The Flow of Consciousness

Bob Buskirk and I were discussing a few days ago a social network called LinkedIn. It’s a social network for professionals: it lacks popular social network features such as photo albums, videos, blogging, and profile customization because these are irrelevant to those on the network. Each profile can optionally have a single picture, mostly to verify pictorially a user’s identity to another user.

It’s essentially a glorified address book combined with a job board. It’s populated by a large number of folks in the professional world; folks who see the importance of business contacts without the risk of a “friend” posting that picture of you doing something of questionable legality or morality at that party.

I like it, and I’m there to stay.

So, go forth, interested reader, and see Colin Dean’s profile on LinkedIn.