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A conversation with Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn
- Keywords:
- internet
- social network
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felixthedog 03/11/2009 11:33 PM Report
So, ... wow, both this guy and CR carry 3 pda's around - boy, technology has really simplified lives. What a great step forward for mankind (uhhh, scuse me, personkind). So, I don't get that at all ... for me the whole idea is to streamline and simplify - an iPhone to surf. why not use it as a telephone? the sound quality isn't all that bad. So, my God, carrying around 3 gadgets all the time - refresh thy pocket protector please!
Regarding LinkIn ... I guess it's what you put into it really but so far I have found it to be of pretty limited use. I'm not sure it's destined for long-term changing of the world with all due respect. So, like the gentlemen said, so, everybody gets lucky.
laurainmontreal 03/09/2009 10:21 PM Report
clearly my post below could use an edit or three. Anyways, my point stands. I understand a lot of private companies fund this program too, like Coca Cola and other. But I still think this point has merit. Your content is alienating me and I've been a fan since I was 15 (now 23)! Let's get some wider representation.
laurainmontreal 03/09/2009 10:16 PM Report
I have two problems with this interview. One: Charlie, in this time of economic hardship is it really appropriate to be chummy-chummy with a millionaire about how "necessary" it is to carry around an iphone, blackberry, and a cell phone? I make a modest income and I can't afford to carry all three. I wonder how the imagined unemployed person who would be interested in Linkedin to find a new job would feel hearing you two brag about your gadgets? This is a publically-funded program, let's try to have some restraint before talking about what Porsche is the best model to buy this year.
Second, going back to the point about a foundation and public funding for your program. Why not ask this networking guru something relevant to people without an MBA? I suggest a question or two about how this might help political organizations develop or volunteer coordination. Or maybe a question relating to education, as it is such a pressing issue for Americans right now. Could Linkedin be useful to a teacher with expertise in say Civics find a school that needs a civics course?
Let's get back to topic and stop this drab conspicuous consumer dialogue and get back to point.
-Laura in Montreal.
ShalomFreedman 03/06/2009 03:50 AM Report
Reid Hoffman is an exceptionally interesting person. His idea that each of us now has to be an entrepreneur in his own work life makes a lot of sense. So does his idea that the social groups on the Internet can become more and more professional mutual help groups. I am to tell the truth a bit skeptical of the Technical wonder- kids preaching where the next Utopia is coming but this guy has a track record, and it seems to me a solid and sane approach to what he is doing. Charlie Rose has once again found an interesting guest who can give his viewers not only much new information but something of a new way of seeing things.
erikvold 03/06/2009 03:27 AM Report
Charlie you have got to have a linkedin profile, don't you have someone that is supposed to be handling your social media marketing? if so light a fire, if not then hire, or get me to volunteer.
erikvold 03/06/2009 03:27 AM Report
Charlie you have got to have a linkedin profile, don't you have someone that is supposed to be handling your social media marketing? if so light a fire, if not then hire, or get me to volunteer.
Don-N-ABQ 03/06/2009 02:34 AM Report
Dear Producer,
In addition to the comparisons with MySpace and FaceBook, you ask about Plaxo, which is LinkedIn's real competitor. You never mentioned Plaxo once in the show. Do your homework or hire someone that will.
CanScot89 03/05/2009 10:29 PM Report
Hey Charlie, I have some ideas for the charlie rose website! Get me linkedin
REMant 03/05/2009 04:05 PM Report
I've seen nothing much in Linkedin except a MySpace clone for business professionals reminding me too much of the kind of puffing business publications do. The real problem with this is that career and resume appearance are all ppl seem to care about nowadays, and that can't really be good for anyone, nor can the really pernicious tendency in this country to mistake and/or substitute this kind of "connecting" for real productivity. Ppl have mentioned this before with respect to email, instant msgs, etc, but I noticed it first with telephones and faxes. Every organization I've ever been in wanted me to spend more time yakking than getting any real work done. Seems akin to a time clock mentality, or what one encounters in the military. Results are what matters, not intentions, or process, certainly not appearances. IMHO it is a very serious problem and I don't see social networking doing much except making it worse. He is certainly right, tho, as I've written repeatedly, regarding the shortcomings of the stimulus notion. Many forums, and other venues on the Web, are an aid to productivity, but the main problem with them is that the larger they get, the more disorganized they become, and Googling doesn't make up for it.
BTW, it might interest you to know, Charlie, that Coach K is about as risk averse as anyone ever was. So I wouldn't elevate risk-taking too far as a measure of success. Ppl who take excessive risks have a problem with gambling, often with drugs and alcohol, and are prone to see the world in a Social Darwinist fashion, which is not helpful.