I admit it, I’m a late entrant into the blogosphere. Given my natural penchant for electronic communications – email, text messaging, message boards – you would have expected me to have started blogging a long time ago. I can’t really say why I was reticient for so long, other than perhaps my fear of facing the web equivalent of old-fashioned writer’s block – the empty white “Write Post” box waiting to be filled with something interesting, witty or engaging.
I do have another blog, which is part of the website for my Reiki business, Dragonfly Reiki, but posts there are infrequent and geared more towards sharing insights gleaned from my Reiki practice. My intention for this blog is broader than that. Part of my motivation for this blog is to participate in the Special Libraries Association 9 week challenge to educate myself and become more proficient in using a variety of Web 2.0 technologies. This is essential for my career as a corporate intranet portal knowledge manager, but also because I think the various ways we can connect with each other, share information/knowledge and build community is exciting. The corporate enterprise typically has been slow to adopt these technologies, but interest and investment in them is building, so I have some catching up to do.
Granted, I’ve done OK navigating through the social media/Web 2.0 sphere without even investing that much time or energy. I’ve had a Classmates profile for years (which is now heating up because my *gasp* high school 20 year reunion is this year) and have had a Facebook profile for some time too. Also del.icio.us and Twitter and FeedDemon… I have to thank my husband for this, because his energy for diving into new web technologies far exceeds my own.
I don’t intend for this blog to be focused on analyzing the social media/Web 2.0 universe. There are plenty of people and sites out there who understand more and do a fine job of disseminating that knowledge. My blog is intended to focus on my life and the things that are of interest to me, while also testing out all sorts of cool tools and functionality.
This is gonna be fun. (For me, at least!)
