Sara is a woman from San Francisco, California, USA.

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Member since Apr 19, 2007

Hi, I’m Sara. I am the editor of EcoSalon.
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1. What caused you to join StumbleUpon and how long have you been Stumbling?

Early last year I was looking for a social network that fit my curious nature and wasn’t frivolous. I like them all for different reasons, but SU is my favorite. If social networks were people, SU would be the Renaissance Man. Irresistible.

2. Your magazine EcoSalon is quite impressive. How did that come about?

In the funny way that one thing leads to another if you hang out and work online. We have a great team of writers and phenomenal support. The whole experience thus far has been so much fun - there is something very rewarding about the challenge of building something new and following where it leads.

3. You seem quite busy! How do you fit everything in?

My friends joke that I am a type A+. With blogging you can always do more, so I try to be aware of that. This year, I am finding ways to make more time for exercise and *real* reading (you know, books). I do have a few loose little systems in place. I make time for meaningful phone calls or dinner with friends most nights of the week. I sort of rotate things online. If I’m really active on social networks one week, I try to tone it down the next. I’ll write a lot one week, focus on marketing the next. But about once a month it will happen that I’ve been doing waaaaay too much and attitude ensues. When that happens I give myself a lazy weekend where brushing my teeth is the big event of the day. It’s just like yoga!

4. What are your favorite StumbleUpon topics, and why?

Anything to do with ideas or philosophy. Oddities, humor, and all things geek-related. The world and science. Marketing and psychology. Stumbleupon suits the way I learn - incrementally, independently and through creative connections between different topics or disciplines. I was home-schooled for much of my education, so there is probably some link there. Either that or I’m just a raging nerd.

5. How often do you Stumble? Do you keep track of about how much time you spend Stumbling every day?

I have no idea, but probably too much if I’m being asked!

6. Do you belong to any other social networking sites?

I follow Digg, I’m active on Reddit, and I have the obligatory Facebook page, but I draw the line at the tweet.

7. If so, in what ways does StumbleUpon compare favorably with the others?

Stumble has all the elements of other social networks I like, mashed together. Reviews; friends; blogging. It’s not as timely as Digg or Reddit, but there is a lot of depth.

8. Would you like to tell us a little more about yourself than is in your profile?

I like cats and dogs equally.

9. What would you say are the best ways to guarantee that users have a really wonderful StumbleUpon experience?

I guess it depends what your purposes are. Something I didn’t do much of when I started out was to review; I would just thumb. I was using Stumble like a bookmarking site, rather than contributing to the community, so I try to do that more now, even if it’s just a passage from the page I think is worth noting. I personally love seeing what people have to say about a page.