Geez, this Internet thing really works

So on Saturday, i stumble across a nice piece of music about Vanuatu and I write a little post about it and mention my old friend John Salong, with whom I lived in 1988.

Not five minutes ago I just got off a Skype call with him. That’s less than four days from the Parking Lot to Google To John and back over Skype.

Turns out that someone who was working with him Googled him, found my posting and John called to say hi and to catch up. We’re both fathers of 8-9 year kids, we’re both working in the same field – facilitation and community development – and we were both equally gobsmacked at the amazing ability of Skype and the web to bring us back together.

It’s times like this when I feel like Skype will save the world.