Linked Intelligence

The other day I accessed LinkedIn from a computer at an internet cafe, which allowed me to see the full login page for the first time in a long time. The login page features a list of what’s new at LinkedIn:

Hmm… really?
LinkedIn Answers launched in January 2007. Personalized URLs and public web profiles have been [...]

LinkedIn Mobile: False Start, 5-Yard Penalty, Repeat the Down
In the first hands-on review I’ve seen of the new LinkedIn Mobile, Jeff at Apple Briefs gives it less-than-stellar marks:
In fact, you can’t really do much of anything besides invite people. This makes sense to a certain degree given the medium – mobile phones with very [...]

Well, the hot LinkedIn story today is the announcement of LinkedIn’s new mobile application. You can access it via your Blackberry, iPhone or other WAP-enabled device at http://m.LinkedIn.com.
LinkedIn has the full announcement over on their blog. There must be 100 tech news stories and blog posts around the web also covering it, but I [...]

The LinkedIn developers were busy this year! Since LinkedIn rarely actually announces new features officially, it’s a little difficult to build a comprehensive list, so I don’t claim for this to be. These are just the ones I’ve found most valuable:

January – LinkedIn Answers
LinkedIn’s first foray into public interaction started off on shaky ground, [...]

True networking is proactive, not just reactive, but LinkedIn’s basic introduction model is reactive. In other words, if Adam wants to meet Betty, and I know both of them, Adam can request for me to introduce him to Betty. But if I’m reading Betty’s profile one day (let’s say she just updated it), and think [...]

Sometimes it pays to be up and working at 2:30 am, because just a few minutes ago, LinkedIn’s Senior Product Director Adam Nash announced on the LinkedIn blog that starting today Friday, LinkedIn users will be able to add pictures to their profile.
According to Nash:
Adding a profile photo is one of the most commonly requested [...]

I don’t know when they added this feature*, but it’s pretty cool. LinkedIn has a built-in function to allow you to save a profile to PDF. The resulting PDF is very clean — no graphics, not hyperlinks, full-width text. Here’s mine as an example.

Dan Farber at ZDNet reports today that in a conversation last Friday, LinkedIn founder and Chairman Reid Hoffman told him that over the next 9 months, LinkedIn will be opening up to developers via a series of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces).
What this means in plain English for non-techies is that LinkedIn will make it possible [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]