Facebook Experience

So facebook is a great thing, but it can also be extremely awkward. I am going to talk about the good about facebook and then go into my awkward experience. First off facebook has allowed for me to connect with a lot of people that normally would not be fesible, because of the sheer volume of people that you meet in your lifetime. I have also connected with people that I haven't heard from in years and have had great conversations. This is awesome because of the value that I put on relationships, and this gives me another tool to build those relationships.

Now onto my awkward situation. Because of the sheer volume of people you befriend many, but sometimes those "friends" are more like aquaintances. So I befriended someone on facebook. I did not maintain communication via facebook nor any other outlet, but we were still "friends."

Well I later saw this "friend' in person and instead of saying hello or starting a conversation, we just had an awkward stare. What seemed like 1o minutes (really 5 seconds) was very awkward, becasue we were "friends" virtually but not in reality. This just shows the importance of face time that you have with people.

So often we neglect the idea of the human aspect and depend so much on the idea of technology. This technology is something that is a great tool for us, but I have said this time and again, that is cannot replace the tangiblity that one gets with face time. Now it almost seems like a paradox, because some of the face time you get was first intiated by technology, whether it is an email, text, or a message on your wall.

We just have to make sure that we understand the differentiation between reality and things that are tangible and virtual and things that are intangible. This is key to understanding where, business and technology intersect to drive innovation.