Friday, September 14, 2007
How does everyone know it's my Birthday?
No, this isn't a plea for gifts, but heck, if you're so inclined, please opt for my Amazon Wish List, and not Facebook Virtual Gifts ;-)
Purpose for this post is yet another observation that Social Networking has arrived. In the past, I was always the guy who remembered everyone's birthday, by keeping track of the information in my calendar. Those days are over! Today I've been inundated with e-cards, email birthday greetings, phone calls, and even text-message/IM good tidings! Somewhere in the last 365 days, the world's changed in a massive way, and everyone's starting to hop on the social train.
I almost feel like there's been this incredibly slow traction graph working for the last 9+ years, with websites collecting our information, and actually making very little use of it. But now, a 'perfect storm of social networking' is upon us, and with the mashup abilities and information/profile sharing, we're starting to see the very beginnings of the benefits of the enter once/appear everywhere phenomenon.
I really look forward to the next few years, and seeing how it unfolds in unexpected ways. Of course, I can't believe that I only have 365 more days until I enter my 40's -- acck!
Purpose for this post is yet another observation that Social Networking has arrived. In the past, I was always the guy who remembered everyone's birthday, by keeping track of the information in my calendar. Those days are over! Today I've been inundated with e-cards, email birthday greetings, phone calls, and even text-message/IM good tidings! Somewhere in the last 365 days, the world's changed in a massive way, and everyone's starting to hop on the social train.
I almost feel like there's been this incredibly slow traction graph working for the last 9+ years, with websites collecting our information, and actually making very little use of it. But now, a 'perfect storm of social networking' is upon us, and with the mashup abilities and information/profile sharing, we're starting to see the very beginnings of the benefits of the enter once/appear everywhere phenomenon.
I really look forward to the next few years, and seeing how it unfolds in unexpected ways. Of course, I can't believe that I only have 365 more days until I enter my 40's -- acck!
Labels: amazon, birthday, facebook, social networking
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