The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Our Obsession with Documenting Our Lives Online with Damon Brown

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Damon isn't the typical guest we have here on BlogcastFM. A few weeks ago, when I was looking at the TED Blog,  I came across his book Our Virtual Shadow: Why We Are Obsessed With Documenting Our Lives Online. The book was all about how documenting our lives - which I knew I was something that content creators wrestle with on a daily basis. The implications of his work are quite profound and will cause you to really do some deep thinking. Here are few of the highlights from our chat:
  • How Damon's Background in Traditional Journalism Informs His Work Damon Brown
  • Why Contribution to a Conversation is How You Stand Out Online
  • The Limitations of Our Current Abilities to Document Our Lives
  • How Documenting Experiences Pulls Us Out of Those Experiences
  • Throwing All Your Tools and Maps Away to Discover Your Voice
  • Why Patience is Incredibly Critical to Your Success
  • How Enjoying Your Creation Process Impacts Your Work 
  • Identifying the Common Threads in Your Work for Bigger Missions
  • The Reason to Pursue Ideas That You Have Faith In 
  • Some Killer Tactics on Identifying Your Passion and Creating Demand for Yourself
  • The Photographer's Eye and What It Does to Your View of the World 
Tweetable Insights Include:
  • The beautiful thing about books is that they teach you to be patient (Click to Tweet)
  • If you contribute to the conversation you will be found(Click to Tweet)
  • If you're waiting for a reward, you're not going to make it (Click to Tweet)
  • If you're questioning how long it takes to do something maybe you're' not passionate about it (Click to Tweet)
  • The real story is the part of an experience that stays with you (Click to Tweet)
Damon Brown is cofounder of Quote Unquote app, an author, and lead writer at TechHive. You can follow him on twitter @browndamon. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes.

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