Social networks and their physical counterparts

With the rise of social networks online there appears to be a corresponding rise in social networking offline. Apart from the fascinating anthropological aspects, the impact on web and IT professionals shouldn’t be underestimated.

Last week I went to a Geek Girl Dinner (in fact it was the 2nd Anniversary of geek girl dinners). I have been to a few before, but this was by far the biggest I’ve attended. I said hello to some people I’d met previously, talked to some new people, put faces to a couple of email addresses and collected a few moo cards. Overall I enjoyed myself - but that’s not the point.

Prior to attending these type of events, I didn’t know many people who worked in the field of web, other than those I’d worked with before. When I needed advice I had a rather limited number of people I could talk to. Now have a much larger group of contacts to turn to and bat ideas around with – people from different industries, with different experiences and all passionate about working in their field. Continue reading Social networks and their physical counterparts