Guest post by Nick Bujra!

Hey everyone! Here's our first guest post, sent by E-Mail from Nick Bujra (sorry, I don't have a website for him). I think that Nick exposes the inner thoughts of the introvert very well.

Here we go!

My New Year resolution is not to have one. That way, I can no longer break it.

Promising myself the same thing, year after year.

I've decided that it's time to stop desiring and start wanting.

Of course, there might be a few hiccups along the way.

Who knows how long it takes to get out that mindset?

I always seem to hang around the edges of the 'cool' crowd.

At school, at college, at work.

Always getting invites to go out, but turning them down.

On the rare occasions I do go, I feel I never really fit in.

However, it's completely different on an individual level.

People seem to trust me with all their secrets.

one night stands, abortions. You name it, I've heard it.

So whilst I don't have that many friends, I guess you could say, that I was friend of the world.

Fit in everywhere, but don't fit in.

And I guess I have met some along the way.

In fact I must have done, otherwise I wouldn't be here!

There just seems to be always something, just stopping me from taking that final, last step.

And I just don't know what it is. Believe me, if I did, all my problems would have been solved by now.

But when I think abut it,I guess the real reason why I don't want join in

is that I no longer want to be rejected.

If you like this guest post, post a comment and suggest some more topics for me.

Being a friend of the world, you learn a lot!

Mighty introverts working together

Short post this week: I've been busy doing some posting and social media stuff with my other blog. In fact, a fellow introvert and I have worked together this week to promote some stories to the front page of Sphinn. Introverts? Promotion? Who thought?

I want to thank SpostareDuro for helping me promote a blog post or two this week. I also want to thank Shana Albert for being a great interview subject and helping with the promotion. I don't think she's an introvert, but who cares? She wrote great answers to the questions that I wrote.

Introverts, we can do mighty things separately, but we can do even more when we work together.

Think about it while you enjoy your weekend. Cheers!

A short update on posting frequency

Hello everyone. Given my other projects I'll probably be posting 1 - 2 times/week at this blog for the foreseeable future. I'm planning to make Friday the day for new posts.

I've mentioned this before to some people and I'll mention it again: I welcome guest posters! As long as the topic involves both introversion and social media, blogging, or new technologies in some way, I'd be happy to publish it.

If you'd like to contribute, please E-Mail me at dykemans [at] nbnet [dot] nb [dot] ca.


Cheers!

Five easy ways for an introvert to communicate

Mighty introverts, we can think and analyze very well, but sometimes we don't show that same brilliance to the world to our best advantage when we're face-to-face with other people. Shy people (who may or may not be introverted) may feel the same way. Sometimes it's easier to put our ideas down on paper or the computer screen so that we can plan them out and express them properly.

Web 2.0 and other Internet technologies have given us great communication tools that will allow us to communicate as well as anyone.

Here are the five easy ways for an introvert to communicate:

1) E-mail: you can compose E-Mails on your own time and craft the message that feels write to you. You can take as long as you want to get it right the first time. Just make sure that you are using an effective E-Mail writing strategy. If you are looking for ideas, you might want to try this article about writing effective E-Mails. Don't worry about the heavy emphasis on business E-Mails, this guidelines will apply in many scenarios.

2) Instant messaging: short, quick bursts of thought in real-time that can still be meaningful. Emoticons can help you deal with your feelings in a humorous and positive way. Believe it or not, if you get your audience's (nearly) undivided attention, you can have a good conversation without having to worry about body language, tone, or word selection. You can just send and receive the message without the physical filters. There are many IM clients out there, including AOL, (Microsoft) Live, Yahoo, and Google.

3) Twitter - you can broadcast to the world similar to the way that IM works, but you can reach a massive audience. Twitter is part of the microblogging phenomenon. You can also direct "Tweets" to individuals and/or send private messages. Beware the 140 character limit, however! You might want to couple this one with instant messaging or E-Mail for better effect. Caroline Middlebrook has written an excellent Twitter guide.

4) Blog - you can set up a swell blog like this one! ;)

5) Blog comments - blog comments can provide an excellent way to both make intelligent, thoughtful commentary while getting yourself noticed. Again, Caroline Middlebrook and ProBlogger have both written excellent stuff about blog comments. Note: search their blogs because they have multiple posts on blog commenting.


What are you waiting for? Give it a try!