Several weeks ago I was contacted by a Mary K. Pratt, a ComputerWorld contributing writer who had been referred to me by the fabulous Naomi Karten (http://www.nkarten.com). To make a short story long, she interviewed me briefly about “networking” (the human/social kind) for computer geeks and other assorted techies. The article was published last week, and indeed she included a part of our interview. Very cool; it’s been a few years since I was cited or quoted in a current publication, and the first time ever (I think) that I was asked about anything other than programming, database, or technical computer stuff.
Suddenly I’m hearing from all kinds of old friends, colleagues, etc., folks I’d not talked to or heard from in many years. Turns our that Mary’s story ran not just in ComputerWorld, but a whole bunch of industry publications. Which has made this experience a very unconventional “networking” event all on its own, with rather happy and almost completely unanticipated side effects!
For your reading enjoyment (pick any one – it’s all the same article):
- Network World: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072709-schmoozing-101-tips-for-shy.html
- IT World: http://www.itworld.com/career/72503/schmoozing-101-tips-shy-techies
- IT World Canada: http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/IT-Workplace/07add349-c629-4918-8a86-792a751e2e3d.html
- CIO: http://www.cio.com/article/498168/Schmoozing_Tips_for_Shy_Techies
- IT Business: http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=54015
- InfoWorld: http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=54015
- All Business: http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/12576299-1.html
- The Industry Standard: http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/07/26/schmoozing-101-tips-shy-techies