LinkedIn Rocks

A friend of mine, she's a professional in communications (and leisure), had LinkedIn as a client and asked me to join her network so she could learn more about the user experience. I had actually joined during the Social Network boom of 2002/3 and quickly forgot it in the sea of new friendster look-alikes.
My profile hadn't been updated in years. I added her as a colleague, kicked out some old business contacts and searched for current friends and colleagues. It was like arriving at a formal. Being a veteran of the friendster beta and an avid tribe.net user I had considered online social networking to be useful only for dating. I had met an ex girlfriend that I was with for 3 years on friendster. The story was always so hard to tell because it lacked romance to say we met on friendster and it was kitschy as internet dating gets. Conversely, it's great to say you connected with a business partner or firm on LinkedIN. I would rather say I found my employees, contractors and business partners on LinkedIN than from a staffing agency or *gasp* craigslist.
Anyway, now I get business partnership pitches, job offers and network inquiries weekly. It's really a phenomenon. I wasn't aware how hire-able I was. I don't want this to seem like an ad for LinkedIN but the combination of LinkedIN and Splendora makes a decidedly upscale social networking experience- and I wanted a reason to show off my LinkedIn profile Check me out:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidhubbard