Ok, I will admit I have a facebook account....but I am not really into the whole "social networking" as a passtime. I don't want to know everything about everyone and I dont think my life is interesting enough to warrant me posting everthing about myself. BUT: Going through the links that Jason Nelson put in his lecture notes I am amazed at the amount of 'useful networking' going on around our planet.
Already from the site http://mashable.com/ I found a posting from a credable human resourses director about using 'twitter' for hiring staff. A very interesting and informative read, so I forwarded the link to a friend of mine who runs Tuffstaff Enterprises on the Gold Coast and he was appreciative of the new information.
In addition, as I was going through the site http://turbulence.org and found a link to http://networkedbook.org/members and realised (yes I am a bit slow on the uptake) that I have to tools to meet and speak and learn from an infinate number of people on an infinate number of subjest.
So this smalltown Gold Coast girl can learn from experts and people with hands on experience in my chosen field of knowledge. Something countless number of costly networking workshops, dinners etc could not compete with - except for the fun factor I guess! Anyway a good balance of all things technically available can only enhance ones mind and capabilities.
Finally (for this post) I have had fun adding http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php to my Bookmarks Folder and feeling 'intouch' with the worlds crisis'. For instance just this weekend there was an earthquake in China scoring 5.0 on the scale. It was in a remote area and no report of major damage given, but as I am also studing Mandarin and now have a couple of Chinese friends, it gave me topic of conversation with them that they appreciated. Xiexie!
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