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Social Media Fatigue – Unless the Community Is Real

September 17, 2009 •

Yes, I con­fess to suf­fer­ing social media fatigue this sum­mer. I went into stealth mode on Twit­ter and hardly blogged at all. (And to be hon­est, I didn’t miss it!)

Instead I spent loads of time online with my fam­ily col­lab­o­rat­ing via Base­camp, a “closed com­mu­nity.” We shared mem­o­ries, pho­tos, laughs and tears as we got ready to help my mother and her twin brother cel­e­brate their 80th birth­day. It became addic­tive – each morn­ing we rushed to our com­puter to see who had writ­ten what last night. We laughed and cried. We dragged our spouse and the kids into the mix. [Read more…]

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Semi-retired marketing exec, transitioning from a career in high tech. Now "managed" by two Tonkinese cats. Missing travel and friends on the West Coast. Avid reader and foodie. Staying active with long walks, biking, kayaking and yoga.

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