I suck at networking, or any kind of social interaction that doesn't at least involve some dice. So if I follow the "fuck networking, just be human" advice, that means I'm not going to be meeting a lot of people.
Then again, I don't really want to meet a lot of people. But making one or two really good connections every once in a while would probably be nice. In fact, at a recent GDG Devfest, I spoke with a couple of people who were all passionate about teaching programming to young kids. I want to keep in touch, gave them my card, and then forgot who they were. I'm terrible at remembering people, even if they're really cool and we spoke passionately.
After you speak to someone you want to remember, you might try excusing yourself to the restroom to make a note on your phone. Or recording a voice memo in your car on the way home with all the information you can remember about various people.
Articles like this are useful, though, for explaining what good networking looks like. Having a picture of the process makes a big difference for me when I'm trying to improve or do something I don't do very often.