the middle of the night east coast time I wasn't able to sleep so was blogging. A random tweet from you about peas flew by which I thought was dear but not too surprising. There have been many people telling me about their experience or their mom, neighbor, sister, after I found a mass in my breast.

What you did NEXT with the little pea of an idea shows me something about you that I didn't know, however Robert, and I thank you for the personal touch you gave this post. And thank the rest of those who somehow turned my frozen pea ice pack into a labor of love and support.

No matter how difficult a path, I'm glad I tweeted this from the beginning on Dec 5. For the want of an iphone I could do my imitation of you in the hospital with Milan's delivery as I schlep off to Sibley in DC on Friday!

With the semi-smart phone I'll be able to send a few tweets but won't be able to follow what you're saying back to me until I get the laptop back - hopefully Sunday. THAT can't come too soon.

Re: The Atomic and The Digital World

Susan Reynolds — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:45 -0000

This was a great piece and clearly shows the intelligent thought being put to the questions we face.

Coming first to SL out of curiosity, I too soon began to derive "real" income from atomic world companies. And my relationships with a number of the people I met became more than just SL relationships, meaning we use real world names.

Yet as I continued to do consulting there is a great deal of hesitation on the part of others with a different view of SL. If they do not identify themselves and I can not reach them outside of Second Life, doing work for them was not possible for me. I had been burnt by one such relationship and so am now understandably am hesitant.

Yet I'm on the board of a charity that has a SL presence and one of my questions is what is our mission here and how is it different than our mission in the physical world? How is it changed by the fact that it's perceived by some as being less personal while others would claim that it's even more personal - or with totally different personas or aspects of our selves?

Thanks for the thought provoking piece. And for providing a forum for talking about this sort of question.

Re: FAP560: Jobcast tips, Happy Birthday Katie Dexter, legislation, Illinois scholarship, new iscintilla

Susan Reynolds — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:43:00 -0000

Katie Katie, one of my favorite names - Favorite enough to name a daughter that. So I hear you deserve a very Happy birthday girl! Here's wishing you all the best.

Re: FAP584: Student Loan Radio 38: Virtual Thirst Concert

Susan Reynolds — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:27:17 -0000

What a great gift this is, Chris. Most excellent. My ipod is smiling.

Re: Digital Children

Susan Reynolds — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:37:04 -0000

Fascinating stuff for an artist / social networker to think about. Beyond that, I'd love to see an application that let us put photos of a group of people together to let us see what the collective "us" looks like.

Thanks for telling us about this!

Re: Web 2.0 and the New Tribalism

Susan Reynolds — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:39:58 -0000

Excellent & thought provoking. I'm actually sitting here thinking instead of going to the next thing on my to do list :)

I've always been perhaps not a nomad, but one who likes to network within and across groups. It's allowed me to experience the most and be stimulated by many thinkers, doers and a wide range of ideas.

How will this evolve as facebookers, twitterers, podcampers, grasshoppers, SOBs, Second Lifers, LinkedIn network and other groups of friends and colleagues roll down the road of emerging media? All I know is that it bears being aware of; and thanks to you for putting it on my radar.

Re: No More Egos – No More Apathy

Susan Reynolds — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:52:13 -0000

Just a quick caveat, because I know you put a lot of energy and enthusiasm into what you do. A few precautions might be well worth taking considering the challenges one encounters when quickly assembling a group (including just about anybody who shows up) , the more room the group has to make an early mis-step that makes a negative impression and encourages readers to hit the "next" button.

For example :

1.) to help encourage folks' interest to grow, writing short pithy pieces works best. But many of those who get involved with topics like this are apt to drone on and on - in for the most part unplanned posts - and with nobody to whom to be responsible. with either for quality nor content.

2.) the very energetic use of twitter or other forms of social media before knowing how to do so has the potential to set you back. In fact i keep getting messages from others who wonder if your tweets are coming from a group of kooks, an old crazy guy or a young guy with ADD/ADHD. I hope I'm right when I assure them that it's simply a result of overenthusiasm and lack of caution.

3.) Using words that can be considered bashing of anyone who isn't entirely on-board is dangerous. While my daughters would agree with most of your content, when they got to "We ALL know, Libs cater to 3 major groups, Lazy, Illegal and Gay!" they'd walk away & you'd have lost 3 smart, savvy women with excellent DC & social media contacts

Re: Gimme Mo, Gimme Wii

Susan Reynolds — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:52:25 -0000

Until last year I said I'd never wear crocs. OK so I was wrong. You're going to be on your feet a lot and crocs even come in itty bitty strappy sandal styles now like this pair I ordered (OK I ordered two) http://susanreynolds.soup.io/post/3652694/Image

Re: Do you know where you’re going?

Susan Reynolds — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:30:41 -0000

Points well taken, and come to think of it something that's bugged me. Thanks for pointing it out.

You should be in the experimental group using 8apps. The plan is to test the apps for functionality by focusing on issues people in the group want to bring some attention to.

See my blog article on it and DM me in twitter to participate.

Re: Twitter vs. Pownce and the Value Proposition of Social Media

Susan Reynolds — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:36:39 -0000

I am giving Pownce it's fair trial but am a dyed in the wool twitterer. I know that my daughter's having a lousy day at work when she tweets & that is part of the greatest things about twitter - the ability to use it to connect on very human terms.

It goes beyond peole I already know though. One of our (Jims and my) connections on twitter, Andy Bilodeau aka Andycaster after hearing me tweet something that piqued his interest wandered over to my blog and discovered that we grew up maybe 10 miles away from each other on different sides of the Niagara river. Much discussion of canals, vineyards & poutine ensued.

This is not some abstract idea we're talking about. I "know" Jim and Andy and my other twitter friends because they are human enough to share their day to day doings, not use twitter as simply another advertising format to hawk their latest book, seminar, etc. as some do.

In fact - when Andy was looking for Jim in a crowd of reporters at a demonstration outside his office I could twitter that Jim was at the pool, not in the press corps, because I'd seen Jim's tweet. And the stories of human connection go on and on.

Of course another side benefit to tweeting: lots of people to come to the rescue when I do things like accidentally dismantle portions of my house in Second life. This isn't unusual - so I can use all the twitter friends I can get.