Social Mashup

When people talk about LinkedIn they usually cover topics such as:

1. Building the network before you need it
2. LinkedIn for Social Networking and Business Opportunities
3. Finding a job using LinkedIn

The Traditional Problem

A feature of the site that I have found very useful (and wished existed years ago) is the ability to find ‘virtual mentors’ and subsequently source new ideas for career and personal development. About 7 or 8 years ago I spent a lot of time thinking ‘where next’ and ‘how’ in terms of building a highly credible technical (and to an extent public) profile. The issue in 2001 / 2002 was the distinct lack of Web2 / Social Networking sites, and therefore a pretty tough time finding exemplar CVs and information about successful people that I would ‘like to mirror’. My solution at the time (which still seems reasonable) was to plough through lots of public academic profiles (mostly staff lists on university web sites). Draw backs with this approach were: ..Continue reading..

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In the immortal words of Frank O’Hara…

Where’s Sardines?

There’s a wonderful poem by American writer Frank O’Hara “Why I am not a Painter’ rivalled only perhaps by his excellent musings “The Day Lady Died” and “Meditations in an Emergency”. In O’Hara’s poem he describes with singular perfection the reason he is a writer and not an artist, it is well worth taking time out to read it and take specific note of the question “Where’s Sardines?” The answer to that says a lot about my perception of the world! This is however not a piece of literary criticism of modern American writers. ..Continue reading..

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