Simpy Chichimichi

Despite Reid Hoffman leaving the post of LinkedIn CEO, I'm finally realizing how successful LinkedIn really is, and how much more success for it lies ahead. LinkedIn is, in my opinion, the best social network out there (haven't compared them to Xing, so maybe I haven't seen enough?). It's the best executed one. I've been using LinkedIn for a few years now, but my usage has, until now, been limited to sending or accepting invitations. As I've been getting more and more business proposals of all kinds via email, I found myself looking up people in LinkedIn. If you are a business person, and I can't find you in LinkedIn, something is fishy. If I can find you, then I can see where you've been, where you are, what you've done, and this can give me a decent idea about where you're headed, thus helping me understand you better. LinkedIn has, in essence, become my "Business People Locator", my "Who is Who in Business". No wonder LinkedIn Alexa chart looks so nice.

Hah, when I wrote that "Business People Locator", I remembered something I built over 10 years ago - POPULUS - The Intelligent People Locator (archive.org link), now rotting as a domain for sale. That project is still dear to my heart, so I just saved the logo I made for it back then.