Lazy Networking

July 9, 2008

Orkut is great; it gave us friends - virtual ones- but what I love the most is it taught us how not to get off our lazy bums the entire weekend. The social scene of spending time with friends, making new ones and outing with other families has changed dramatically over the past decade. First it was TV, then cable television, then came along Internet, gaming and now the social networking crap. Easy access to Internet from the comforts of a bedroom has eliminated the need of real friends. It sounds so like I’m from the early 1900s talking about hanging out with friends or doing stuff as a community over the weekend, doesn’t it?

From what I hear, the social scene outside India is great. Families plan outings together - go-to parks, have dinners, celebrate birthdays and so on. The social scene in India is pretty dismal, relatively speaking. Early working days for singles are fun because you have a gang of colleagues to spend weekends with. Once they are ‘taken‘ or ‘committed‘ which is usually within the first few months of starting a career, you are pretty much on your own if you are still single. That’s when this Orkut comes as a savior in your life while you add hundreds of virtual friends to your list and start scrapping like a maniac. Reasons to budge out of home on weekends is to keep yourself from starving- ah! I forget there’s Pizza Hut home delivery for such people.

The situation only worsens until one gets married. For some, it doesn’t change even after that. There are two people scrapping now! No figment of imagination. Just turn around and ask your single co-worker what he did over the weekend.

On a closing note, I think those Rotary clubs and kitty parties were not such a bad idea for networking.

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2 Responses to “Lazy Networking”

Vasanta on July 23rd, 2008 12:09 pm

This is one is so true Lakshmi. I totally agree with you on this.:) Good one indeed.
Lakshmi on July 24th, 2008 7:01 am

Vasanta,

But this one wasn’t for you at all You totally believe in real networking don’t ya and you are such a good example for the rest of us on how to network!