Becoming That Guy

There’s a strange thing that happens to people when they become known to do something. It could be a certain position at a company, a hobby, or even a topic they are particularly passionate about. Once they reach a certain point, they lose themselves and become ‘that guy’ and it becomes difficult to shake. Unfortunately, that’s been me for quite a while.

I’ve spoken to people about this before, for example, Daryl Baxter, for a while, was ‘the iPad guy,’ and it took years for him to shake it. He’s now the Tomb Raider guy — but that’s his fault! Even worse is when someone interesting gets an important role in a business, and they become simply a mouthpiece for that company. All personality of themselves is removed, and the reason you followed them disappears.

I don’t want that to happen with my work on Micro Social. Most of my posts are in relation to the app, and I don’t want to just become that app guy. An issue further impacted by my lack of time to write recently with all the work I am doing on said app. Thankfully, development will slow down as the app becomes well-rounded. Features are less required, and larger work takes a back seat.

I intend to split out blog posts, documents, and a lot of communication into a Micro Social micro.blog account. So when this happens, I’m hoping normal service can resume. I can get back to consuming the community in a more human way rather than talking about micro social all the time! But the best-laid plans and all that.