I just love it when I find something cool on the web by accident. We Blog Cartoons does something almost no other cartoon site does– it lets you republish the cartoons without any copyright restrictions (how many times have you used that New Yorker one about “no one in the internet knows you are a […]
I am being sarcastic, but am curious as to the point where we have so many social network tools, accounts, and activities, that we do nothing but link together. With some trepididation, I actually fell into two more today (LinkedIn and Twitter), with some interesting comparisons on the experience.
Over the past months or more, I;ve gotten a number of those invitations to join LinkedIn:
LinkedIn is an online network of more than 9 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 130 industries.
When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you.
Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals.
And yes, that reads like glowing MarketSpeak. It seemed fro my rather uninformed outside view, that the sole activity in LinkedIn as adding to the number of people you were connected with, like the network itself was its own purpose. A number of participants, a whole lot, on the Second Life Educators list (stop the groaning, you SL crows, that is another post in the works) were sharing their LinkedIn accounts, suggesting it was a good way to network. And Barry Joseph shared a lot of concrete connections he has made through the network.
I can look past MarketSpeak, but when people I respect are dabbling in a new tool, I;m willing to take a look. I made some quick edits to a profile, and I am “in” http://www.linkedin.com/in/cogdog. Basically, it seems, LinkedIn is a ginat database, and it cross references the things in your profile to find others in your field, or who worked at the same MacDonalds you did, or went to your high school, and you can also explore the connections from those you connect with.
Sounds all very 2.0ish.
It’s not everydayavailable on flickr Even better than second place and collecting $10, I won first place and got $50 donated to the American Diabetes Association- see And the winner is .. and some reflections on user-generated content: As many of you know, I celebrated a milestone birthday this month. To celebrate, I concocted an […]
For the Google sketchers, mappers, and fans who want to earn a trip to the Googleplex, see Show us your university campus in 3D: Today the Build Your Campus in 3D Competition begins. This spring, you and your (presumably equally artistic) friends can honor your campus turf as you hone your 3D design skills just […]
What a sad day it is when us old skool flickrites now have to wear the official uniform — just got my note from the principal: What this is referring to is those with flickr accounts had previously, on signing in to flickr, had to follow the extra “Psssss…” link to get to the 5% […]
And Then There Was One (Laptop)available on flickr Now that is a clean desktop! Over the weekend, I used the OS X migration assistant to move my files and music (a paltry 6 Gb) from the old iBook (vintage 2003) to a separate user account on my MacBook Pro. I have gone from Three laptops […]
Last week was long, I am sure there were 16 days crammed into it. This included flying to Atlanta for the EDUCAUSE/ELI conference, presenting twice on Monday, exiting early Tuesday to hop a flight to Dallas, and being part of a trio running a 3 day workshop. After a late Friday night arrival at home, […]
I’m biased towards Google Reader as my current tool for swimming through RSS feeds. That’s not to claim that My Reader is Better Than Yours, or My Reader Can Beat Up Your Reader. I like what I’m getting out of it, and it works for me. I’ve ignored the link for a while listed under […]
Small new feature for Google Personal Home page fans– If you use the module for displaying RSS feeds, in addition to getting headlines from your feeds, now you get expandable summaries as well. Just click the little plus sign, and stories expand, click again to collapse. Not earth shattering, and not that i use this […]
I’ve not been much of a blog coverage provider (or actually even much of a participant) at the EDUCAUSE ELI conference — since we had two presentations back to back Monday, I missed other sessions, and held more informal, liquid activities at the reception and hotel bar (Gardner, sorry we missed connecting!). I had to […]
