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The follow-up you meant to send You met someone worth knowing. You had a good conversation and planned to reconnect the following week. To make sure this doesn’t fall through the cracks, you need to add their contact info to your address book, take a few notes about the conversation, and add a reminder to your calendar to send them a follow-up. It would also help to tag them (martech, entrepreneur, executive) and include a few highlights in your follow-up. You can do all this with your address book, a notes app, a calendar, and email. But if doing it right requires four different tools, it likely won’t get done. ...

Attention leakage is real We use our banking app to pay bills and handle finances; we go to Amazon to shop. But where do we manage our relationships without being bombarded by news stories, notifications, and an endless flow of “updates”? Social platforms are all vying for our attention. Attention leakage is real, and in a world of unlimited information, focus may be our most valuable asset. According to a recent article in National Geographic, “the average time people stay focused on a single task has dropped from about 2.5 minutes to roughly 40 seconds.” ...

The Personal Archive: A Case for the Quiet Network In the high-decibel theater of modern networking, we’re conditioned to believe that value is measured in volume: business cards exchanged, LinkedIn requests dispatched, and “pivotal” handshakes secured. But the seasoned attendee of the midtown conference or the downtown mixer knows better. The real alchemy isn’t found in the pitch; it’s found in genuine curiosity. When you listen to learn, rather than just waiting for your turn to speak, you move past the resume and into the realm of actual human connection. ...

Not another CRM, please! CRM software exists to help companies sell stuff. Deal pipelines. Marketing automation. Analytics dashboards. That’s great if you’re running a sales team. But as a professional who cares about building relationships and expanding my network, I don’t need all of that. I need something simple - a place to track my contacts, log interactions, and get reminders to follow up. That’s it. Why this matters now more than ever In a world where AI seems to do everything, genuine human connection has never been more valuable. We’re swimming in AI slop. LinkedIn posts, cover letters, research decks—all weirdly polished, all sounding the same, and all utterly forgettable. ...