Tonight I received an e-mail from my friend, and Cloudy Day Art interviewee (here and here), Marcus Amaker. He was letting all of us know about his new book of poetry and art and about the redesign of his website.
I couldn’t help but think about how easy simple it is for niche markets and interests to come together and build a community. Being a poet and a poetry podcaster these last two years I discovered how tight our community is. Those of you who have no interest in poetry are oblivious to this…and that’s ok.
Social media is about discovering and getting involved with what interests you and your group of friends, artists, etc. Its about building your niche community online and offline and connecting with others who have yet to join, but are looking for that connection.
Thank you, Marcus, for reminding me of this. Check out this video of Marcus performing his poem “Jazz”, and…oh…buy his book!
I saw the new Zune ad during the previews before Lisa and I went to see Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married” tonight.
And, as I mentioned during my NaPodPoMo post, I’m really excited about the potential for the Zune. Not since the iPod have I seen such community build around an MP3 player. The iRiver community built up a lot of steam a few years back, but that seems to have subsided some, but that may be because I’m not as involved anymore.
Or it can be the whole concept of “if you desire something, then the more that desire manifests itself in your life”. Like when you start researching a new car–suddenly they’re everywhere!
Well, here’s the new Zune ad. Welcome to the Social!
I blog. I podcast. I Digg. I Tweet. I burn feeds. I tag. I trackback.
All this socializing has drawn me out of the “real-world” into the virtual.
I read a blog, that I can’t remember the location of, earlier this week that offered that this removal from the real-world is not actually a withdrawal from society, but an evolution of the way we interact with the world. Gone are the images of nerds sitting in a cold, dark corner of the basement isolated from society.
This is part of the new society. The new media.
Everything in moderation is my continual mind-set in this thinking.
