Coworkers.com Launches New Profile Badge Feature

"By simply inserting a couple lines into your HTML source, you can quickly display one our "badges" wherever your like... you can even show your Coworkers rating inside any web page! Each badge links directly to your public Coworkers.com profile page. Just go to our "Tools" page, login, and get your code."

This is a nice new way to share your profile information. Some of the badges even show live rating statistics, both overall and detailed.

Coworkers.com Summer 2007 iPod Giveaway

J.Y. Design client Coworkers.com is giving away an iPod Nano (8 GB). The promotion ends on September 30th, so go check it out now. The promotion requires that you register on the site for FREE. It's a startup site, with a growing community so odds are pretty high in your favor: Enter at Coworkers.com now

A Web Analytics Breakthrough (That May Never Be Used)

A Web Analytics Breakthrough (That May Never Be Used): "If you're one of the burgeoning number of Firefox users, you probably also use a number of the many extensions available to stretch, modify, personalize, and customize the browser's capabilities. If Google Browser Sync is one of those extensions, have you considered the implications it might have for Web analytics and ad tracking?"

This is an interesting article. It is a good reminder that the move toward centralizing ones online identity can be tied to the browser as well - not just the pages it's rendering.

Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn - by Guy Kawasaki

"Most people use LinkedIn to “get to someone” in order to make a sale, form a partnership, or get a job. It works well for this because it is an online network of more than 8.5 million experienced professionals from around the world representing 130 industries. However, it is a tool that is under-utilized, so I’ve compiled a top-ten list of ways to increase the value of LinkedIn..."

Some great practical tips for using LinkedIn, all rolled up into one well organized blog entry.