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on clients and friends…

10 Thursday Nov 2011

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So this was my today, spent with these three lovely people…

I had an appointment with María Paz to help her revive the blog I’d made for her a couple of years ago, and integrate that with new social media accounts I’d created. Our appointment was for 11 o’clock, and I thought we’d finish in time for me to get to the gym, shower and have a quick bite to eat before my Spanish/English class with Pablo at 3.00. Well, due to this and that María Paz didn’t show up until 1.40 which kind of put the kibosh on, well, everything. Though I did manage a quick shower before she finally arrived. And then made a sandwich after Pablo got here. A part of our class involved helping Pablo get connected with London people on Twitter for an upcoming trip there, and it ended just fifteen minutes before my “proper” English class with my friend Agustín’s son (also Agustín)… and whew! Not the day I’d expected or planned but lots of cool stuff happened, and I was inspired in a many ways. But the really cool thing is how my personal life is also becoming my professional life, which is turning into what I’d want to do anyhow when I get out of bed in the morning. So it’s sometimes hard to tell when I’m working and when I’m not.

After all this it was suddenly 8pm and I remembered that another Twitter pal from Madrid was in town for a bloggers convention, and so I called Graeme and he met Nog and I for a lovely dinner out at one of my favourite places, La Azotea. And I actually got to eat! Which doesn’t often happen on my tapas tours, so that was a nice change.

And now I’m home and thinking about all the social media stuff I need to get done in the morning before I go to the gym and then prepare for an impromptu gourmet tapas tour that was booked by a group of Dutch people who happened to run into the group of Dutch guys that had been on my tour the day before… yeah, I know!

I really love how some friends have become clients, and how clients and online acquaintences end up becoming my friends. It’s all mixed up and it’s great. Just how I like it. And now to bed! There’s a little black cat waiting for me…

google+

11 Monday Jul 2011

Posted by in geekiness, internet, social media, twitter

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Here I go again…

I finally got an invite to join Google+ yesterday and since then I have been wasting spending all kinds of time figuring out what it can do. So far it seems like a much more elegant version of Facebook, and I can see it becoming very popular. There are nice options available so each post can go totally public, to all your contacts (all circles) or just selected ones. And I love that I can edit my posts after they’ve been published.

A bit annoyed with myself for being a bit duh and signing up using my Google profile name “azahar sevilla”, instead of my real name. Looks like everyone is using their real name, but oh well.  As I’m mostly interested in using this for business stuff then using my brand is probably okay. Or it’ll have to be because it looks like I’m not allowed to change it (oops)! Besides, most people know me as azahar by now. Perhaps I should legally change it…?

This is a link to my G+ profile

Who else out there is now using Google+?

I gotta job!

08 Wednesday Dec 2010

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My first real new part-time freelance job since starting off this season as a social media manager … got the phone call yesterday afternoon. And I did that whole jumping up and down thing. It really was very exciting.

I’ve actually had three meetings this past week with tapas bars/restaurants that I feel could use my services, and I showed up with everything set up and with my presentation totally organised and – I hope – interesting. Made me realise more than ever that I’ve got to get myself an iPad…

But otherwise and that, I have a new job! And the great thing is that this job didn’t actually exist until I created it, packaged it up in an interesting way, and then went out and convinced a few people they really needed and wanted this, and that I was the best person to set it up and maintain it for them. This is a really big step for me. I mean, sure, it’s just part-time, but with a few more of these I could maybe end up being something resembling full-time.. maybe.

last will & testament

10 Thursday Jun 2010

Posted by in cancer, death & dying, internet, life stuff, media

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Remember when I was wondering what would happen to all my online stuff when I die?

Well, Lisa over at Cybercoven took it further and actually wrote up a will protecting her writing. She downloaded Neil Gaiman’s simple will for creative people, made a few changes, and now has all her stuff in order.

So I am now going to do the same. I don’t really have any intellectual property to protect, but I would like to know that my blogs and social media stuff won’t just be left stuck out there. I’ve already had an offer from someone willing to take care of Sevilla Tapas. For the rest I’ll mostly need someone to either maintain or delete accounts. Feels weird to be doing this but I think it’s better to deal with it while I am still well & healthy.

How about you – have you made a will?

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