Are you using LinkedIn? It's another social networking site, but unlike MySpace, Tribe, Friendster, Facebook, etc. It focuses primarily on business networking. I signed up for an account years ago and haven't really used it until recently. When my former employer was bought by their larger rival and I was faced with the potential of getting laid off, I felt that it was time to network professionally.

LinkedIn is set to roll out some new content and functionality that should drive more traffic to the site and make it a more useful tool. They are working on a new API as well. In the last several months I have watched all my trusted contacts increase their own network of contacts so I think the site has some merit... more so than MySpace. If you need to find a job or look for new work, will you wade through the millions of horribly designed MySpace pages or go to a clean layout that is easy to read?

If you're on LinkedIn and you're not in my network yet, please add me. Here is my profile: www.linkedin.com/in/iamdel (If you don't have my email to Link to me, use the group association, Burning Man.)