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Dear ONCE UPON A GEEK reader,<\/p>\nDear ONCE UPON A GEEK reader,<\/p>\n
First, thank you for reading my blog.\u00a0 I sincerely appreciate you taking\u00a0time out of your busy\u00a0day to read what I have to say about our geeky world.\u00a0 I mean that.<\/p>\n
Second, while at a conference this week I’ve been hearing lots about social networking\u00a0and how businesses can create online communities.\u00a0 Then it occurred to me that we’ve developed our own little community here at ONCE UPON A GEEK.\u00a0 Since most\u00a0readers are lurkers and we receive very few comments, you may be surprised to hear that in the last month ONCE UPON A GEEK has had over 30,000 unique visitors.\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 Admittedly, many\u00a0of those are people being directed to specific older posts (like the Halloween Costumes or the Star Trek pictures).\u00a0 However, there is a consistent daily readership numbering in the hundreds here at ONCE UPON A GEEK.\u00a0 You may not have realized it, but you’re in good company.<\/p>\n
Today I’d like to ask\u00a0each of you reading this to leave a comment saying\u00a0hello<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Yes, I’m talking to you.\u00a0\u00a0Take this opportunity to promote yourself, your web sites, blogs,\u00a0interests, or just say HOWDY.\u00a0 We truly are a community of geeks, so we should get to know each other better.\u00a0 This is not a scam or a campaign\u00a0of some sort.\u00a0 I would genuinely\u00a0like to hear from the readers, and give all of you a chance to get to know each other.<\/p>\n If you’ve never left a comment before, it’s really easy.\u00a0 Either you’ll see the comment\/reply information to fill out below, or just click the word “comments” in the bottom right-hand corner of this post.\u00a0 Then type in your contact information and\u00a0leave a comment.\u00a0 If this is your first time commenting, it will come to me for moderation,\u00a0I’ll approve it, and then it will appear on the site.\u00a0 If you are worried about providing your e-mail address, don’t sweat it.\u00a0 First, your e-mail address won’t appear with\u00a0the comment.\u00a0 Second,\u00a0if you do provide your e-mail address rest\u00a0assured that\u00a0I will never use the e-mails supplied from comments for any marketing purposes.\u00a0 No worries there.\u00a0 Third, if you are really concerned, just put in a fake e-mail address;\u00a0it doesn’t bother me.<\/p>\n My\u00a0goal is simply\u00a0to provide a networking opportunity for all of us.<\/p>\n Thanks again for reading and I look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n The Irredeemable Shag<\/p>\nTell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3>