I Don't Feel Lonely Anymore
Posted by Petrice Gaskin at Feb. 27, 2008
“I don’t feel lonely anymore,� I told my roommate this morning. “I have 10 friends on Facebook.� After my first day at Fynspire, I realized that I would absolutely need to finally join Facebook. I had been “just about to do it� for approximately five months, but my initial day on the job delivered me a swift kick in the pants and made me usher myself more fully into the social network du jour.
No longer could I content myself to prance electronically about MySpace, befriending bands I would never go see live in concert, it was time to join up with the other coeds on Facebook. In truth, it was fun to finally join Facebook, just as I’ve enjoyed my first two days with Fynspire.
As a formerly non-tech person I’ve found myself constantly referring to Wikipedia to enlighten me as to the meaning of choice phrases and acronyms like folksonomy and APML. And Scott and I have been excited about the upcoming visit of the SwiftKick executives Kevin Prentiss and Tom Krieglstein for the Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience this weekend.
I’m especially excited about meeting Kevin and Tom because I’ve been reading and learning so much about the social networking program we’re building with them: Red Rover. My anthropological interest has been highly piqued as I’ve slowly become acquainted with the process of building social networks—the process of creating systems that allow people to strengthen existing connections and build new ones.
No longer could I content myself to prance electronically about MySpace, befriending bands I would never go see live in concert, it was time to join up with the other coeds on Facebook. In truth, it was fun to finally join Facebook, just as I’ve enjoyed my first two days with Fynspire.
As a formerly non-tech person I’ve found myself constantly referring to Wikipedia to enlighten me as to the meaning of choice phrases and acronyms like folksonomy and APML. And Scott and I have been excited about the upcoming visit of the SwiftKick executives Kevin Prentiss and Tom Krieglstein for the Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience this weekend.
I’m especially excited about meeting Kevin and Tom because I’ve been reading and learning so much about the social networking program we’re building with them: Red Rover. My anthropological interest has been highly piqued as I’ve slowly become acquainted with the process of building social networks—the process of creating systems that allow people to strengthen existing connections and build new ones.