For my fellow introverts

If you dread networking as much as I (mostly) used to, check out this Allison Wolf's great article Networking for Introverts at SLAW.

Ironically, now that I'm more comfortable with it, one of the hardest items for me is number 2 on Wolf's top ten list of tips at the end: making sure to have business cards! I always forget to pack extra when I travel, so I just put enough in my purse that I'll be forced to remember to take them out and hide them in my travel bags.