LinkedIn crazy
Posted on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 at 7:25pm. #
Photo: Mario Sundar. Used under licence
For some reason, I’m getting a *ton* of LinkedIn requests at the moment. (For the record, I use the same rule as Facebook - “must have chatted to at least twice on the phone or in the flesh”, so no online acquaintances get on).
LinkedIn is an interesting tool. I got the most out of it, a while back, by becoming a friend of “someone who does my job at a competing business”, and then looked through his/her contacts to find out who to talk to at a chosen company. “Ah, that’s who to talk to at Apple/Nokia/blah”. Since I believe, strongly, that we should agree on technology and compete on content, I’m pretty relaxed about doing the same to other people.
Mind - your contact book is actually your company’s property, and not strictly your own.
LinkedIn is, though, a good place to get decent contacts. The increase in invitations recently clearly shows that it’s on the up.
(Incidentally, I’ve had the same contact book, virtually-speaking, since my first Palm Pilot in 1996. I’ve used Plaxo since 2001, I think; it’s a neat tool.)
steve martin said at October 25th, 2007 at 2:16pm 
Jonathan Marks said at October 31st, 2007 at 4:59pm 
