Dear Isaac,
We recently sent you a message stating that your LinkedIn password had been disabled for security reasons. (Note: If you have more than one email registered with us, you will receive more than one password reset message. You only need to act on one of them.)
This was in response to a security breach on a different site, Gawker.com, where a number of usernames and passwords were exposed. We want to make sure those leaked emails and passwords were not being used to attack any LinkedIn members.
There is no indication that your LinkedIn account has been affected, but since it shares an email with the compromised Gawker accounts, we decided to ensure its safety by asking you to reset its password.
The Case for Strong Passwords
Posted on December 14, 2010 Written by 20 Comments
The massive Gawker password breach has kicked off a part-voluntary and part-mandatory wave of password changes.
A crook who gets into your email can get just about anywhere — and not all of them end up getting jacked around by me on Facebook Chat.
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Getting It
Posted on October 13, 2010 Written by 8 Comments
If you were to poll the people in your industry, how many would know what Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are?
Okay… now how many of those actually know what they do?
Because the difference between knowing what something is and what it does is the difference between strategy and tactic.
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Can’t you JUST be my neighbor?
Posted on October 6, 2010 Written by 119 Comments
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Fred Rogers said it best:
So, let’s make the most of this beautiful day.
Since we’re together we might as well say:
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my neighbor?
Neighbors are fantastic. There’s much appeal in moving up to a better neighborhood, where you have more room and better schools and people like the people you want to be. Good neighbors can be great sounding boards, and are awesome about picking up your mail when you’re on vacation. They do great work on their lawns, and inspire everyone to keep the property values up.
But they don’t have to be your bestest friend. [Read more...]
Card Collectors
Posted on September 9, 2010 Written by 15 Comments
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My son brought a napkin home from school yesterday.
It had a phone number on it. (I’ve blurred out some digits to protect the innocent.)
The conversation that went along with it went something like this:
“Mommy, can we call my friend?”
Sure, dear… what is his name?
“I forgot.”
You don’t remember his name?
“No. Can you call him, and ask him his name?”
But I don’t know who to ask for.
“Just get him on the phone, and then let me talk with him.”
Maybe my boy is destined for a career in upper management? [Read more...]
