I've never felt like I was either "right-brained" or "left-brained", so several years ago I decided I have an "ambidextrous" brain that balances the messy, chaotic creative with the ordered, logical analysis. This corner of bloggy-ness hosts my voice on creative business, productivity, DIY culture, community, and the occasional recipe from my kitchen.
I am not a web designer. I may have a graphic design background, but when it comes to the Internet, my knowledge of its inner workings is somewhat lacking. Sure, I know a little HTML and can hack away at CSS to get my website to do what I want [kinda], and sure, I spend most of my time on the Internet, but I leave the tough stuff to the people who really know what they're doing. Then I found The Manual, and I learned more than I thought I would.
Read MorePart Four in a series on Connecting to Your Community. After Setting the Stage, Identifying Your Motives and Becoming a Catalyst, it's time to Develop Synergy. In this article, I talk about putting yourself in the right place at the right time, finding your place among others, loving the ones that you're with, keeping the current running, and much more.
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