Comments on: Social lubricants http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/social-lubricants/ Connected Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: bethryn http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/social-lubricants/comment-page-1/#comment-157 bethryn Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:18:35 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/social-lubricants/#comment-157 Kids. Pets. both of which so often lead to Shared Laughter. (and shared tears.) Provacative questions. (Well, not the kind YOU'RE thinking. I mean, ice breaker stuff like these <a href="http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/question.html" rel="nofollow">conversation starters</a>. Kids.
Pets.
both of which so often lead to Shared Laughter.
(and shared tears.)
Provacative questions. (Well, not the kind YOU’RE thinking. I mean, ice breaker stuff like these conversation starters.

]]> By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/social-lubricants/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Gia Lyons Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:49:30 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/social-lubricants/#comment-158 I should have said, "for whom"... I should have said, “for whom”…

]]> By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/social-lubricants/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Gia Lyons Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:44:31 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/social-lubricants/#comment-159 And Greg, there are so many folks for which socializing is an alien, almost unnatural concept - makes me wonder how much I could charge for speaking engagements, teaching people how to become social. "Social Lubricants and YOU: How To Slide Your Way Into The Lives of Others... with Gia Lyons" Ewww. :) And Greg, there are so many folks for which socializing is an alien, almost unnatural concept – makes me wonder how much I could charge for speaking engagements, teaching people how to become social.

“Social Lubricants and YOU: How To Slide Your Way Into The Lives of Others… with Gia Lyons”

Ewww. :)

]]> By: Greg Unrein http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/social-lubricants/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Greg Unrein Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:51:53 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/social-lubricants/#comment-160 More social lubricants: * smiling :) * social software By the way, your social lubricants (love the phrase!) are what Hugh MacLeod discusses as <a href="http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004265.html" rel="nofollow">social objects</a>. It's important, but somehow odd, to need to call attention to social lubricants/objects. They are the natural conversation starters so key to human interaction, yet tend to be forgotten in the bustle to facilitate social networking through technology. More social lubricants:
* smiling :)
* social software

By the way, your social lubricants (love the phrase!) are what Hugh MacLeod discusses as social objects.

It’s important, but somehow odd, to need to call attention to social lubricants/objects. They are the natural conversation starters so key to human interaction, yet tend to be forgotten in the bustle to facilitate social networking through technology.

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