The Basement Like a blog, only interesting.

Welcome, or whatever.

Welcome folks.  I haven't blogged in a few years and I'm a little out of practice, so bear with me as I get my legs back. I was an active blogger in 2005-2006 and mostly focused on what we're now calling social media. At that time there was almost no one in this space in and around Tulsa or elsewhere in Oklahoma for that matter. I met a lot of great people from around the country and around the world but I often wished there were more local folks that I could connect with. About a year ago I started dabbling with Twitter and last February I attended  a local tweet up. There I met some super interesting folks doing really interesting things with social media right here in Tulsa.  I discovered that social media is a bit like the mob, I keep trying to get but they keep pulling me back in.

Almost immediately after that tweet up I started itching to blog again. I've been on again/off again about this ever since. Blogging can be consuming. I'm not sure I want to spend the time needed to build a following, etc. It's hard to be more interesting than everyone else all the time... even for me. If I'm not building a following then why would I want to blog?  Blah, blah, blah. Whatever.

So why am I blogging? Well, I've found myself on a couple of occasions over the last few months where I really could've used a place to hang some links to projects I've worked on. I love Twitter but sometimes 140 character just isn't enough - and nobody likes a long form tweeter. Thinking about things I'd like to accomplish over the next few months I think having a blog around will be handy. What am I working on? For that you'll have to check back.  Another reason I finally decided to start this blog is that I've found myself recommending WordPress to folks with some regularity lately and I feel like a bit of a poser having never maintained a WordPress based blog myself. Killing two birds, etc.

Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully you won't need to wait too long for something of value to pop up here. I hope I see you then.

Thanks for your attention,

Matt

Author: Matt Galloway

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