Linking In
Like many in the internet age, I have most of my “connections” online. It’s somewhat of a rarity to be invited, for example, to connect on LinkedIn by someone I actually know. I remember the early dissemination of information from that network—it was strictly for people you really did know in real life, because they could help or hurt your career. I took that seriously for a year or two, but it became clear that this was another Facebook with a more professional cast. I’ve been told of authors who try to build their online platform by adding thousands of ...