I ventured out into the big city today and met a friend for lunch.  We got caught up on what books we were reading – it’s a love we share – but then we talked mostly about social media, including following the social media money or rather where is the social media money?  We talked about six degrees of separation and how these days it surely can’t be more than two.

We talked about limitations in the workplace and how as a leader / manager, fb participation, for example, seemed problematical.  And we talked about a couple of our personal reconnects on fb and what they meant.  Reconnecting with someone you knew years ago can be bittersweet: you are transported back to that space and place in time, but then what??  We talked about that too.

It was an extremely enjoyable lunch conversation, not to mention an extremely enjoyable lunch – a scrumptious bit of British grub at Ye Olde King’s Head in Santa Monica – and we promised not to leave it so long before the next one.  There’s a whole lot more conversation to be had on this subject for sure.

I know I’m still figuring out how it all fits in with and hopefully complements both life and business.  Blogging has certainly helped me with it in a big way.  Right now my sense about social media is it will be for me what I make of it, what I put into it.

What is it for you?

P.S. I am participating in the Ultimate Blog Challenge this month – a blog a day if I can.