Linking In, Linking Out »
I signed up for LinkedIn the other day on the recommendation of a friend. I don't know what to think just yet. I was finally able to get linked up with that friend - even though he was in the system, I was unable to find him when I searched. Then I sent him a connection email, which he thankfully accepted, and I was suddenly connected. So now what? I don't know.
Apparently the idea is that if I'm looking for something, I can search this trusted network that I'm building to see if I can find someone. Same with previous cow-orkers and the like. Thus far, it just seems like another service that I probably won't use.
The whole problem that I have with social networking of any kind, be it contacts or bookmarks, is that I rarely look for stuff in that way - though perhaps I'm just proving my age and should get with the program. We'll see how it turns out.
Comments (1)
The service was having some type of hiccup yesterday in making connections. Regardless, the value is maintaining your network of former coworkers, friends and more.
Of course, if you aren't hip to Web 2.0 then you're just behind the times... :-)
Posted by Matthew | June 30, 2005 6:05 PM