{"id":319,"date":"2008-02-06T14:25:18","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/interviews-around-the-web-and-pickthebrain-on-twitter\/"},"modified":"2013-08-16T07:58:37","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:58:37","slug":"interviews-around-the-web-and-pickthebrain-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/interviews-around-the-web-and-pickthebrain-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviews Around the Web and PickTheBrain on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>This week I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by 2 insightful bloggers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adversityuniversityblog.com\/2008\/02\/05\/stephen-hopson-interview-with-john-wesley-pickthebrain-part-i-of-ii\/\">Over at Adversity University<\/a>, Stephen Hopson posed some questions about the origins of PickTheBrain and my personal experiences online.<\/li>\n<li>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenext45years.com\/2008\/02\/a-simple-plan-for-success.html\">The Next 45 Years<\/a>, Alex Blackwell included me in the Blogging Heroes Series where I answered his questions about building a successful blog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If that sounds interesting, go check it out. Hopefully you&#8217;ll enjoy reading the interviews as much as I did participating in them. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Also, for the Twitter users out there and those of you thinking about trying it, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pickthebrain\">PickTheBrain is now officially on Twitter<\/a> via the badge in the right sidebar.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who aren&#8217;t familiar with Twitter, it&#8217;s a microblogging platform that allows people to send short messages back and forth. I&#8217;ll use it to post links to all the great articles I come across online but don&#8217;t have time to blog about.<\/p>\n<p>So go ahead and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pickthebrain\">start following us<\/a>! And if you&#8217;re active on Twitter, my personal account is <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwesley\">jwesley<\/a>, where I post all the non-PTB stuff I find interesting. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwesley\">Start following me<\/a> and I&#8217;ll do the same, or just leave your Twitter handle in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by 2 insightful bloggers. Over at Adversity University, Stephen Hopson posed some questions about the origins of PickTheBrain and my personal experiences online. 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