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Replied Sep. 24, 2007

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Where Do Social Media Pros Come From

Ever wonder where professionals come from? How about for new fields such as social media? Many times professionals in the early stages of new industries, genres, or fields of study come from all sorts of places, and they probably never thought they'd be doing what they end up becoming great at.

Happiness CCCXXI

While change can be intimidating, not taking the chance is absolutely frightful.

Campfire Computing Part 2

As always its the simple things that make the difference, and so it was this weekend. Ok, it’s not a campfire, but one of those fire-pit thingies that you can set up on the patio. It’s been an incredible month since we’ve moved to our place just out of town, and we’re beginning to settle [...]

What Is An Expert?

What is an expert? Is it a guru? Is it someone who has thought deeply on the subject? Or is it someone who has actually performed work and generated results? So many people today are scrambling to become a social media experts, then it’s quite confusing to businesses looking for talented help. The reality in [...]

It depends…

Funny how many questions have answer that start with those two words. This tends to be exceptionally true of the coporatization of social media. What if I call my boss a jerk on Twitter? It depends… What if we find bloggers defacing our product images? It depends… What if my company finds me posting on Facebook when [...]

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City(ies) Where I Can Help:: Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (Or really anywhere in Minnesota & Wisconsin really)

Services I Can Offer:: IT Infrastructure Architect
Social Media Exploration & Explanation
Personal Branding
Directions in Minneapolis & St. Paul, MN or Western Wisconsin

About Me:: Social Web Explorer, Personal Branding Specialist, & IT Architect
With 20 years in Information Technology & Communications, I enjoy exploring and writing about the social web, personal branding, and blogging in general.

Website:: http://rickmahn.com/

How You Can Contact Me:: Email: rick@rickmahn.com
Mobile: 612.298.7289
Twitter: twitter.com/rickmahn
Blog: http://rickmahn.com

Favorite Music:: Good old Rock&Roll

Favorite TV Shows:: X-Files, CSI, Firefly, BSG

Contact Info

Hey Grasshoppers! Here is how you can get in touch with me. Feel free to add/contact me if you need/want to.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/rickmahn
GMail: rickmahn@gmail.com
Skype: rickmahn
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickmahn
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=608796042
And of course here on Grasshoppers!

And if its an emergency, my cell is 612-298-7289.

Also, let me know if you want to be added to my blogroll - I don't have a ton of traffic, but I'd be happy to link to every Grasshopper!

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Looking for gigs...

Hi all, sorry for not posting lately but I've been busy trying to get some work drummed up here in Minneapolis. Not much luck in the last few weeks, but did follow up on one lead on Monday of this week.

Will be spending the remainder of this week perusing contracting/consulting databases for some opportunities. Give me a call if you're looking for experienced, quality IT consulting... :)

Have a great week everyone!

Posted on August 21, 2007 at 2:24am —

Changes at home

I posted on my blog about this, but I thought I'd mention it here if any Grasshoppers are interested. My wife Amy and I have decided to move further out of the city back to her hometown in Wisconsin. We've been getting more and mor… Continue

Posted on July 29, 2007 at 6:04pm — 6 Comments

Long Weekend

It never fails, we took an extra day and came back home today rather than yesterday. So I didn't get a chance to say hi to all the latest Grasshoppers that have signed in here at the Grasshoppers "grand central" in the last two days.

Welcome!

Hope your week goes well, and I'll see you around the Grasshoppers network. Don't forget, I've an open invitation for anyone on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn - feel free to add/invite me if interested.

Posted on July 23, 2007 at 9:20pm — 2 Comments

Grasshopper Friends

Hi everyone, I want to thank you for making me a friend here at Grasshoppers. I really want to know everyone, and am working through reading everyone's page here - we've got a good group. Kudos to Chris for creating Grasshoppers and setting examples.

Have a great weekend!
~Rick

Posted on July 21, 2007 at 2:28pm —

A Social Network for a True Social Network

The concept of Grasshoppers is a social network, and I'm glad to see that Chris has created a social network here at Ning just for Grasshoppers. The idea of a network just for people dedicated to helping each other succeed is an excellent one. I for one look forward to helping, assisting, answering, doing, what I can for fellow Grasshoppers. After all, isn't that what we all strive to do in life anyway - but what better an environment where it's the "motto" of the group? Anyway, glad to be here.

Posted on July 19, 2007 at 10:05pm — 3 Comments

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At 9:01pm on August 14, 2007, aliceloy said…: Rick, thanks for your comments and I'll look forward to seeing more of them...alice

At 10:53pm on August 7, 2007, Sheryl Breuker said…: Hi Rick. Thanks for adding me. I'm with you. I want to get to know people. What a great place to do that! Brilliant. Glad to have stumbled on it.

At 12:24pm on August 2, 2007, raypodder said…: Hi Rick, Thanks for the add :)

At 1:29am on August 1, 2007, LeoCozmyk said…: Thx for your message.
Here's my new discovey.

At 5:28pm on July 30, 2007, zenfrog said…: Hi Rick, nice to meet you. This is such a great site, I've lots to get through yet, being a newbie.

At 6:26pm on July 24, 2007, Alexia Golez said…: Hiya Rick,
I find that Ning appears to be be user-fluid that FB. Can't beat all of the hosted apps that FB has too. The proof of the pudding is in the eating and, hopefully, Ning will be quite tasty.