Hello (again) world!

I remember when I first started blogging with my WordPress.com account, there was a default blog posting to help get me started entitled “Hello world!”. A great starting point for a noobie blogger, indeed.

Well, since my blog has been on hiatus so long, and I’m feeling like a bit of a noob again just looking at my site’s backend (yes, it is a disaster), I decided I should re-introduce myself to everyone. So, here you have it: “Hello (again) world!”

I tend to be very sporadic in my writing habits in more ways than one. Firstly, while I do feel I need to be writing more and certainly sharing more of what I do write, there is no “frequency” on this blog. Secondly, while this doesn’t do me any favours as a blogger, I don’t have a niche or focus. 90 per cent of my postings are thoughts that came to me only hours, even just minutes, before I write and share them. In other words, I write about any and everything.

That said, you have to offer your readers something, so I’m always looking to share knowledge with them, inspire them, make them smile, and most importantly give them a reason to come back. Oh, and I’m always listening and love to share points of view, so please do feel free to comment!

Can you see the real me?

This past Tuesday I attended Third Tuesday Toronto (#TTT for those on Twitter), an event hosted by Thornley Fallis Marketing Communications. Their guest speaker was Mitch Joel (@mitchjoel), who came to talk to us about “personal brand”.

A big point of his presentation that really resonated with me was when he told us to be ourselves online. Whether it’s your website, blog, or your Facebook profile, your online persona should be a reflection of the “real you”.

I have always done my best to be as transparent as possible in anything that I do online. I never say anything that I wouldn’t in “real life”, and try to be as diplomatic as possible when being at all controversial.

I think that my online presence matches very well with who I really am, but do you? If you know me in person, I ask you to please leave your feedback on this. When you read my blog posts, or visit my website, do you see the real me? If not it is crucial that you tell me now! The last thing that I want to do is project a false image, and would like to correct that right away, if I am.

I also ask both those who do, and those who don’t know me to give their thoughts on being the “real you” online. What if you have opinions, let’s say political for sake of example, that you fear may be looked down upon by your employer, or potential employers. Do you share those thoughts online? What kind of discretion do you use when writing something on your blog?

Any and all thoughts are appreciated!

The video below is completely unrelated to this post, but the headline made me think of this great song (bear with it, the song picks up at 1:00) ENJOY!:

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Thank you for reading what I have to say today. Signing off, this is Adam Weitner

My three minutes of fame; interview with TalentEgg dot ca

Yesterday, whilst touring around downtown Toronto, I made a stop in at the lovely TalentEgg.ca office. Planning simply to meet some of the team (in person, finally), and maybe grab a bite to eat with them, I had no idea what I was truly in for.

TalentEgg.ca founder Lauren Friese (@LaurenFriese), being the great person that she is, decided to take it upon herself to volunteer me for a short interview for the TalentEgg vlog. Entirely unprepared, and somewhat reluctant to cooperate, I finally gave in to her (I think she hypnotized me). The end result is this:

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Thank you for reading what I have to say today. Signing off, this is Adam Weitner