Wednesday, 24 March 2010
The Blenheim
This is the ship my great-great-great-grandparents arrived to New Zealand in, in February 1840, the same month the Treaty of Waitangi was signed.
They arrived at Port Nicholson (now known as Wellington) expecting an established settlement, and found the rugged hills and empty beaches.
Home was either back in Scotland on the other side of the world, or here. They chose here. You could say they didn't have much choice, but their choice was in their attitude.
Every day they inspire me to choose here. To choose now.
What I had for breakfast this morning (an ironic take on stereotypes of blogging)
So food. It gets talked about all the time when it comes to social media.
"Why would I go on Twitter?" people say. "I don't want to know what someone had for breakfast!"
And yet ... from my personal experience on Twitter (3-odd years, 6000-odd followers) tweets about food get the most interaction.
Maybe it's the way I say it: "Crumpet emergency! We are out of Nutella and/or jam". That one led to a lot of great comments back from people with great suggestions - including mixing butter and brown sugar (mmm!)
Why? Because everyone eats food. No-one doesn't eat food. Food and music are two of the great social connectors.
So next time you're scratching your head, wondering what to blog about, or tweet about (etc!) maybe just try saying - with a bit of dramatic flair - what you had for breakfast.
Mine, by the way, was supposed to be porridge, but ended up being some of that nice new Vogels cereal (well, new to me, because I haven't tried it before). My verdict: Mmmm!
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
A blog post about blog posts
This is an example post written for our attendees at Marie Workshops. It may not make any sense to you if you're not here. The sentence that you were working on before...
which, as I recall, was something like:
Who you are (business or individual, or a combination of the two - it's up to you).
What's your message? (In a sentence)
For example:
#END
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Simon Young
Director
#sy social media consultancy
http://sy-engage.com/Ph (+649) 379 5421 | Mob (+64) 021 192 0016
Skype: simonisntsoyoung
Our office: http://www.schmap.me/sy-engage/ Find me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook etc: http://j.mp/simonyoung-----------Unless we've agreed otherwise, this email is off the record. If this email is not for you, please let us know and delete it. Thank you!
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Mental note: i had forgotten how awesome Che Fu is
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Lot of ppl here for the villamaria concert. MC just said "here's the sun folks, as promised" haha
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Tuesday, 2 March 2010
I'm sitting here very thankful for several things, one of which is the ability to get the cover off our spare pc ...
I'm sitting here very thankful for several things, one of which is the ability to get the cover off our spare pc without a screwdriver, (thanks IBM) and the other of which is the ability to communicate your thoughts concisely
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