Featured Friday: Julia from juliaroy.tumblr.com

The multi-talented, very lovely, and entirely digital Julia Roy.
What do you do for a living?
I am Senior Agent of Social Life⢠at Undercurrent, a digital think tank in Soho NYC. I help create, build and manage the social presence of brands online.
How did you get started with Undercurrent?
I became fascinated with blogs and online communities like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Second Life, etc after graduating college, and I began spending a lot of time in those spaces to better understand why so many people were spending so much time interacting with each other there.
What’s the funniest moment you’ve experienced on the internet?
I have to say that the funniest moments have been when my mom comments on the content I post online. She leaves comments on my blog, flickr photos and Facebook status updates and sometimes she is totally ridiculous. Completely embarrassing sometimes, but totally awesome. I’ll give you an example: http://twitpic.com/49c9d
How did you find Disqus?
Through Disqus’s very own beloved Giannii, who was actually someone I hired at Undercurrent to work remotely for a few projects when I first started at Undercurrent.
What one feature you do enjoy using on Disqus?
That you can integrate it into your Tumblr blog so that people can actually leave comments. Before Disqus that was not possible and it is so baller.
Where do you see blogging and comments in the next 5 years?
I see being a good commenter is going to be just as valuable and respected as being a good blogger. I believe that you won’t have to have your own blog to be influential in the blogosphere.
Why do you blog?
It is a place for me to get my thoughts down and archive them. To be honest, I don’t care if anyone reads my posts (in fact, it might be better if no one did;).
Any projects that you’re working on you would like to talk about?
The Fiesta Movement, which is a project that Undercurrent is working on with JWT and Ford. 100 drivers have been given a Ford Fiesta for 6 months with free gas, insurance, parking and concierge. In return each driver must complete 1 mission a month and document their experience via YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, blogging, etc. The drivers just got their cars and will be completing mission and uploading content for the next six months. It is going to be a wild ride. Watch the Agents activity on the Fiesta Movement site: http://fiestamovement.com
You can learn more about Julia from her website, twitter, and Disqus profile.
Giannii on April 30th 2009 in disqus
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