Linked Intelligence

LinkedIn recently added a new feature - Who’s Viewed My Profile. I have to say that this is a feature I’m not really all that crazy about, for a couple of reasons.
For starters, I’m not sure I really want everyone whose profile I view to know it. The fundamental paradigm of the internet is basically [...]

LexBlog and the Vancouver Law Librarian Blog are reporting that a growing number of attorneys are using LinkedIn to enhance their professional connectivity. Says law librarian Steve Mathews:
I mentioned LinkedIn during an in-house presentation at my law firm a few weeks back, and knew at that point about 15% of our Lawyers were on it. [...]

Recently, LinkedIn made some changes in the way invitations work, adding some automated consequences for sending invitations to people you don’t know (and who don’t want invitations from people they don’t know). In so doing, they changed the options as to how you can reply to an invitation you receive. You can now:

Accept
Say you don’t [...]

LinkedIn recently took top honors in two categories in the 11th annual Webby Awards, honoring the best sites on the web. LinkedIn won in the Services and Social Networking categories.
LinkedIn is also up for a Next Web Award in the Social category - go vote!
Also, just for fun (submissions are closed), you might enjoy taking [...]

LinkedIn announced today the launch of a new initiative “to leverage the network to promote positive social change.” LinkedIn for Good consists of basically two things:

Partner non-profit organizations have pages on LinkedIn with information about the organization and a link to immediately make a donation or find others who support the cause.
Members can add badges [...]

I know, I know… using LinkedIn is fun, right? That’s why so many power users spend several hours a week on it, right?
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
In honor of this month’s b5media Business Channel May theme day on “Work & Play“, I thought I’d do something a little different and [...]

I hope this is the start of a trend…
One of my biggest frustrations with LinkedIn has been the fact that they have not made a practice of getting user input about new features before they’re rolled out - only after the cat’s out of the bag. This used to be just irritating, but increasingly, it [...]

I’d like to thank everyone who participated in the Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn Group Blogging Project, and especially the people who stepped up and donated over $4,000 in prizes. I was overwhelmed by your generosity. It enabled the start of what I hope will become a valuable resource for all LinkedIn users:

Smart Ways to [...]

The rest of the entries in the Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn Group Blogging Project are in:

Kathie Thomas - Growing Your Network Online
Kathie tells the importance of seeing what’s under the surface of LinkedIn beyond your first look.
Jason Alba - LinkedIn and Career Management
LinkedIn can help you in your job search, but you can’t wait [...]

The first ten entries in the Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn Group Blogging Project are in! Plus more prizes!

Scott Sehlhorst - LinkedIn as Resume 2.0
Appropriate that this should be the #1 entry, as I think it’s probably the #1 way people are using LinkedIn.
Barbara Rozgonyi - Top 10 Ways to Quickly Becoming a Recognized Subject [...]