So we meet again in cyber space dear readers (all three of you). Who knew there was such interest in the life of a late-blooming comedian. I hope I will not disappoint you all with my daily entries about recent emails to agents, networking with other comics, gigs, and constant battles with technology, especially social networking. Although I appreciate all the postage our new way of communicating saves me. I also think that the confusing world out in the ether will put me in an early grave in this one.
Having become what I consider an expert on Facebook. And let me clarify what I mean by that is I can log in, check-in, upload a photo and block all my stalkers (and I do have them) all without my $2000 computer beeping at me, graying out a tab I want to click on, or literally blowing up as being an expert beyond my wildest dreams. I have now set my cybersights on other, newer, better, hipper, websites that...well...basically do the same thing as Facebook.
I am now on twitter. Actually I joined in like 2011. But I now sort of know what it is. Am I correct that it is Facebook but with shorter posts to favor those less witty and to prevent rappers from swearing beyond 140 characters? I see you can also put photos on there. I also notice its theme color is blue. So last question "If Facebook does all this why do I need Twitter?" #redundant oh and #michelle@MichelleRTomko (michelletomko was taken). Screw you tacayo from Missouri. I'm trying to build a brand here!
(For those of you that don't know TOCAYOS is Spanish slang for people who have the same name. See you can learn something reading a comic's blog. I'm not going to lie. I also used this word because one of my three fans is Puerto Rican. #shoutout.)
Now onto Pinterest. Best guess is this is Facebook for people who can't read right? You just throw random photos up there? A squirrel, a cupcake, a DIY project you will never do, a Halloween costume, dogs wearing sunglasses these are all possibilities. I will give Pinterest on thing. This sounds like a ADD person's wet dream! It's literally throwing cybershit at the virtual wall and it all sticks. #attentionspa...
My best guess for LinkedIn is that they are running a Facebook with absolutely no cat pictures allowed. You make professional connections. But how do you know who to Link In with? Well you go to your Facebook contacts of course. Think of it being like if all your Facebook friends smoked and you brought them to a snotty, upscale, cyber, smoke-free Starbucks where they had to leave all their photos of kids and Rotten eCards at home. That's LinkedIn. #pretentious
So what have we learned today people? We learned that there are a myriad of social media portholes that do the same thing as Facebook only cooler for the moment. And we learned that most words in Spanish sound like a dish that you could purchase from a taco truck in el barrio. Good night and good tweeting. I'm starving.