[Novalug] Query : LinkedIn -- legit? Use?

[Ross Patterson]

At 16:38 8/3/2008, Dave Aronson wrote:
>Beartooth wrote:
> >      What does anybody know about it?
>
>I'm on it, as are several other luggites.

Yup, me too.

> >      I'm guessing that it's legit; but that LinkedIn is
> > something I have no imaginable interest in;
>
>I got on it mainly for jobhunting, but you might also find it useful for
>keeping in touch with people you've known in the past, especially those
>you knew electronically (who are thus more likely to have joined it).  I
>found someone from 7th grade!

It's proven to be a great tool for me to find and keep track of past 
coworkers.  There are lots of folks I'd love to work with again, and 
a few I avoid like the plague :-)

> >  and that the sender
> > is either confused about me -- or has spammed all of Novalug with
> > these invitations.

Can't say that I got any request, but one never knows.

Ross
http://www.linkedin.com/in/RossPatterson