I see a lot of folks doing this on LinkedIn. Sometimes it feels like their posts are more about humblebragging, but through this lens I can also see how it could be a useful form of sharing ideas and inspiring others to learn from your experiences (good or bad) or even join in with your effort.
Similar to Harold, I enjoy sharing among the private and trusted communities. I do this in the LYT/Linking Your Thinking Circle space. And then, as I mentioned, I am doing so in a WhatsApp group (on DBT, mentioned in my comment) and a Signal group (on the intersection of AI + health + PKM).
Meanwhile, I also understand the value of sharing in spaces like LinkedIn, Mastodon, etc. And I do pop-in to those spaces when my energy and mood agree. LOL! However, I still find myself reticent to post on LinkedIn because I don’t really “feel” a sense of community – and perhaps that will change as I do intend to update my LinkedIn, connect with a few trusted friends on LinkedIn, etc.
This is my weak point with the PKM. The reason is a mix of working with sensitive information in strategic planning and not finding a place for it in my workflow. I prefer to use Zotero for bookmarking and storing content and Zettlr for taking and linking notes. In recent years, I have promoted Telegram channels in which I encouraged members to work out loud because, in this case, the incentives are there.
Toni, Your mention of using Telegram . . . I am part of a small amateur/hobbyist comedy writing (e.g., sketches, open-mic/stand-up, humor essays, monologues) group. We find Telegram quite useful for our sharing, giving feedback, etc. and imagine we’ll grow the group, as well.
While unrelated to work/occupation, I am practicing the effort of narrating work in a WhatsApp curated group of friends (and friends of friends) participating in (or lurking for) specific for an online self-paced (or via email prompted) course, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/
Friends have been sharing about mindfulness and self-improvement/-care endeavors, and we all use different meditation apps. So I reached out to a few friends that may be interested to “work in community” during this DBT course. The intent is to learn together about the different life skills noted, e.g., mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness. These skills framed within DBT also may assist elsewhere in life’s admin. Friends chose to opt-in (as some friends have not joined) and can pace with a couple of us doing the email prompt version, self-pace from the online content, or lurk in the WhatsApp group. Granted, I understand this is NOT the same as narrating work in a space like Mastodon, LinkedIn, Bluesky, etc., however, it is nice to practice daily ~100 words of narrating.
I appreciate a friend participating who observed as I have been more regularly checking-in/narrating – “I’m impressed with your rigor and discipline, not just in doing these exercises, but in sharing them (when technology does not always make that easy.) A big part of the pleasure in learning for me is the community and discussion that takes place.” And the interesting part is that the effort has not felt heavy or weighted. So perhaps this will transfer over to when I narrate whatever in other social media spaces.
There is one Circle community of which I am part where I regularly share daily (or cluster of days) “… what you are doing, what you have done, …” although not necessarily about “… what you are going to do, any problems you are encountering …” – where I have a ~100 word brief and then provide more details. I’ve treated it more as self-accountability. And I read others check-ins and occasionally comment on others’ shares. THIS lesson’s activity is a good reminder I can update/modify what I share and express about doing, done, going to do, and problems.
I see a lot of folks doing this on LinkedIn. Sometimes it feels like their posts are more about humblebragging, but through this lens I can also see how it could be a useful form of sharing ideas and inspiring others to learn from your experiences (good or bad) or even join in with your effort.
I find that narrating your work is most effective in private communities or workspaces like Slack or Teams.
I second this, Harold.
Caitlin,
Similar to Harold, I enjoy sharing among the private and trusted communities. I do this in the LYT/Linking Your Thinking Circle space. And then, as I mentioned, I am doing so in a WhatsApp group (on DBT, mentioned in my comment) and a Signal group (on the intersection of AI + health + PKM).
Meanwhile, I also understand the value of sharing in spaces like LinkedIn, Mastodon, etc. And I do pop-in to those spaces when my energy and mood agree. LOL! However, I still find myself reticent to post on LinkedIn because I don’t really “feel” a sense of community – and perhaps that will change as I do intend to update my LinkedIn, connect with a few trusted friends on LinkedIn, etc.
This is my weak point with the PKM. The reason is a mix of working with sensitive information in strategic planning and not finding a place for it in my workflow. I prefer to use Zotero for bookmarking and storing content and Zettlr for taking and linking notes. In recent years, I have promoted Telegram channels in which I encouraged members to work out loud because, in this case, the incentives are there.
Toni, Your mention of using Telegram . . . I am part of a small amateur/hobbyist comedy writing (e.g., sketches, open-mic/stand-up, humor essays, monologues) group. We find Telegram quite useful for our sharing, giving feedback, etc. and imagine we’ll grow the group, as well.
While unrelated to work/occupation, I am practicing the effort of narrating work in a WhatsApp curated group of friends (and friends of friends) participating in (or lurking for) specific for an online self-paced (or via email prompted) course, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/
Friends have been sharing about mindfulness and self-improvement/-care endeavors, and we all use different meditation apps. So I reached out to a few friends that may be interested to “work in community” during this DBT course. The intent is to learn together about the different life skills noted, e.g., mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness. These skills framed within DBT also may assist elsewhere in life’s admin. Friends chose to opt-in (as some friends have not joined) and can pace with a couple of us doing the email prompt version, self-pace from the online content, or lurk in the WhatsApp group. Granted, I understand this is NOT the same as narrating work in a space like Mastodon, LinkedIn, Bluesky, etc., however, it is nice to practice daily ~100 words of narrating.
I appreciate a friend participating who observed as I have been more regularly checking-in/narrating – “I’m impressed with your rigor and discipline, not just in doing these exercises, but in sharing them (when technology does not always make that easy.) A big part of the pleasure in learning for me is the community and discussion that takes place.” And the interesting part is that the effort has not felt heavy or weighted. So perhaps this will transfer over to when I narrate whatever in other social media spaces.
There is one Circle community of which I am part where I regularly share daily (or cluster of days) “… what you are doing, what you have done, …” although not necessarily about “… what you are going to do, any problems you are encountering …” – where I have a ~100 word brief and then provide more details. I’ve treated it more as self-accountability. And I read others check-ins and occasionally comment on others’ shares. THIS lesson’s activity is a good reminder I can update/modify what I share and express about doing, done, going to do, and problems.