Almost a year back, on April 07 2008, I wrote my confusion and fear of social networking sites… I did experiment a bit of facebook but the adventure stopped right there. But it seems social networking indeed is very powerful that it has brought me back to the same subject one more time!
Few days back, I received an email from one of close friends inviting me to LinkedIn. Last year, when I installed Xobni in my Outlook, I remembered it asking about LinkedIn. So, this time, taking that as an excuse, I created an account on LinkedIn and when I logged into it, I discovered whole new world there. LinkedIn seems to be more on a professionals networking than a social networking. I found RG and many others’ profiles there and some of them were really interesting. Many of my ex-ISRO friends also seem to be on this network and seeing their profiles revealed lots of missing information. LinkedIn seems less scary than facebook.
Later, I dared to logon to my facebook account and I was surprised that it was still active! There, Dr A had sent me an invite long back when she found me in Katerina’s profile. Adding her to my list, I ended up bringing Nishant to my connection. On Facebook only, I found that Dr A got her residency in UOC. Best of luck to her!
I feel that I need to be little more brave and embrace this social networking positively.
