I really enjoyed reading this article. It was almost as if I was reading about myself!! Naturally I am very introverted. I also love sitting back and studying social interactions that are happening around me.
I have a lot of friends who see me as an unemotional robot. For example, a good friend from high school died in a motorcycle accident a few months ago. I was very calm showing very little worry or stress about it when I found out. My friends who were there were kind of shocked by how calm and worry free I was about it. To me, logically there was nothing I could do to bring him back so why worry about it? At the funeral there was some crying and mourning for him but that was it.
But even though I don't show a lot of emotions I do have a way to look into people's eyes as we have a conversation and I am able to meet them emotionally. I start to create rapport by talking at the level and speed as them. Make sure they feel listened when they talk by giving back feedback. It really works very nicely.
I'm a programmer with not much care to show emotions but meeting people emotionally is one of the most powerful things you can do in your social life.
So if the Federal Reserve has helped the economy since 1913 I ask to think about this. How many economic crisis have there been before 1913? How many have there been after 1913?
Ah!!! Its so awesome to get some recognition on my beloved huevos!! (webOS)
I've been a huge supporter since the original Palm Pre. Now I carry my Pre3, TouchPad and iPhone. iOS has nothing on webOS!!
I think devs should at least give Enyo a try at learning to make apps for webOS since they can port them to Android and iOS with Phonegap. And if webOS takes off after it is open sourced they will be set with skills to make apps for webOS!!
Do you guys realize that webOS apps are written in web languages (HTML, CSS, Javascript) so it would not be very difficult to port your app to webOS.
More than that, if you write it in webOS' Enyo framework and use Phonegap you could have your app ready for iOS, Android, webOS, Blackberry, Chrome Web App Store, and the MacOS app store very fast and easily.
I have a lot of friends who see me as an unemotional robot. For example, a good friend from high school died in a motorcycle accident a few months ago. I was very calm showing very little worry or stress about it when I found out. My friends who were there were kind of shocked by how calm and worry free I was about it. To me, logically there was nothing I could do to bring him back so why worry about it? At the funeral there was some crying and mourning for him but that was it.
But even though I don't show a lot of emotions I do have a way to look into people's eyes as we have a conversation and I am able to meet them emotionally. I start to create rapport by talking at the level and speed as them. Make sure they feel listened when they talk by giving back feedback. It really works very nicely.
I'm a programmer with not much care to show emotions but meeting people emotionally is one of the most powerful things you can do in your social life.