Jason Pearce

Though I’ve known about Plaxo.com for several months now, it wasn’t until this week that I decided to give it a try. This means, of course, that I soon will be subjecting each and every one of you with a request to update your contact information.

Plaxo is a downloadable tool that you install and use with MS Outlook to help you manage your contacts (e.g. address book). Once install, Plaxo reviews your entire address book to see if any of your contacts are also Plaxo members. If they are, it automatically updates your address book with their most recent records. For these individuals, I never have to update my address book when they move because Plaxo does it for me.

Of course, the more people who use Plaxo the more useful it will become. But for those who don’t want to become a Plaxo member, I can still get their address updates by having Plaxo send them an email asking if the information I have on them is still correct.

Like it our not, you’ll soon get such a request from me, for it has been a long time since I updated my address book. A little help from Plaxo is most welcomed.

Last night I headed into the city (New York) to catch up with Bob London, a former boss, co-worker, and friend from my years on Lambda Chi Alpha’s staff. He is currently serving as executive director of Alpha Phi Omega, a professional fraternity headquartered in Independence, MO. Bob was in town for the Professional Fraternity Executives Association (PFEA) so I took the train in the crash their party.

It was great to see Londunski, re-tell old stories, and to catch up. It was also nice to meet and re-meet some of the other fraternal executives. Frankly, it was simply fun to hang out with a few fraternal professionals again. When I worked for Lambda Chi and also as a fraternal vendor, I always enjoyed attending conferences and was fortunate to make many friends from many different fraternities.

Any rate. Bob and I stayed up late, enjoyed a few drinks, and talked about what some of our mutual friends are up to. We eventually realized I wasn’t going to make the 1:30 am train back to Connecticut, so I had to crash at the Hyatt at Grand Central. I’m glad I did.

Hyatt had given PFEA the Presidential Suite. Since no one was actually sleeping in the suite, I moved in. So at 2:00 am, I had the place to myself.

With views of the city from three sides of the building, I’d say the place was rather large. One room had a piano, another had a plasma TV handing on the wall, the dining room had a marble table, and it even had a full kitchen. Needless to say, it was much better than sleeping on the couch in Bob’s room.

Thanks Bob for a fun evening. It was great to see you.