This quotation is often attributed to Mark Twain, but poor Mr Twain gets attributed with almost everything these days, along with Oscar Wilde and Winston Churchill. There’s a writeup from York University’s Mathematics Faculty about the true origin of the phrase, for anyone who is interested. But I digress.
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How many social networking sites are you signed up to? There’s plenty to choose from. Facebook, Linkedin, Xing, FastPitch, Business Scene, 3Cs, TEN, Viadeo, 6nergies, Hyves, Babbello, Bebo, Biznik, Friendster, Zoominfo, Crickem, Doostang, Sisterwoman, MySpace, Network2Connect, Orkut, Rezonance, Ryze, Soflow, Startupnation, YSN, iRamblas, 60SecondsNetworking, Agloco, Join2Grow, Vshake, GoingOn, Apura, Vostu, Ted, MyBlogLog, Ecademy, First Monday … and that’s not even an exclusive list.
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My name is Derek and I’m a Networker. This is my story.
It all started for me around 1994, when I was on a public speaking course and the instructor started talking about Networking. It was the first time I’d ever even heard the term. “Sure, it’s easy,” he said, “All you have to do is talk to people.”
Certainly, it didn’t seem as though it could do any harm. So I tried it, cautiously at first, and I discovered I wasn’t too bad at it. I made friends with the staff in the canteen first, then the security guards, some people in different departments, I’m sure you know the story; most of you have done it yourselves.
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