My LinkedIn network

My LinkedIn Network is over 140,000 users. This means that I can use my network to contact lots of people when looking for an introduction or a reference.
Is this what I use LinkedIn for? No, LinkedIn is a good way to let people find you. While my network is large (1.5% of the available network in LinkedIn), I have no use for it on a daily basis.

So what am I using LinkedIn for?
1. Contact management - Keeping in touch with my direct contacts.
2. Visibility - Allowing people to find me online to offer new business opportunities.
3. Fun - I was a member of a network by the name of 6 degrees which tried to achieve the same purpose. It failed due to hardware and bandwidth issues. That was about 6 years ago and I really enjoyed feeling like everyone in the world was connected to me via 6 degrees of separation.

What are you using LinkedIn for?

LinkedIn - Managing My Contacts

I've been using LinkedIn for a few month now. In case you are not familiar with it, LinkedIn is an online network of business professionals all around the world. LinkedIn allows me to publish my profile online and manage my contact through them.
LinkedIn is based on connection circles, which means that you can see your list of contact, their list of contacts (2 degrees separated from you) and so on. While this model has been tried in the past and failed, LinkedIn targeted the business community and has become a leading tool for it.

Posting my profile online enables me to connect (and reconnect) with my contacts.

Contact me if you want through: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ohadgliksman