Summertime is flying by, no? Next week will mark round three of Blogger Book Club, during which the ladies and gents will be gathering to type about The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business<\/i> by Tara Hunt. Quick, somebody Twitter about it! <\/p>\n
But seriously, I’m expecting this to be a pretty fantastic down and dirty on the subject. We’ve been watching the performing arts community adopt (and in some cases heedlessly lunge and in others scream and kick) their way into social media\/web 2.0 technologies. This book seems like a solid way to branch into a discussion of the wondrous potential and the scary, scary sinkholes we’re navigating. <\/p>\n
I would like to admit going in that I harbor some skepticism about the “time waste vs potential” here, but I also have to acknowledge that while I’m still on the the early side of 30, I’m came late to blogging and haven’t waded into this pool much deeper than that, so I’m also a very inexperienced judge. A de.licio.us account here, a test run in Friendster back in the day, but really, I’m pretty innocent. Composer Alex Shapiro, however, has wrapped her arms around these applications and discovered all kinds of opportunities and successes, so I’m going to get off my jaded pony and follow her lead next week. I have a feeling my mind is about to get blown. <\/p>\n