Thing 2 is all about community. Getting to know the neighbours and make those connections.
There is quite a range out there, and as usual when online outside of work time, I have consumed lots of time following tangents I can see some of my fellow participants are deeply embedded online and others are just beginning to dabble. I'm probably somewhere in the middle.
Since I'm doing catch-up, I got to see some quality content from other participants, as they responded to the current awareness Thing 4. I have to say I love the current awareness part of my job, but by hokey - I wish we could come up with a catchier name for it!
I find commenting on posts tricky - a bit performance-anxiety inducing. That said, I did find myself responding as I read thought- provoking posts, so it's a matter of crafting that response into something pithy. I guess you deeply want to say something that adds a bit of value, not just "wow that was so well put", though often that's exactly what you mean.
