Search
  • Blog
  • Books
  • Publications
  • Bio
  • Contact
  • Sign in
Close
Menu
Search
Close
  • Blog
  • Books
  • Publications
  • Bio
  • Contact
  • Sign in
Menu

Ksenia Anske

July 2, 2015

The social media engage/disengage battle

by Ksenia Anske


Photo by Michael Tompert

Photo by Michael Tompert

Photo by Michael Tompert

Photo by Michael Tompert

Yesterday I caught myself on noticing how "I'll just check my phone real quick" turned into 30 minutes of lost time. I'm usually pretty diligent about sticking to the routine of DO NOT ENGAGE ONLINE UNTIL YOUR WORK IS DONE, but I'm only human so I slip. For some reason this particular slip really got under my skin. It was evening and I was so tired that I had no energy to exercise or to meditate. My day was packed and I hoped to combine the two into one biking session with my eyes closed. It didn't happen. I got upset. As a result, I didn't sleep well. 

Meditating clears my mind. Without it it's like a bee drunk on vodka mixed with beer, buzzing around and around and around my skull until I want to drive my head through the wall and be no more (in other words, slide down the wall into a brainless bloody morass). I thought checking my phone would only take a few minutes. Ha ha ha. When I glanced at the clock, I nearly dropped it. It wasn't a few minutes like I thought it would be. It was 30 fucking minutes. I have robbed myself of exercise, of mediation, and of a good night's sleep. So today, as I'm typing this, I'm not even going to look at what's happening on the sparkling internets until this post is done.

Read More

TAGS: social media, balance, Twitter, Ello, drama, Marketing, engagement


May 1, 2015

Why Ello is a great place for writers

by Ksenia Anske


 

Briana Morgan said: "You should do another post about how Ello can help writers. I'd like to get back into it." 

Ello, Ello, Ello. The new sprig on the social media field. The splash of news, the initial stampede of everyone running and signing up and trying it about 5-6 months ago (I wrote a post back then), and then the waining interest, the dwindling participation, and now forgotten by many who tried it but cherished by those few who stayed and growing with the help of a new crowd that has joined it later. Why?

Read More

TAGS: Ello, social media, marketing, writing


September 26, 2014

What is this new Ello thing?

by Ksenia Anske


You've all seen me raving about Ello this and Ello that in the last couple of days, I'm sure. Many of you are asking, "What the fuck is this thing?" and "How do I get an invite?" and "I'm in but it's all confusing and white and I'm lost like a sacrificial lamb!" and "My brain is turning vitriol blue from this eye that is staring at me and where is the "like" button and, oops, I just deleted my post, and..." Bla-bla-bla. Yeah, yeah, I get it.

I am the queen of Ello already and I will share with you the secrets of my dominion.

BOW TO ME.

KISS MY HAND.

Okay, okay, not really. I'm still trying to figure out this thing myself, but I can tell you that several days in a row now I'm spending time there instead of writing. I mean, I'm writing too, but only after I have forced myself to polish one hundred samovars with a bundle of old torn stockings with fierce optimism. And stuff. 

It is really hard to unglue!

Why?

Here is why.

Read More

TAGS: Ello, social media, network, marketing