Visitors vs. Residents

I am a Visitor! Yep, I am what Dr. White says in his video Visitors and Residents a visitor of the world wide web. When Dr. White was describing why a visitor uses the internet, he was describing me (not me personally of course, just how I interact with the internet J ). In relation to my motivation to be online rather than my age or the skills I have acquired, I am goal-oriented, private, individual. It may not be that I don’t see the need to create these networks or participate in this networking space, but that at the moment it is difficult to put more time and energy towards becoming a resident and creating my own space. I feel as though I assess a platform when I am in need and then I learn how to use it. In the future, I do hope I can further proceed towards the resident side of the continuum, however, I it will most definitely be a long process I will continue to work on and grow. I am excited to learn many different tools to use in social media, in case I am not interested in one, I can pick up another that I may be more interested in to use. I do realize it is important to participate in this entire other space for social networking and I am willing to work to improve my visibility and start “selling my brand” as Dr. White expressed in his video.