From usenet to LinkedIn
Reiner Gaertner, the 54th person I’ve met on my quest to have lunch with 500 strangers, is such a digital pioneer that he was using the internet before web browsers existed. Back in 1988, he [...]
How my #500lunches journey is changing my life
I'm in the process of having lunch with 500 strangers in five years ... and it's changing my life. Yesterday, I had lunch #53. Sometimes, that number feels big; at other times, like I've barely [...]
Killing two networking birds with one stone
I regularly send messages to strangers along the lines of: “You don’t know me, but I’m in the process of having lunch with 500 strangers, so do you want to meet?” That was how I [...]
Que sera, sera
A few years ago, I concluded that almost everything humans do is about trying to establish control – over ourselves, our associates and our lives. So I was fascinated when Aviraj Sakhare, the 52nd person [...]