Okay, here’s what’s been happening. I’m more than half way through the mother of all to do lists (and sub-lists) which I wrote a while back. This has been a great weight off my shoulders cause I actually did the right thing and started with the bigger stuff like filing taxes and all, and left the easier stuff for later. Normally it happens the other way around (you all know what I mean).

The other thing I’ve been up to might be useful for some so I thought I might as well make a post of it. It seems like there are just too many ways to network socially and present your work, and it’s just getting a little crazy. So, I’ve been going through the more popular ones and seeing how others have used them and trying to be very picky about which ones I use myself and how.

 I have a few goals in mind for doing this. First, I want to minimise my time spent on the computer (fat chance, that’s gonna happen). Second, I want to present my work in the best way possible. Third, I want to keep in touch with and respond to my 3 or 4 loyal followers (although thanks to Trini’s “forced marketing techniques” on her friends and family, I now have a few more followers on the blog here… Hi! / Hola! and welcome / bienvenido). Forth, I want to be able to update and distribute with the least amount of time and little chance of double publishing so as not to annoy.

Well, after a few days of experimentation, trial and error I believe I’ve come up with a list that suits my way of working and allows me to concentrate more on stuff away from the computer. This list is just for the web based social networking sites and a little on web based tools. I’ll be writing up a post on the photo workflow/software stuff later on.

So here it is:

• Facebook: for the obvious
• Twitter: for the quick and obvious
• Flickr: 90% iPhone photos, 10% other stuff linked to other works on the blog, website and archive (photoshelter)
• Youtube: for the obvious (once I start making some videos)
• Photoshelter: main photography site for clients, licencing and purchasing prints
• Instagram: to process and post iPhone photographs to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr in one go with minimal fuss.
• Posterous: for email uploads of photos, videos and almost anything else to Facebook, Twitter and Flickr or just for archiving online
• Various iPhone Apps: to process images taken with iPhone
• WordPress: for the blog
• Website: custom setup with Photoshelter integration
• Gmail: for email while away from the office
• Google Calendar: for schedule and reminders

That’s basically it. Hope you get some use out of it.