Daily Digests – A Month of Social Web Safari
Posted by Kaileen Elise on August 2nd, 2010
Monitor, engage, and be transparent;
these have always been the keys to success in the digital space.
(Dallas Lawrence)
July was a hot, summery month full of humidity, interesting opportunities and weekends away. A major highlight was when my mentor @gwenbell approached me with a simple request—while she unplugged for a month-long digital sabbatical, I was invited to send her updates (or daily digests) on the net’s happenings.
I jumped at the chance to be her eyes on the inside, and welcomed a reason to reconnect with this place I love. Since starting my new job in February, I’ve spent significantly less time online—evidence that when some of my burners are running hot, the others cool down. As a result, I have been unsatisfied with my lack of connection.
Today is Gwen’s reentry to our web society. In celebration of her homecoming, I’m sharing snippets of July’s Daily Digests:
7/2/10: Slate had a contest to see who could represent the essence of the Declaration of Independence in a single tweet.
7/3/10: Fast Company featured an interesting article about the 20% of Twitterers who are categorized as “informers”. This small group of people tweet useful information, while the rest are narcissists.
7/6/10: A smart “Happiness Flow Chart” floated around today, it’s simple and smart.
7/7/10: 8 Ways to Become More Confident + this quote:
With realization of one’s own potential & self confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world. (Dalai Lama)
7/8/10: A friendly office request, misinterpreted.
7/9/10: Fun can change behavior for the better, happy messages in chalk, and innovations in marketing.
7/12/10: Paper Tweets are the next best thing for social media gurus on sabbatical.
7/14/10: Old Spice took the social web by storm in a start-up-weekend-esque stunt.
7/15/10: What are your 7 links?
7/21/10: Daily thank-you notes… a lovely exercise in gratitude.
7/22/10: ’500 Days of Summer’ inspiration turned into romantic reality.
7/23/10: 10 Rules for Brilliant Women.
7/24/10: 10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life.
7/26/10: The State of the Internet, 5 months ago.
7/29/10: Most of the time, it’s not enough to be better. You need to be different.
These bits and bytes are a sort of time capsule of my social web safari from July. I’m thankful for the experience and am happy to have participated in a slice of Gwen’s sabbatical. After spending July logged offline and checked into real life, she’s got some serious wisdom to share.
image credit: via weheartit
Tags: Manifesting, Social Web, Technology, Twitter
Kaileen, thank you. Thank you for your consistently delightful and thought-provoking emails. Thank you for your willingness to step out and try this with me. Thank you for providing endless inspiration during a time when things got very quiet.
If I’m ever on a talk show and get to use a life line, the call I make will be to you. (And know I’m happy to return that favor. Although I fear my areas of expertise are more limited than yours…)
Sweet sweet pic
Kaileen, thanks for posting such a great list of things to check out online. I’m sure I’ll refer back to this list in the coming weeks – so many good ones listed here! Getting a glimpse into your journey through your blog has been very inspiring. I’m looking forward to reading more of your postings.