Allan Herman wrote a thought-provoking article for Profy.com (it’s part of a guest blogger contest, I gather the prize is an iPhone) on Web 2.0. As I read through it (he calls it a ramble…) I was struck by how often the theme of connecting and connections came up. Allan, take a moment to reflect on how technology is changing business as well:
My initial introduction to the internet was through a young 14-year-old hacker who assisted me in setting up my computer the first time I ever ventured online. As he nurtured, and I blundered, my experience grew and like all things in my life I continued to learn by hands on experiences and still do. I became the new master of crash and burn?
This old dog, to this day, still refuses to rely on the archaic methods of doing business. Placing an ad in the yellow pages or the local paper in hopes of finding potential customers to me is a fool’s way of not wanting to maintain a business to begin with. If you cannot grasp technology and move with the flow into the new reality then you might as well roll over and die. From: Ramblings of a Mad Man
Back to connections…
Allan talks about all the places he interacts with people (I’m one of those people, btw)…Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Skype. Regardless of the havoc we bloggers are wreaking on the MSM, the real outcome of Web 2.0 and the rise of social media is how connecting with people is now a much easier process, even from just a year ago. How has this changed society? Finding friends, jobs, even dates…all facilitated by Web 2.0 tools.
Heck I met Allen through Web 2.0 means. Robert invited me to his PacificIT Skype chat … Allan was there already or came in soon after.
And I guess the rest is history…
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