Sunday, September 14, 2008
Happy Birthday to Me
I want to thank everyone for your well-wishes -- is amazing the impact that social networking sites have had on Birthday rememberances! Just received this "World's Greatest Birthday" card from Gregg... made me chuckle...
Special thanks to the team for their TeachStreet birthday decorations!
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Special thanks to the team for their TeachStreet birthday decorations!
Labels: birthday
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
