Good post, a lot rings true in my experience! Twitter is a uniquely good place to meet people, though it requires a lot of work and calibration to use successfully, and it takes practice to be yourself in a public broadcast medium. But I feel like curating a quality follows list and interacting with people you like online has very high ROI. And it's worth taking the initiative — asking good questions, planning casual events, proposing ideas for collaboration — even if not everything pans out, it's about increasing the surface area for serendipity, opening up more possible paths, planting seeds…
even if not everything pans out, it's about increasing the surface area for serendipity, opening up more possible paths, planting seeds
Well said. Like taking daily walks in a neighborhood, getting to know the rhythms of a place and bumping into whoever else might be wandering around. Eventually magic happens!
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Good post, a lot rings true in my experience! Twitter is a uniquely good place to meet people, though it requires a lot of work and calibration to use successfully, and it takes practice to be yourself in a public broadcast medium. But I feel like curating a quality follows list and interacting with people you like online has very high ROI. And it's worth taking the initiative — asking good questions, planning casual events, proposing ideas for collaboration — even if not everything pans out, it's about increasing the surface area for serendipity, opening up more possible paths, planting seeds…
Hey Brendan!
Well said. Like taking daily walks in a neighborhood, getting to know the rhythms of a place and bumping into whoever else might be wandering around. Eventually magic happens!