I passed on the enchiladas at dinner and went straight to my room, only to be brought out by NetSquared. Our dinner guest works for a domestic violence shelter, and in her spare time is building a media literacy organization focused on how the media affects body image and self esteem. She has a blog for the organization and was sharing plans to move into social networking…

Roommate: You should talk to Gina about this project she’s working on. It’s called NetSquared, and it’s basically about how nonprofits can use blogs and social networking and things like that to spread their message, and raise funds, and you know, run their nonprofits better without spending a lot of money. Hey G – was that right?

Guest: See, I started the blog, and we’re going to start using MySpace to reach out to people. This way, we can direct people to our website and help them learn about our organization. At the same time, we’re raising awareness about the issue in general, not just us, so it’s an end in itself.

Me: YEAH, I told you guys this stuff was real!

 Roommate: You know you have to blog about this now.