A Week's Game of Tag

Days-of-the-Week Tagathon

I had a lot of fun with this past week's #EME6414 Twitter Days of the Week Challenge. 




Did you try it? What did you think? 

What were your expectations?

I can say that I was a wee bit intimidated. Somehow, Twitter intimidates me--and yet, when I get into it, it's fine. It's like jumping into a lake--opaque and cold on the outside. But then you dive in, and you warm up, and it's not just fine but rather fun. 

It was kind of like a weeklong race--and really fun to search out my fellow #EME6414ers' day-of-the-week tweets. Especially fun with the push notifications turned on. 

Nothing like a little social-media buzz to pick you up in the middle of a (#really) long week.

I did end up tweeting some belated days-of-the-week. #FollowFriday on a Saturday morning? I had to cringe-tweet that--but off it went.


Comments

  1. Omer ArslanJune 7, 2021 at 8:38 AM

    I had a lot of fun with this challenge, too! I posted until #ShoutoutSaturday! Overall, #mememonday is my favorite! :)

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    1. Disce VerumJune 11, 2021 at 2:25 PM

      Yeah, I like #mememonday too! It was a fun marathon--I'm glad I took up the challenge!

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