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A quote from James Box
Piecing together some disturbing (but hilarious) conversations from last night.
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'Networking'
I entirely agree with this chap when he talks about being in someone's company because you want to be, not for what advantages it can get you in life.
I have been in situations at conferences where you think you are having a nice chat with someone and then they get starstruck and leave suddenly - even mid-sentence on occasion - to talk to the object of their admiration.
John Scalzi's article makes for a far more articulate rant:
The most successful networkers don’t 'network.' It’s an odious term. The most successful networkers ignore the grasping patheticness of the term altogether. Rather, they talk. They laugh. They share the moment, and enjoy other people’s company; are generous with other people and help them celebrate their successes, rather than asking to scrape up against that success so some of it might crumble off on them. It works the same online and off.
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Google suports us! ... and them ... and them
This morning thanks to Caz, I noticed that google.co.uk appeared to be supporting England in the Rugby with the altered - high days and holidays - Google logo:
Great I thought! Go England! Google will be there in spirit later tonight as we support our boys on the field.
And then ...
I thought maybe they are also supporting the other side, it would be surely be a bit of an uproar in South Africa if they knew Google supported england! So I checked google.co.za - and sure enough they are equally biased!
You can also see from some of the other local Google sites that associated have rugby teams, for example google.fr that they are spreading their support across the board.
Though I am sure you will be glad to know google.com are also supporting us!
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A quote from Paul Annett
not entirely thrilled that Toby's pointing at a monkey picture & saying "daddy". Either I should be offended, or demand a paternity test.
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