Given that it’s a Friday morning and I can hear the weekend calling me already, instead of being hard at work (shh don’t tell anyone) I’ve been catching up on Digg and some of my favorite blogs. Two particular posts caught my attention today and the one made me realize why the other feels the way they do.

This post was inspired by my really good friend Will. I have a problem explaining my job to people who are not in the industry. I have known Will for quite a while at this point and when we get onto the subject of work, I’m pretty sure he still doesn’t completely get what I do. He understands the blogging part, project management, and the research, but when it comes to the other Social Media aspects of my job, not so much.

Don’t get me wrong. If it were that cool retro curved metal hook they
stopped making 20 years ago, that would be teh awesome. But no, this
paperclip is an irritating avatar (oddly, in only two dimensions)
which pops up to serve up completely useless advice. I kid you not.
That’s what it does.

Each week on memelabs, Nadia and I do a video of the week post. Since signing up for the blogathon, I’ve collected posts that I would have put up in order to have enough content. So I bring you Invoke’s first ever video of the week.

This list could go on forever. We’ve all done it, sat in a
brainstorming or concept meeting and had someone bust a line
you’ve never heard and in your heard you’re thinking, did he really
just say that? Either to create a metaphor that abstracts the true
meaning of the point or to draw a parallel that make people think
you’re clever. You know what? I’ve probably used one or two.