Social Media and You

Hugh MacLeod gets my goat. I’ve been offended, outraged, disgusted by him more than once.

On the other hand, I subscribe to his daily email, and thrive on it with gratitude.

I guess that’s always the way with brilliance. It’s impossibly infuriating and totally enchanting at once.

MacLeod, an ‘early-adopter,’ a cartoonist, social media samurai, and marketing whiz has won the hearts and gizzards of large corporations as well as millions of minions like moi.  No sense trying to ignore him. Hugh MacLeod simply and powerfully just is, like a sudden storm or a rainbow.

I dropped his RSS feed and went away in a huff awhile ago, because all he seemed to be doing was selling me, and bragging. Egotistic bastard. But I’ll be whooped if he didn’t woo me back. Not intentionally, not just for me; but his presence was so large and artful, there was no resisting.

Hugh MacLeod gets social media, big time. You could say he embodies it. His brand is eccentric, unapologetic, driven. He passionately persists in relating, day after day. Subscribe to his daily cartoon, and you’ll understand. His artistry forces revised perceptions, with humor and compassion. He’s self-absorbed for all our benefit.