Comments on: I Need To Get Out More http://www.mrnordstrom.com/2008/06/20/i-need-to-get-out-more/ Amsterdam Web Design • Daniel Nordstrom Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mr. Nordstrom http://www.mrnordstrom.com/2008/06/20/i-need-to-get-out-more/comment-page-1/#comment-1404 Mr. Nordstrom Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:17:55 +0000 http://www.mrnordstrom.com/?p=116#comment-1404 This is what I'm talking about when I'm saying you never stop. A discussion is not an obsession, it shouldn't be. As long as we're not talking about Apple. Networking is ultimately about making friends for purposes. This doesn't necessarily mean it's <em>purely</em> about business or for other purposes purposes. If you do what you really love, business and pleasure will coexist in some sort of harmony. But if you're just shopping with a friend, w/o any sort of business in mind, I wouldn't call it networking. You of all people should understand this. I've got business (and pleasure for that matter) on my mind 24/7. You're not like me that way. You can have fun without thinking about the next step - I can't. Still, I believe there is a difference, however subtle, between networking and just hanging out. Surely, there is an area of "social networking" reserved for the purpose of finding "friendship". Look at Facebook and there you have it. But calling our never ending café tours in the UK "networking" somehow sounds wrong. This is what I’m talking about when I’m saying you never stop. A discussion is not an obsession, it shouldn’t be. As long as we’re not talking about Apple.

Networking is ultimately about making friends for purposes. This doesn’t necessarily mean it’s purely about business or for other purposes purposes. If you do what you really love, business and pleasure will coexist in some sort of harmony. But if you’re just shopping with a friend, w/o any sort of business in mind, I wouldn’t call it networking.

You of all people should understand this. I’ve got business (and pleasure for that matter) on my mind 24/7. You’re not like me that way. You can have fun without thinking about the next step — I can’t. Still, I believe there is a difference, however subtle, between networking and just hanging out.

Surely, there is an area of “social networking” reserved for the purpose of finding “friendship”. Look at Facebook and there you have it. But calling our never ending café tours in the UK “networking” somehow sounds wrong.

]]> By: K http://www.mrnordstrom.com/2008/06/20/i-need-to-get-out-more/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 K Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:35:48 +0000 http://www.mrnordstrom.com/?p=116#comment-1403 "networking, a pretty stiff word for making friends"? “networking, a pretty stiff word for making friends”?

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