Category Archives: Blog Stuff

Wed, 9 Nov 2011

Addicted

By somegosoftly

All the talk about tumblr and Pinterest had me curious, so I set up a tumblr account even though I wasn’t sure what I was doing.

Cat Collecting

I liked some Facebook and Twitter links but wasn’t going to put them on FB, so I put them on the tumblr page.

Has your FB feed gotten a little myspacey? I mean, glitter quotes and pics of not your friends cats and who knows what else? If the resorts and Ski Utah had somewhere else to be I swear I wouldn’t even check it anymore.

I will use that tumblr more for links, likes, and stories, less personal and less skiing, that can stay here.

But HOLY OMGOSHNESS there is so much funny crap on there. You hit “explore” and all of a sudden you’ve got hilarious quotes, stories, photoshopped celebrities making fun of current events…I was cracking up last night.

Then at the recommendation of TB I head over to Pinterest. OMGOSHNESS again it’s girls funny DIY crafty linky heaven.

No WONDER everyone is addicted. Totally not good for my “get off the internet and do stuff” plan.

Good thing resorts open tomorrow! ;)

 

Let me know if you’re on either site.

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Wed, 25 May 2011

Shorter And Sweeter?

By somegosoftly

I loved this copyblogger article that reminds you how much you need to pay attention to detail and make a dramatic statement to make someone care about you.

How about instead of blogging every day – which used to be a litmus test for success – if you can’t do that, you just do something great once in a while? No one really sticks to the daily method if they are awesome – there is just too much going on in life to find the time, if this isn’t your full-time thing. Right?

I tried Friday Fives for two years, Whatever Wednesday ONCE, and tried all this other garbage to reignite the flames here – a new hobby (the cooking crap), teaching about what I know (the yoga crap), the laziest method ever (camera phone photo crap). It’s not working. I just have to do what I best. Stop by when I need to share!

Last weekend in Vegas, in fact, it was SO awesome I couldn’t even concentrate on looking at my phone to tweet something about how awesome it was. I was too busy loving the moment to get away from it to get online. And it felt good. I felt that way at SXSW too. I wanted to be the guy NOT needing to look at his phone. And I felt like I kept it check. And all my friends did too.

Oh, here’s the article for you to check out.

http://www.copyblogger.com/impress-instantly/

This leads me to wonder if I should try Tumblr – any thoughts? Lately I’m thinking more along the lines of in response to other sites and articles, so it’d be great to just put up a link and my quick thoughts on it.

This space shouldn’t be a burden to bear, so maybe I need to down size. Is that what a move from this blog to Tumblr would be?

And in closing, a picture of all my friends in moustaches:

2 comments | posted in Blog Stuff, Writing

Thu, 21 Apr 2011

When You Put It Like That…

By somegosoftly

Here’s the article that you must read, today.

Write Epic Sh*t.

Three little words. It makes it sound so easy right? You came to the internet, bought a domain, got a little space, and it was the same as a blank piece of paper and a pen in front of you.

With 1,000 people/day looking over your shoulder.

No pressure!

You’re a writer. So write. And write with an impact that will blow minds, save worlds, free countries, change lives.

Or post pictures of food you’re cooking and yoga you’re doing.

Not everyone can spend the time it takes to learn about and provide SEO tips (or explain to little people like me that SEO doesn’t even matter on a wordpress hosted blog).

But man is there a market. There are so many bloggers out there if you are looking for them, telling you tips, tricks, and ideas to grow your Twitter followers, your Facebook brand, and your website. It’s easy to get too caught up in it all.

For the most part, they have it all wrong. This article tells you to stop trying those little “tips”. No amount of strangers on Twitter are going to click a link they don’t care about. I’ve met some neat internet buddies, for example thank goodness for Gina Begin and Stephen Weiss (and HOW I MOUNTAIN!). People, internet people, who take action on your message. I just need to take that message from mediocre to epic. Got it. Working on it.

My tip would be don’t forget to return the favor! That interaction, with others who are writing and trying to make a site work, that matters! If someone reaches out to you, take the time to say thanks in the best way you can. Comment on my blog, and I’ll try to comment on yours. I’m not always coming up with something relevant, but it’s always at the back of my mind. I’ll hit refresh on your photos. I’ll forward something cute to my mom.

And you’d do the same for me. That’s a good way to grow!

UPDATED to add How I Mountain. Too funny to read her post today! :)

3 comments | posted in Blog Stuff, Twitter, Writing

Tue, 11 Jan 2011

The Daily Post

By somegosoftly

WordPress put together a blog for bloggers, to help us write. I’m a fan. And I’m only 11 days late…  I’m going to pull topics from time to time from there- hope you enjoy! I think it’ll be a great way to reconnect and make better use of this space.

I think the new year is a good time to remind you that you can favorite me in your browser, subscribe for an email that will let you know when I post (look in the column to the right right there), follow me on Twitter (or even just look at that page if you aren’t on Twitter), and see my ski blogging on skiutah.com.

Happy New Year!

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Mon, 15 Nov 2010

Spelling And Typos

By somegosoftly

We all, from time to time, make mistakes. I have a sweet Momm and Dadd that will read my writing and let me know if I make a mistake. And husband. And brother. And Snippy. And anyone else I might ask for feedback. Here, Facebook, Twitter, Ski Utah. Doesn’t matter. It’s important to me that I express myself clearly and part of that is not being ignorant of something I may have overlooked.

MK has put it simply that he wouldn’t hire someone who couldn’t be counted on to be consistent and professional, and writing well is part of that, even if it’s not the main focus of that person’s job. He tells me as an advertiser he’d quit giving a site money if it made mistakes too often (thank goodness he’s not an advertiser here!).

Maybe not everyone has time for someone to help proofread their work. But it is starting to drive me totally crazy that so many people who have an online presence are simply terrible at spelling. Grammar and writing style are one thing. Sometimes I’m trying to convey something funny or snarky and write it a certain way that may not work for you. That’s allowed. I won’t pick on you for that. But if your ‘career’, no matter how serious, has you posting online, I think you should spell or have someone proofread your work.

Does it matter to you if you get a work email that is barely legible? Not a quick text from a friend written more to convey an idea than tell a story, but something that is supposed to be professional. I’ve been seeing some blogs, Facebook business pages, and Twitter accounts lately that have typos that hurt my brain. What would you do? I’m tempted to find the equivalent of the online ‘red pen’ and go around correcting people. But I’m betting it won’t make me many friends…

11 comments | posted in Blog Stuff, Technology, Twitter, Writing

Thu, 21 Oct 2010

I’m Allowed

By somegosoftly

At best,  I get to say hi five times a week. At worst, you wonder if I’m under 100 feet of snow. Blogging was always my favorite, and I always aspired to greatness and recognition in the world of social media.

So today, I’m linking you to my first blog post for Ski Utah. Be impressed with me over there. Unless you don’t think I’m impressive. But in that case, what are you doing here? Silly reader.

HERE IT IS. I think it’s funny. I hope you do too.

4 comments | posted in Blog Stuff

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