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Online Addict

I think I have mentioned that I started all this blogging because I was looking for a way to supplement my income, both to pay off bills so I could retire and to supplement my retirement income. I believe I am now an official web addict.
If anyone thinks that online business is a spare time project, forget it. Maybe after you have become rich and have a thousand sites out there, but even then you have to stay up with the times. Reading, socializing, revising, researching, writing. These all take time and a lot of it.

I am lucky. I really enjoy this. I am learning something new, plus to be a success, I have to learn even more. I was correct – my previous experience in web site building as a novice. my knowledge of the various PC applications, and my use of the internet searching for products and for information all gave me a basic knowledge. What I am learning now is overwhelming. I can only imagine what it is to people who don’t have that background – not that it cannot be done successfully.

What amazes me is the amount of knowledge of the Internet and its world to absorb. Each search engine, each social site, each bookmarking site, each feeder site, has its own personality. It’s like going from city to city or learning to ride a bike, drive a car, drive a tracker, etc.

If my blog starts to look more like an advertisement, this blog really isn’t. I do get excited and want to share things with other. Things that impress me, or things I think others will like. It’s a deviation from my original intent. Maybe not. This blog is an outlet for me about things I am interested in and things that matter to me.

If any of you are on the web 2.0 sites like Digg, Facebook, Stumbleupon, Mixx, BlogCatalog, redit, myplace, etc, look me up. I am usually under the handle of Joyntheir.

Social Networking

Hi.I just found and joined a new social networking group. It is called blogcatalog.com. You can click on the icon in the right column to go there and look around.

Another group I found that is quite friendly is mixx.com. There is another brand new social group starting called Business Builders – go join or just look around. You can get in on the ground work of this one.

While blogging is fun – and I do love it – it is also really good to get out into the mainstream and see what other humans have to say, what they think. Each social network I have joined is different – there are different ways to maneuver around, different things to do. There are some groups in each network I stay away from, and others are interesting to watch. And always there is some one or some group to learn from.

I find myself at the computer a lot – but then I usually do have some sort of computer project going (picture DVD’s, video DVD’s, websites for the church or friends, putting together a genealogy). I still find time to watch the few TV programs I enjoy and I still spend time with my grandchildren.

AND – I still get my Starbucks every day!

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