http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/08/10/how-do-you-use-linkedin/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/08/10/how-do-you-use-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-11 me Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:23:10 +0000 http://www.blog.andrewparker.net/?p=4#comment-11 The business professionals that LinkedIn targets are tech-saavy enough to want something more than a glorified address book, but I think it's a privacy issue. The target audience wants additional functionality, but they don't want public exposure of contact information (for understandable reasons). I'm sure that limitation gets in the way of innovation all the time in product design and user testing at LinkedIn. The business professionals that LinkedIn targets are tech-saavy enough to want something more than a glorified address book, but I think it’s a privacy issue. The target audience wants additional functionality, but they don’t want public exposure of contact information (for understandable reasons). I’m sure that limitation gets in the way of innovation all the time in product design and user testing at LinkedIn.

]]> http://blog.andrewparker.net/2006/08/10/how-do-you-use-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Mazen Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:35:12 +0000 http://www.blog.andrewparker.net/?p=4#comment-8 Couldn't agree more. The real question is: is that because LinkedIn is missing the boat by making the same type of mistakes Friendster made, or is it just not possible for a professional business network to serve as anything more than a glorified online address book? I'd be interested to hear what you think. Couldn’t agree more. The real question is: is that because LinkedIn is missing the boat by making the same type of mistakes Friendster made, or is it just not possible for a professional business network to serve as anything more than a glorified online address book? I’d be interested to hear what you think.

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