aight … here goes … grrrrrrrrrrr …

so, you want sum web 2.0 … sum social web … alL that, right? or your company wants that stuff all up in there … and let’s say you’re like me, but you just haven’t been playin’ as hard, ya know? like you’re an industry professiona, maybe in the cSuite ( i target the cSuite y’alL … just my favourite new term an’ all … sea sweet, see sweetie, cSuite … i think they usually got some funny in the head, ya know? rattle rattle rattle … at least 92 pacenta the time its seems it seems ) … so …

its your gig now to put some design thought, some thought leadership an’ vision into a product, but … like i said … you just haven’t been playin’, right? let’s admit …

… that’s why this here blog on Social Media North is called … hMmmmMmm … gues what mnthafncka? GUESS! … yep … network + play …

aight, you gut the work part down … its practically part of yer brand … job = work = drudgery = slavery = boredumb = ho hum = grrrrrrrrr = 9 ta 5 = passionlessness = you get the picture, right? at least to me, just the word work has direct correlations to the concept of no fnckin’ fun dude

but

words are pretty powerful tools of technology

seriously

watch this sh!t

to make work more interesting, why not inject … i don’t know … some stimulation into the mix, right? … put a little net on the beginnin’ a that sh!t an’ you get network … rutRo … hope ya been networkin’ dudes, because keeping connected w/ just email an’ online means just ain’t enough … ya gotta make friends … AND … ya really gotta mean it … you can’t just network to network … NOPE … ya gotta open up your heart, mind, body an’ soul and participate and really listen ( see Chris Brogan, read his blog daily, grow bigger ears, but also, begin to listen to your heart more and the collective heart and spirit of humanity … and as much as this might sound like crazy soulSh!t … its the fnckin’ truth dude … wake up … get outta yer career comas an’ smell the coffee before ya bring that sh!thouse down ta the river an’ dunk ‘em all in there … wouldn’t want THAT now, woodjya? )

so, you gut the word network now … do that … don’t JUST come and go at an office here or an office there, or maybe 2 different offices as of Monday, right? offices are just a distraction to producing really good work … i mean, unless they’re set up correctly an’ all that sh!t w/ lots a love + tla … without some special care to help nurture productivity, creativity, respect and innovation, an office means jack fnckin’ sh!t … right? … RIGHT

so then … uhm … another thing i tried to do when coming up w/ what the tweet component would be for this site … AND for what the tone a this site was gonna be … well, i thought of the many metaphors for work …

work = work
work = war
work = power struggle
work = chain gang
work = politics + trickery
work = sports + teamwork … this is nicer, right?

but what sounds even more fnckin’ fun?

in fact, what’s something we ALL wanna do, regardless of our age, sex, creed, color, belief systems, food preference an’ all that?

what’s something even little kids LOVE ta do?

its up in the tagline dude ;]

that’s right, what if … oooh … what if the metaphor became something like

work = play

play as in ‘wanna play doctor’ … well, no, er, ehm … that might lead to harassment … scratch that sh!t out

play as in ‘i’d love to go see a good play, like ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ … a fantastic play, depending on the actors and the performance‘

a powerful metaphor perhaps … that the employees are actors on a stage and they perform their jobly activities … interesting …

i could vamp on that later though

because that’s not what i meant at first … that’s NOT the play in the tagline

the play in the tagline is the whole ‘wanna play blocks?’ thing or the ‘wanna play Barbie?’ thing … ya know? …

wanna play?

i wanna play

wanna work?

well, i think of work as play now … it helps, because i can solve a lotta stuff just by playin’ around … by improvising, but runnin’ w/ my guts in my hand until i get to the finish line …

rewind, step back a bit …

so, besides this big work metaphor concept, right? let’s get back to companies that wanna put some social webbishness to good use …

it is really fncking important that as an industry professional that designs in any capacity for user experience in 2009 and beyond, it is SO important that you as a web person play with the amazing tools that are ‘out there’ at your disposal

the tools are free

time is not

and as much as it might look like you’re fncking around on Facebook, even if you truly ARE fncking around on Facebook … you’re learning

it helps inna nice complimentary way as you play with the social web … it really helps to think about what you’re doing, well, after you first give yourself entirely to the flow of the site, to the experience …

if you find yourself clicking an’ poking an’ social webbing without too much reflection … well then the people that made that site did their job mighty nice … they made you know only stop thinking, they made you, most likely, begin to play again

awe

cool

that’s why we LOVE the social web

that’s why it rawks

consider this too now

think or don’ think about it, whatever … i could care less … after all, i really don’t know who you are right now readin’ this here post, right?

but i think as a means to facilitate the thinking, the important critical thinking that helps us decide why a site is fun and successful

i want to be fun and successful

think of me as a website

a website you want to read

click me

double click me

oh, that’s good

hey! HARASSMENT!

why do i keep clownin’ around … jeesh …

so, as a means to facilitate the thinking … and maybe more importantly … as a means to SHARE your thinking and as a way to connect with real people in a real community somewhere ‘out there’ … put your thoughts ‘out there’ in a blog … tweet whenever you update the blog … think of new ways to use twitter … tweet about that … bebo your plurk … face your space … chat up your AIR client … and by all means GoogleWave your tweets all over the Facebook … play with it … play with it until you explode w/ joy

i apologize for the nearPornographic metaphor … for the chilling moneyshot conclusion to this diatribe + experiment in humanization of the technologies available to me …

but, this is how i think, how i rant an’ roll w/ it … this is how we do it … and i am SO lucky to be able to share it all w/ you in such a playful, happy manner … thank you social web … thank you my friends, my readership … thank you gawed

hey

now get back to WORK!

NOT ;]