Wed 7 Nov 2007
Look Who's on Facebook!
Posted by jtmcarthur under Communities, Startups, Technology
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I was an early user of online business-networking sites, but have until recently avoided the social-networking sites. So what exactly would induce a 50-something, former storage analyst to join Facebook? To hang out with some storage geeks, of course. Turns out there are several storage-related groups on Facebook. Here are a couple:
- Storage Gurus, which includes members like Steve Terlizzi and Joel Reich
- Fans of High End Storage, which includes members like Barry Burke, Marc Farley, Steve Kenniston, Dave Vellante, and Roland Bavington
The names are pretty familiar to those of us who have been around the storage industry. What surprised me most about joining Facebook was to see who else was already there. Sure, I found the storage geeks. But I also found some stoggier investor types and business executives mixed in with the edgier and younger folks I expected to find. Finding my 20-something nephews in Facebook was not a surprise. (more…)