I thought you were pretty good with names – you managed to remember David and me (and associate us properly) after just one meeting – although maybe we got into your memory before the overload. I've found that if I don't think I'm going to see the person on a regular basis (like spouses of coworkers), I'm much less likely to remember their name – although I don't come into contact with anywhere near the numbers of people that you do.

The polite and effective way for all to handle this is to re-introduce oneself, and this can be initiated by either party. To assume that someone remembers your name after a single meeting is an error and really a faux-pas. "Hi, I'm Jane Doe, we met at the OpenCoffee last week." That should also be a signal to say your own name…

And Brad – you're actually not out of namespace/visual space, you're just not encoding – it's like you're not doing a commit to the DB. I'll tell you about it later.

I'm not sure I agree with Dave above – I've reintroduced myself to a few people and had the unpleasant reaction of them being offended that I think they wouldn't remember me – I think you just can't win if you're not good with names. I'm good with faces, so at least I remember that I should know them.

well, while I am glad I made my way into the name:image database, i apologize to the person whose spot i took – looks like you will have to remind brad of your name next time you see him. and just let him know it's tim's fault that he forgot your name – that way he won't feel so bad. and to all those aspiring to be remembered: persistence pays off

-tim

Sounds like me. It once took me about 10 years to remember the names of the 30 or so radiochemists who worked down the hall from my lab. They weren't co-workers, but I saw them more than anyone else during that period.

I have a solution for those who want to be remember by Feld ( guess anyone).

Send him a meaningful tweet a day (atleast) and make sure that you have a real pic on your twitter profile.

This would keep your name fresh in Feld's cache.

I wonder what is using the space reclaimed for forgotten names? Is it other names, which means the names are stored in a names specific area and it is just limited in size and you meet many new people or is the memory of a general purpose nature where it is reclaimed by some not important news on a new gadget. I have the same problem and I noticed that if I read too many posts/news for a while the names area get deteriorated as well(:

I wonder what is using the space reclaimed for forgotten names? Is it other names, which means the names are stored in a names specific area and it is just limited in size and you meet many new people or is it memory with a general purpose nature where it is reclaimed by some non important news on a new gadget. I have the same problem and I noticed that if I read too many posts/news for a while the names area get deteriorated as well(: