Social Media and Green Eggs and Ham
So What's the Connection Between Social Media and Green Eggs and Ham?
Let start with the fact that social media is constantly changing, evolving and it requires the tenacity to put oneself out there and try new things. There's Facebook, YouTube, Digg, Flickr, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Yelp, Reddit and now FriendFeed, Viddler, TubeMogul, SocialThing and the list is - you guessed it ENDLESS.
Some honesty here, I'm writing this post while on vacation and just yesterday, there was a good set of waves on the beach and my 8-year-old daughter was contemplating boogie boarding. It was scary for her imaging doing it as she was looking out at the surf crashing down. I found my self encouraging her by saying, "The best things in life are the thrills of new experiences." She agreed, grabbed the board and went boggying. She loved it.
Last night my son picked the book Green Eggs and Ham as the bedtime story and when reading it I thought of Josie braving the waves and trying new things, only to find that she really loved it.
For me, I often get fatigued by the thought of trying to manage yet another new social media service or network, but the fact is once I dive in and experience it, I usually enjoy it tremendously.
So as the good Dr. Seuss says: "How do you know you don't like, if you've never even tried it?"
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