LinkedIn Useful, But Requires Investment

Catherine Juon at Pure Visibility says that (for her) LinkedIn has finally made the leap from a dead social tool to a useful business tool, citing features like Answers, profile pictures and network updates as the reasons. In particular, she says LinkedIn is “a headhunters dream”, and therefore:

If you’re looking for a »

LinkedIn Snags Yahoo’s Top UI Designer Kevin Bury

No official announcement from LinkedIn yet, but according to his personal blog, Yahoo! Director of User Experience Kevin Bury is leaving Yahoo! and going to LinkedIn:

On April 14th I’ll be starting my new gig as Principal Designer at LinkedIn. I’ve been a huge fan of LinkedIn for years. The potential seems enormous »

April 2nd – The Day After

Yesterday, April 1, April Fool’s Day here in the U.S., I wrote a post that began with:

In a surprising move, LinkedIn announced late Monday that they will be terminating their free service, beginning May 1.

It was pure satire, and got a lot of laughs (I’m told even within LinkedIn – one Sr. »

April Fool’s!

No, LinkedIn is not getting rid of their free service and accepting only PayPal!

For more explanation, see April 2nd – The Day After.

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