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I miss the days when networking meant a real handshake and a business card, not scanning a QR code on someone's phone.
Went to a local meetup in Austin last night and realized nobody even brought business cards anymore, everyone just waved their phones at each other like they were paying at a gas station, has anyone else noticed how much less you actually remember about a person when you don't swap a physical card?
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blair5974mo ago
Totally get what you mean. I went to a hardware supplier meetup a few months back and it was the same thing, everyone just tapping phones. I missed the old way where you'd actually look someone in the eye, shake their hand, and hand them a card. You remember a lot more about a person when you physically give them something, their name, their face, even the feel of the paper. Now it's just a quick scan and you're onto the next person, no real connection made. Feels like we're losing a little bit of the human part of meeting folks.
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grantmartinez4mo ago
Maybe it's just me but digital scanning actually saves time and lets you focus on the conversation instead of fumbling with paper.
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the_faith3mo ago
Paper cards? I'm pretty sure that feel of the paper is just 30% recycled cardstock and 70% pure anxiety about losing them all by lunch. @grantmartinez is probably out there scanning QR codes with his eyes closed, missing the sacred ritual of watching someone try to read your name off a smudged business card.
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