Want to promote professional geekiness, shameless fan-to-pro enthusiasm? Why not hook up with people that are kind of doing that very thing?
Go join a Professional Association. We put together a huge list for you awhile ago.
Professional Geekery
Persona Branding For Progeeks #2 – Finding Your Brand
Last week I discussed just why Personal Branding is important for geeks in their careers – and in some ways more important than usual for information-driven folks like ourselves. So the question comes down next – how do you do it?
Well, I could point you at "Me 2.0", (which got updated), which you should read. But I'd also like to share my philosophy on the subject.
So here's a quick-and-dirty guide to personal branding – as a Progeek.
Promoting Professional Geekery #4: Start The Damn Blog!
Well it's quite a good week to be focusing on one of my favorite subjects – promoting professional geekery, the idea that people can (and in many cases) should turn what they love into a career. It's "Speak Out With Your Geek Out" and let me focus on #4: Starting The Damn Blog.
Why not just Starting The Blog? Because you (and others) have thought about a blog so often that it's not just "the blog I want to start" it's "the damn blog I should get to."
So, start it.