I have had the pleasure of living in many different cities in my life time. 3 countries, 2 continents, 5 Yeshivas, and as any good American I only speak English well, but as a good Jew does I can play Jewish Geography with the best of them. Someone’s uncle usually ate at my dad’s restaurant in Israel, and I went to school with a stranger’s cousin in Israel. That’s the beauty of our culture. Now with the innovation of the internet, specifically social networking sites we can keep track of and keep in touch with the people we run across.
There is a ridiculous list of different sites from Linkedin (for business) to Facebook (for general friends) to Myspace (for your 12 year old sister) and hundreds of other sites (twitter, plaxo, flicker, ryze, xing, ect, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg). Now you can find a friend of a friend who you may know, and you can connect, poke, or even superpoke someone. (I got body slammed online last week.) I think it’s fantastic that the world is learning how to play Jewish geography. On Facebook there is a widget called “Friend Wheel” where it will show you who is connected to whom within your friends. Or on Linkedin you can see who else is connected to the same person and what connections you share. I would love to meet the old computer yenta that is coming up with this stuff. If you need help figuring out how to use these functions let me know. I would love to hear how you use these sites for business or fun.
Benji
