Social Networking - Revisited

Almost three months ago, I discussed some aspects of social networking that I plan to incorporate into my website. How have I done so far?

1) Facebook: I have a diverse community of fans of different ages and cultures. I attribute that to my content - I have traveled to interesting places, and have posted pictures from those areas. Area where I could improve - encouraging dialog. However, I think that will take some time.

2) Blog traffic: Lately, I've noticed that my LinkedIn efforts are leading to increased blog traffic. However, I could post more often, and in more areas. Frankly, the reason I haven't is my new job. It's really taking more of my time than I'd expected. Between that and my newly disciplined workout routine, it's been a struggle. However, there's a direct correlation between my blog posts and my web traffic. It's a tough balance to achieve, I admit.

3) Flickr page views - they've definitely been on the upswing. Interestingly enough, this picture has climbed dramatically in the rankings:



And this one has fared well:



This tells me that I may have something "there" where architectural and interior photography is concerned.

Tomorrow - my "current events" - the shutdown and one of my contests. The former affects my weekend plans, the latter an upcoming set of submissions.

Here I am. On the Road again.

I'm in my home state of PA through Sunday. While I won't be able to post again until Monday, I have great plans lined up:

1) A do-over of my homage to Penn - I've packed every lens I own, and hope to get some interesting and good shots. Weather permitting, I'll spend most of Saturday on this.

2) (Time permitting) Philly at night - there are some tall buildings in the area. I thought I'd do a Philly take on building reflections - such as this one:



There is one building in particular that I'm eyeing. Fortunately, the sun sets early - if I don't have time to do this tomorrow (but I hope to), I can do this Saturday night before the work event.

Anyway, wish me luck! Till Monday!

Dear Penn, I Love You - A Gratuitous Trip Down Memory Lane

I am an extremely loyal person. Case in point: I LOVE my alma mater. So much, in fact, that I volunteer for it. It's time for my volunteer work to kick up in high gear, so I dug through my photo archives from 2004. It's amazing how my photography has changed since those days, but I think these are serviceable enough to show you:

I love you, Penn! I can't wait to take better pictures of you in December!
Till tomorrow!