Plaxo is a great little utility. It generates all kinds of side effects. For instance, I make it a habit of sending people those Plaxo e-cards on their birthday. One of the toughest things to do in business is to simply stay in touch with your friends, and contacts. Plaxo makes it a little easier.
Today is my friend Brandon Watson’s Birthday. He’s complaining that he didn’t get enough birthday wishes. Head to his blog and wish him a Happy Birthday, if you wouldn’t mind. I haven’t spoken to Brandon in months, but Plaxo reminded me that I should, so I did. And I learned a whole bunch of interesting stuff. He’s started a consulting business – Desmogroup. He’s a dad now. He’s an ironman triathlete.
Oh, and, because his new daughter is just six weeks old, they decided to stay in Houston during Hurricane Rita… and he blogged it.
I just love the way that Plaxo (and the web) makes it so easy to reconnect.
Happy Birthday Brandon!
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
