A Quest to Have Coffee with His 1,088 Facebook Friends

G'day to you! Thanks for dropping out of cyberspace for a mugga and a VT. The cranberry muffins (made using leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving dinner) are especailly tangy today, mate. Help yourself! Seque to Australia...

It seems that all it takes to make the news these days is a social media account and a bizarre quest of some sort. Like this Australian man, who is making headlines with his quest to have coffee with all 1,088 of his Facebook friends. His project is called ’1000+ Coffees’ and he describes it as “an exercise in remembering to socialize with and getting to know people”.

“I plan to have a one-on-one coffee with every single one of my 1000+ Facebook friends over the space of the next three years, or as long as it takes to complete,” 28-year-old Matt Kulesza wrote on his Tumblr page. (By the time this hits the social media wall, he's apt to have a kazillion friends! That'll keep him busy, eh!)

“I obviously don’t have 1,000 real-life friends. The point of the project is to see who these people actually are and get to know them.”

If you watched the video I shared yesterday on Facebook, this is appropriate as the video talks about how so many people seem to be glued to their iPad, iPhone or other media device and don't get out into the real world. I think this is a great idea. Wish I had thought of it first! Dang! Never mind. Think of what a boost it would be to the economy if we all made a pledge to do this! Coffee shops around the world would reap the benefits... not to mention travel companies, airlines, bus, rail and you name it.

To use some Aus vernacular, "Good on you, Matt!"

See ya, eh!

Bob