I’m Quirky Like That…
I had a new first time experience while at WFX: someone who follows me on Twitter was asking about where we as a group were going to eat. This person chimed in and said, “well, I know Anthony doesn’t like Greek, so Gyros are out!”
Now here’s the really interesting part: this person and I had NEVER MET in person until that day.
So, how’d he know my aversion to Greek food? He’s read my blog and followed my tweets. Somewhere along the way, he remembered me saying something about my dislike of Greek food.
Though this is a very small and mostly insignficant fact, the big take-away is that the power of social networks allow us to get to know people without ever meeting them in person. Perhaps this was best exampled by the “tweet ups” we did where conversations happened easily and bonds were already formed by our online interactions well before we’d ever met In Real Life (IRL).
How has social networking impacted you with IRL meetings?
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I'm Anthony Coppedge, a follower of Jesus, a husband to my uber-bride and father to four great kids. I help ministries leverage technology and communicate with a digitally-infused culture. I'm passionate about this, so that makes me a Technology & Communications Evangelist. I attend and volunteer at Gateway Church in Southlake, TX and love it!
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dope post. i feel you on the same content as i mention information to people who have their phone number, email address, personal home address but still seem to not know where they are…. welcome Twitter. nice touch anthony.
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