Pondering the “what’s next” question

As all you readers know, all 12 of you, I’ve been taking stock since leaving b5 in July. I’ve also mused on grappling with the bittersweet nature of answering the questions of how and what I’m doing. My last post on blogging made me pause and think that it’s time for a little update on things.

First off I want to clarify some stuff from BlogWorld. No, I wasn’t myself. Yes, I had a lot on my mind, and chances are, it wasn’t you that I was upset at or pondering about. Really.

So, the “what’ next” question.

Here are the things I’m pretty sure about:

• My love of photography is growing by leaps and bounds. My skill is following more in a skips and hops kind of way, but I’m getting there.
• I want to do more and more photography on a professional basis (i.e. get paid to do it).
• My strengths lie in marketing and strategy, especially towards social media and community.
• I have a good head for understanding and relating to people who want to learn about technology
• I love to teach and am pretty darn good at it.
• I can be pretty eccentric, but that also means I like to challenge standard ways of thinking or looking at a problem.
• I’m a damn good writer and have at least three books in me (stay tuned on this).

Where does this leave me then?

Photography will probably be a side part of my life for the foreseeable future, but a company who would like someone who is passionate, articulate, innovative, and can connect with their users I’m their guy.

If you need someone to work on marketing your product, looking at the strategy, and can think beyond Web 2.x etc, that would also be me.

Writing? Of course. There are lots of things I can do, but my goal isn’t to be a consultant but an employee and build something great with a group of people.

While the resume almost seems passé now, here is my LinkedIn profile to peruse. Oh, and I’m based in Vancouver now and want to stay here, just saying.