Comments on: Don’t Dig Yourself, Lazarus http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/2009/08/07/dont-dig-yourself-lazarus/ from corporate codswallop to community cool Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:29:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shonali Burke http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/2009/08/07/dont-dig-yourself-lazarus/#comment-619 Shonali Burke Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:58:03 +0000 http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/?p=765#comment-619 Thank you all for your comments - I really appreciate it! Thank you all for your comments – I really appreciate it!

]]> By: Judy Gombita http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/2009/08/07/dont-dig-yourself-lazarus/#comment-613 Judy Gombita Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:49:32 +0000 http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/?p=765#comment-613 As you know, I moaned to you through Google Chat. ;-) From a professional point of view, I think you've covered off all of the important things. From a personal point of view, I think that if you find yourself quite enjoying your "relationship" on twitter, make a point of expanding it somewhere else. Like LinkedIn, Facebook or simply exchanging email addresses. As you know, I moaned to you through Google Chat. ;-)

From a professional point of view, I think you’ve covered off all of the important things. From a personal point of view, I think that if you find yourself quite enjoying your “relationship” on twitter, make a point of expanding it somewhere else. Like LinkedIn, Facebook or simply exchanging email addresses.

]]> By: Mary Barber http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/2009/08/07/dont-dig-yourself-lazarus/#comment-606 Mary Barber Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/?p=765#comment-606 Your actions yesterday were very similar to mine. After taking some ribbing from my spouse who's not a Twitter addict, I settled in and reinforced some other areas to make sure the redundancies are in place. I do think this is also a good reminder to all of us that technology will NEVER replace the human interaction of face to face relationships -- either on the phone or in person. Just as we can't rely solely on one technology, we can't rely on technology alone. Yesterday I talked the phone and then met a couple of people to complete work on a project we might otherwise have tried to do in 140 character soundbites. My two reminders were to have redundancies in place and reinforce with in-person relationships. Your actions yesterday were very similar to mine. After taking some ribbing from my spouse who’s not a Twitter addict, I settled in and reinforced some other areas to make sure the redundancies are in place.

I do think this is also a good reminder to all of us that technology will NEVER replace the human interaction of face to face relationships — either on the phone or in person. Just as we can’t rely solely on one technology, we can’t rely on technology alone. Yesterday I talked the phone and then met a couple of people to complete work on a project we might otherwise have tried to do in 140 character soundbites.

My two reminders were to have redundancies in place and reinforce with in-person relationships.

]]> By: Heather Whaling http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/2009/08/07/dont-dig-yourself-lazarus/#comment-604 Heather Whaling Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:02:16 +0000 http://www.waxingunlyrical.com/?p=765#comment-604 The outages yesterday provided a good reminder that Twitter and Facebook are just tools to help us stay connected. When Twitter was down, I received emails from people I normally tweet with and exchanged Facebook messages with others. Proof that it's the relationships that actually matter. But, to your larger point, we can't be so reliant on one tool for professional purposes -- especially if it's a free tool. We can't really expect technology to work 100 percent of the time (despite our slight addictions!) Just like having a second laptop is a good idea when giving a presentation (in case something goes wrong with the first), having a backup plan for news monitoring, release distribution or making connections is just smart business. I think you're spot-on with this post, Shonali. Good reminders! Heather (@prtini) The outages yesterday provided a good reminder that Twitter and Facebook are just tools to help us stay connected. When Twitter was down, I received emails from people I normally tweet with and exchanged Facebook messages with others. Proof that it’s the relationships that actually matter.

But, to your larger point, we can’t be so reliant on one tool for professional purposes — especially if it’s a free tool. We can’t really expect technology to work 100 percent of the time (despite our slight addictions!) Just like having a second laptop is a good idea when giving a presentation (in case something goes wrong with the first), having a backup plan for news monitoring, release distribution or making connections is just smart business. I think you’re spot-on with this post, Shonali. Good reminders!

Heather (@prtini)

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