I’m old-school as well. As much as I enjoy e-mail, Twitter, etc., I still a people person. Meeting someone once – even just for a few minutes – creates a deeper and longer-lasting connection than adding someone as your Facebook friend or Twitter follower.

As a sales professional, I’m keenly aware of just how much business simply has to be done face to face. My customers put in multi-million dollar orders…they don’t want to be poked and they don’t want to be tweeted at. They want to look me in the eye, they want to share a meal or a cigar, they want to trust me and by extension, the company and the people I represent. And yes, when I’m not on-site with them, they want to pick up the phone and talk to me, leave a message if I’m not available, and have me call them back.

And lest you think this is just an “old world” business practice, and it’s just a matter of time before it all changes…I sell software that allows telecom providers to deploy IP video services. It’s pretty leading edge, but the same rules of human interaction apply as always have.

20 years of homodigital.

How is this striking or puzzling or different from any community anywhere?

/painfully obvious