Linkedin Blog

Many of our blog readers are probably not aware that we have a LinkedIn customer support team in Omaha, Nebraska. You may have read an earlier post on LinkedIn privacy from April Kelly, who is the Director of the Omaha Center.

Today, I’m blogging for a cause. Corporate teams from throughout Omaha are participating in a sand sculpting competition. And the best part is that the event aims to raise awareness and funding for the programs of Nebraska Children’s Home, which includes statewide adoption services and education, pregnancy services, foster care, and child care.

A few days ago, I blogged about the launch of the LinkedIn’s Company Insider Widget. With a few lines of code, this JavaScript widget allows you to provide contextual relevance on companies to any reader of your site. In addition to sites like BusinessWeek and CIO Magazine, starting today, you will also see it installed on CrunchBase.

The Company Insider widget is a natural fit to a site like Crunchbase, a free directory of technology companies, people, and
investors that belongs to the TechCrunch family of sites. So, as you click through any of the 4460 companies listed on Crunchbase you should be able to see pertinent information such as the number of people in that company who are connected to you on LinkedIn.

On Monday, May 12, at 2.28 p.m. Beijing time (6:28 GMT), a major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale jolted southwestern China’s Sichuan Province. It shook the skyscrapers in downtown Shanghai, hundreds of miles away; the shocks were felt as far away as Thailand and Vietnam.

The earthquake has rendered over 5 million homeless and a confirmed death toll of over 40,000, a number that is expected to rise dramatically as rescue teams continue to reach the most affected areas (Source: Associated Press). In cities near the earthquake’s epicenter, thousands are buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings. We encourage you to support emergency relief efforts by
donating to either of these organizations.

Last week, many of my colleagues and I, spoke at the Java One conference in San Francisco. Given the enormous response and interest we received, we are publishing the presentations here as well as photographs taken at the two-day event. Before we get started, here are the two sessions we spoke at during this year’s Java One 2008.

Nick Dellamaggiore and Eishay Smith moderated a “Birds of a Feather” (BOF) event on Thursday Night titled “LinkedIn: A Professional Social Network Built with Java™ Technologies and Agile Practices“. The following day, Sean and myself spoke about “LinkedIn’s Communication Architecture“.

It was great to have a full-house at both the sessions. Here are a few pics (both sets of slides after the jump). Stay tuned to the blog for upcoming events we’ll be speaking at.