Feedback is important. At work, we run a team satisfaction survey every few months and take the feedback to heart. The same goes for blogging. If I only write what is interesting to me, this blog will not be as interesting or helpful to you. With over 130 published posts covering a wide variety of […]

Although I am travelling this month and have intermittent internet connection, I still have plenty of time to write and think about what I want to do with this blog and how to improve it. That’s why I am participating in the Blogging 201 challenge on WordPress, which is focussed on branding and traffic. I […]

I have set aside this weekend to invest in my blogs by participating in two blog events: Bloggiesta and Bi-annual Blogathon Bash. Although neither this blog nor my personal blog is a source of income for me, I look forward to these weekends. These events are an opportunity to devote some time to learning something […]

Happy New Year, everyone! With the start of 2014, it’s a good time to get re-acquainted and look ahead at what you can look forward to reading on Sockets and Lightbulbs. I started this blog over three years ago as an outlet for me to write about ideas on management and leadership. It is still […]

Outside of the daily blogging I did in November, I struggled with posting a monthly article for most of 2013. Still, this year Sockets and Lightbulbs continued to grow with 44% more views and, more importantly, a 243% increase in followers on WordPress.com and email. Thank you so much! Reading, liking, commenting and sharing and sharing my […]

Today is the last day of National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) for which I challenged myself to write and post an article on this blog each day in November. Considering I had been struggling with posting once a month throughout 2013 and knowing that November would be a busy month, I wasn’t sure I would […]