SheGeeks

This post was inspired by Tad Chef of SEO 2.0, who was inspired by “5 reason to follow ArchDaily on Twitter”. Will you be inspired?

Are you following me on Twitter? You should be if you’re not. I know that sounds arrogant, but I’m only being honest. First, hear me out:

1. I share informational, inspiring, and awesomesauce content I find all over the web and within my social networks.
2. I love ReTweeting good stuff.
3. My avatar and Twitter profile are awesome. See for yourself.
4. Images? Of course I share pictures!
5. I love talking about the iPhone.
6. Love social media, technology, or mobile-oriented conversations? I’m your geek.
7. I ask a lot of questions. How else do you expect to get an answer?
8. EverythingTwitter & The SocialGeeks Podcast updates and exclusives!!
9. Check my #followfriday stats: I rule!
10. You won’t find me more active on any other service.

There you have it! 10 reasons to follow @corvida. How about sharing your 10 reasons? You can do your own blog post and link back to this post one or leave your reasons in the comments! See you on Twitter!

Image Credit: Brian Solis

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South by Southwest (SxSW) is the end all be all for some geeks. I’ve heard numerous stories from colleagues and friends about the pure geek glory of going to SxSW. Oh the dreams I’ve had of meeting Amanda Gravel, Sarah Perez, Louis Gray, Wayne Sutton, Gaeia Brown and tons more bloggers and friends that I’d have to travel all across the U.S. just to see! I know what you’re thinking, who doesn’t have this dream every year? Me, actually.

I first heard about SxSW when Twitter debuted at the event. However, last year Twitter users took SxSW to an entirely different galaxy for me. They made it a priority.

UPDATE: See the crazy amount of Retweets generated here and here! Keep those retweets rolling in!

I pine, I burn, I parish! I WANT TO GO TO SXSW!

It’s as if my geek credentials depend on this one event. I know that they don’t, but who doesn’t want to add hilarious and awesomesauce SxSW stories to their repertoire?! Don’t lie because I sure do!

I want to meet the geeks on Twitter that I’ve wanted to connect with face-to-face for over a year now. I want to hear and see, first-hand, the innovation of services that will be introduced. I want to hear the secret tips that bloggers pass to one another after the panels end and the tweet-ups begin, the name dropping…the beer. Alcohol really doesn’t play an important role in my reasons for wanting to go to SxSW, but damn will it feel good to be able to drink with everyone now that I’m finally 21!

Most importantly, SxSW would be a trip outside of my normal surroundings. In my neighborhood, technology doesn’t really exist. Not the type of technology that not only exists but spreads like wildfire at SxSW. It’s even hard to find that type of spirit, community, and innovation here in Atlanta. But I digress.

A Good Candidate For A SxSW Interactive Badge

I’ve written for ReadWriteWeb, am well known among the social media and technology scene, and Fast Company has noted me as one of the most influential women in tech. I manage a podcast and Twitter site (EverythingTwitter) with Chris Miller, and am involved in the Girls in Tech Atlanta chapter as the Director of Communications. I’m attempting to become more active on the Atlanta tech scene, which is my local tech community.

Well, I think the following sentence will give the previous paragraph a run for its money:

I’m going to SxSW!!! #geek

ReTweet Me

Of course, that sentence isn’t true right now. I’m entering the Blog World contest to win a SxSW pass/badge. As part of my plea to win this contest, I’d like to ask you, my visitors, to retweet the link to this post if you think I’m a good candidate for a free SxSW Interactive Badge. You can use the following link if you’d like: http://bit.ly/rtcorvida .

The retweets will show up towards the bottom of this post.

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I am officially 21. My birthday was this past Friday and I want to take the time to thank you all for the well wishes and gifts. I’ve gotten a ton of both.

For my birthday I partied hard with my friends Friday and Saturday night. However, I encountered a dilemma on Sunday when I decided to upload my birthday pictures and I’d like to hear your thoughts on what you’d do in such a situation.

Some of us have completely separate lives on the web. I for one use an online alias for various reasons. I’m starting to get to the point where it’s become quite a task to keep up these two personas. However, they really aren’t all that different. Corvida talks a lot about technology and my real name (which I will not reveal yet) is a smart mouth who enjoys getting down and dirty with her friends. Shocking, I know. Otherwise there isn’t much of a difference between what I portray online versus online.

Regardless, the smart mouth is who celebrated her birthday. Not Corvida. So my pictures are not necessarily vulgar, but I think some of my online friends would be shocked to see this side of me. It made me think twice about the persona that I have online versus what my friends physically near me get to see.

Only a handful of my online friends knew what I’d planned for my birthday and those friends weren’t all that surprised. This is because they’ve seen the “other” side of me. The side of me that’s not all tech. The side of me that loves rap music, girls, and who is a bit of a…flirt. As you read this things may seems innocent enough. However, I just turned 21 and had no intentions of being innocent for my 21st birthday. I may be 21 for the next year, but you only turn 21 once! So my pictures resemble this not so innocent persona. I’m at odds on whether or not to upload my pictures on Flickr. I don’t want to pick and choose which pics should go and which pictures to keep to myself. Yet, I ave a reputation and image to maintain. Despite the privacy options that Flickr offers, it just isn’t enough for this dilemma.

So what’s a woman to do?

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