Numbers.
I migrated to a new cell phone a few weeks ago. It was a major change for me as I am not an "early adopter" when it comes to new technology. I can count the number of cell phones I have had on one hand. This last version (work provided) ultimately started to fail me after three long years. The replacement phone (also work provided) is a Blackberry/phone combo. The jury is still out as to how much I like it. However, given the price (free), I will stumble along with it.
Anyway, today I finally got around to transferring the remaining numbers out of my old phone into my new phone. For the most part everything had already migrated over as the new phone interacts directly with Outlook. I must admit I am an organization freak and love keeping a neat and tidy contacts list in Outlook. You just never know when some prior networking is going to payoff......
As I indicated, most people that I am regularly in contact with or business relationship automatically transferred, however, there were the "stragglers." I was kind of surprised at the number of stragglers and realized that they fell into two distinct categories: former dates or former hook ups. For the most part, the entry in my cell phone was simply a first name - sometimes there was sometype of geographic indicator attached as well (in the case of a common name).
It was a disturbing yet fun exercise as I tried to remember who "Chris LA" or "Luke" was. Did we go on a date or was he someone I invited over to my hotel room on one of those many lonely nights when I was staying over at UCLA (while getting my MBA)? I must admit that most of the names and numbers did not have any memories associated with them (i.e., I could not remember who the heck these guys were). A few I did remember and would either cringe (bad date or hook up) or smile (fun date or really hot sex).
If nothing else, it made me realize how quickly people can come in and out of your life in this internet age.
Anyway, today I finally got around to transferring the remaining numbers out of my old phone into my new phone. For the most part everything had already migrated over as the new phone interacts directly with Outlook. I must admit I am an organization freak and love keeping a neat and tidy contacts list in Outlook. You just never know when some prior networking is going to payoff......
As I indicated, most people that I am regularly in contact with or business relationship automatically transferred, however, there were the "stragglers." I was kind of surprised at the number of stragglers and realized that they fell into two distinct categories: former dates or former hook ups. For the most part, the entry in my cell phone was simply a first name - sometimes there was sometype of geographic indicator attached as well (in the case of a common name).
It was a disturbing yet fun exercise as I tried to remember who "Chris LA" or "Luke" was. Did we go on a date or was he someone I invited over to my hotel room on one of those many lonely nights when I was staying over at UCLA (while getting my MBA)? I must admit that most of the names and numbers did not have any memories associated with them (i.e., I could not remember who the heck these guys were). A few I did remember and would either cringe (bad date or hook up) or smile (fun date or really hot sex).
If nothing else, it made me realize how quickly people can come in and out of your life in this internet age.
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