About the Day 7 photo: I thought it would be fun to illustrate the differences between Squid and Huxley’s personality by photographing their collars. If you like this image make sure to click on it and make it a favorite at flickr.

This image fits my own personal rule for Dog a day by having one of both of my dogs in the image. They have both owned these collars since puppies, Huxley’s is on bottom and Squid’s on top. Even though Huxley is nearly a year older than Squid his collar still looks brand new. Squid on the other hand nearly chewed through his the day he got it.

Squid is an obvious extrovert and Huxley considerably more introverted, which is quite odd for a Jack Russell.

This “Dog a Day” project while forcing me to work everyday is also forcing me to post a new blog everyday. Being very new to this social media trend I am frankly a little unnerved. In a lot of ways I am still trying to find my place in the new media world. Still, memories of being beat up in 2nd grade keep flashing into my mind, because I was not the most sociable person in the world, I preferred to sit back and observe the group, keeping only a few close friends that I would open up to. So all this openness and rapid fire exchange in social media scares me a little.

Recently I ran into this article: Instant Messaging for Introverts by Joe Kissell. It really resonated with my own experiences, especially when talking about how introverts in general choose their words very carefully in social situations, and how exhausting that process can be. This inevitably drives my wife Jamie crazy as I spend several minutes working on a short email to a client, rereading it several times just to make sure that it is clear what I am saying.

Social Media is an exciting new tool and one that I hope has a place for me even when the newness wears off for me and I can no longer devote all my energy into it. However, statements like Gary Vaynerchuk’s most recent post cause me to doubt it. What happens to those of us that want to just do one thing? Who don’t want our personal brand to be so inclusive of every detail of our lives? Does that mean we automatically are irrelevant to the tech world? I agree with Gary that this is an exciting time and that the possibilities are vast, but could we hold off on excluding the thinkers from the experience just yet?