Linked Intelligence

My LinkedIn Book: Not For Idiots or Dummies, but For Dogs
09/11/09 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I will never be accused of being a poet. But I just couldn't resist trying my hand at poetry when I saw some picture from Darlene Craven , a career coach in the D.C. area (her note said: “Getting a ton of good information from Linked..

What Social Media Sites Are Hot – Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics
08/11/09 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
I’m going to take the Mark Twain acknowledgment – I did not come up with all of the above title, but if you can think of a better quote, I’d like to hear it;-) A different catchy title brought me to a recent post that sugg..

Look who’s following you across Groups on LinkedIn
06/11/09 The LinkedIn Blog
A couple days ago, we launched several new features aimed at enhancing the professional conversation in LinkedIn groups. We call one of those features “following”. Following makes it easier for you to see contributions made by your connect..

A new design for LinkedIn
06/11/09 The LinkedIn Blog
Some of you may have noticed a new site navigation experience on LinkedIn.  We are in the process of testing a new design.  During this testing phase, some users will see the new design, while others will not. What’s New A global navigatio..

LinkedIn Activities – Is It Time Sensitive?
05/11/09 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I have been on the road for 5 of the last 7 work days.  My trip last week was from Wednesday through Friday, and then I was on the plane this week on Monday, returning late Tuesday evening. I have hundreds (well, thousands) of emails in my..

The LinkedIn Personal Trainer Goes Tweet
05/11/09 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
In conjunction with the tweeting style, I’ll try to keep this entry short… http://twitter.com/SteveTylock Yup, that’s me on twitter… Come on in, the water’s fine I posted earlier this week that Most LinkedIn Us..

LinkedIn at ApacheCon 2009
04/11/09 The LinkedIn Blog
Code Alert! This is a part of our continuing series on Engineering at LinkedIn. If this isn’t your cup of Java, check back tomorrow for regular LinkedIn programming. In the meanwhile, check out some of our recent feature announcements , ti..

I’d Like To Announce… With LinkedIn
03/11/09 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Received a note from Mary in the mailbag to spark today’s post.  She purchased the e-book and enjoyed it – finding it useful, but writes “How do you bring people up to date on your company’s happenings?” Well, ..

Most LinkedIn Users Multi-Network
01/11/09 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
October’s poll results reveal an interesting pattern – that most users are involved in more than one networking site. But you know me – it’s never that simple – let’s have some fun… One Besides bein..

LinkedIn Summary: Features vs. Benefits
27/10/09 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I was just browsing through a few first degree contacts on LinkedIn and found a guy who I had lunch with a couple of years ago.  I wondered what he was up to and something caught my eye: in his LinkedIn Summary he has a “list of skil..