Saturday, April 12, 2008

Group Think: Facebook, LinkedIn and GoogleGroups

It's time to get rid of using those temporary Wharton email addresses and to start using the ones that look like this: first.last.wg08@wharton.upenn.edu. It's also time to make sure you are connected to the networking groups out there!

Facebook:
Those of you not on Facebook should sign up; there's quite a few of us out there now. Looks like Class 34 has a Facebook group instead of a Yahoo Group, which is a sign of the state of Yahoo and the rise of Facebook. The Facebook machine has sucked me in. I find myself spending more and more time on doing mindless things like poking people, taking crazy surveys, and yes, playing Texas Hold Em.

Here's a link to our Facebook group (Wharton Exec MBA (WEMBA) 32 West) if you aren't on yet:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15636591214

Thanks to John K, who's Mr Facebook for our class. Oh yeah, and there are more Wharton related groups out there: Wharton School of Business, Wharton Entrepreneurs, WEMBA West, I Support Grade Non-Disclosure, and others. For you bloggers, there's also PicApp. Quick shot out there to our classmate Eval Gura, the CEO of PicApp. He will gladly give you a sticker to put on the back of your laptop. I had one but got a new laptop (a sweet Lenovo X300 with the solid state drive) so I gotta get another one.

LinkedIn:
The professional social network of choice also has some Wharton groups, such as Wharton Executive MBA Alumni, and Wharton Technology Network . There's a new Class 32 LinkedIn group I just started. Me and Guru are out there now, all by our lonesomes. :)

Here's a link if you are interested in joining the newly created Class32 LinkedIn group:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/69698/2560DA67EBAF

Google Groups:
"Kumbaya" is a group for Class 32 entrepreneurs that Gagan and I started for those interested in discussing startup company issues.

Here's a link to join:
http://groups.google.com/group/kumbaya


-Chairman P

6 comments:

Umer said...

The Lenovo X300 is nice, isn't it? :-) I figured I would need a LIGHT high-performance laptop with good battery life for my commute from Southern California to San Francisco [class 34], and recently got one too!

Iday said...

Chairman, just thought i would extend my good wishes on the BoB nomination and a great year of blogging. Hope you are enjoying your Bschool days. Cheers.

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Chairman P said...

umer: yup, the x300 is a sweet machine. sure wish i had it for the whole program.

iday: thanks, i appreciate the good wishes for the BoB nom.

clear admit: thanks! it's an honor and i just sent you an email for the ballot.

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