1st Steps on Your Digital Footprint
First Digital Footprints
Hosted a talk Friday with the company regarding how one could begin to develop their own Digital Footprint. We had several people speak and the topics were flowing and everyone seemed to enjoyed hearing other people’s perspectives. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it is five great places to start/ or continue your digital footprint.
1. Twitter - Twitter.com is the premier micro-blogging format available for free today. The best parts of Twitter are that you can build your community at your own pace, follow people who give information important to you, and even create relationships that can grow over time. Twitter asks the question, “What are you doing?” but think about the program more along the lines of whose brain would you like to get a peak into?
2. Flickr - Flickr.com is an online picture community that hosts more than 3 billion pictures. It is used widely by bloggers due to it’s wonderful scope, and organizational tools. Another free resource with a PRO account available for @$15. The free resource is plenty as it allows you to search for pictures, people, and collections that speak to your passions or needs. Another quick way to get into Web 2.0 without much trouble or pressure.
3. StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon.com is great resource for discovering and sharing web sites. Another free program that allows you to create a profile, search other people’s content, and tell the world about your favorites. This has been the preferred Bob Noble training wheels for training someone how to surf the net, not just look up something via Google.
4. Tumblr - Tumblr.com is a variation of a blog that features mixed media posts instead of longer text like you often find in weblogs. What Tumblr lacks in commentary it makes up for in visual presentation and low learning curve. It is a wonderful asset in gathering quick inspiration and developing a creative community online.
5. YouTube - Getting your own Youtube channel is easy and relatively simple. The reason to join a community on YouTube is wide and varied. From learning to building community. And you get to comment on video’s by Arcade Fire and destroy some 7th graders perception of crappy music. Another Joy!