LinkedIn and laziness

Would you agree that LinkedIn is not "thinking for users" as others (esp.Apple) do? Basic virtue of the human nature is laziness, and it's well understood by the most successful consumer companies and inventions.

Consider TV Remote Control. Consider iPhone. Facebook...

Now on LinkedIn, the most "active" function is "connecting to people".
It actually makes me think that very soon everyone will be connected to everyone, withing their area of expertise.
Is this the ultimate goal for LinkedIn and it's customers? I doubt it.

LinkedIn is not thinking hard enough for its users. And its users, being business-oriented, have little time to actively use LinkedIn effectively.
And this is why it's not as popular as Facebook.

LinkedIn's user want to upgrade jobs. How does LinkedIn help this goal?
It helps people to connect and then relies on their actions.
As many have found out, the only reliable part of web user is inaction (well, make it a single click).

It would help if LinkedIn figured out your future job aspirations and found those jobs, and suggested them on a "single-click menu".

It would help if LinkedIn figured what people might be useful to you, and mutually introduced them (not based only on past, think "future").

It would help if LinkedIn suggested you groups to join, based on your skills and activity, and introduced groups to people, and well as people to group moderators.

Now all it does is "keeps you linked in"...

Office 365 arrived

I have watched Microsoft's Office 365 introduction for IT Professionals.

It was interesting until they revealed you still need to install 800M distro onto every computer where you intend to have access to your "online" documents. And keep that patched. Oh yes, and no Mac/Linux version.

Next.

(The only advantage is low entry fee, which may be interesting for small businesses. But then you will have Office-format documents, and as you grow to medium-size, it won't be easy to migrate away from that format, just ask others. That's when the paying spree begins.)

UH-OH, and don't forget the Patriot Act!

Apple's iPad 2

Went to Mayer, tried iPad 2.
Body shape is much better, and weighs a little bit less.

But - same so-so screen, and yes I want it even lighter.

Overall it's not a good buy at 579-989 AUD.
Holding on until iPad 3 with Retina Screen...

Internet Explorer 9 loves Binging

I have installed IE9 and I can't find an easy way to stop it from sending my Address Bar typos to Bing. It's simply not in Internet Options.

NOKIA still "Wows"!

Have you seen the new NOKIA N9 announcement?

Have you tried to roam the city in "3D" Nokia Maps?

All I can say is "you still kick ass, guys!"

Keep the good stuff coming, get some spots on TV.

Adobe Updaters

Dear Microsoft,

Will you please buy Adobe, too?
We are sick and tired of their separate updaters already.

Yours,
PC Users.
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Dear Adobe,

I don't believe you need to place Adobe Reader's shortcut on my desktop every time.
If you run a survey you'll probably discover that people just double-click PDFs, not go the way of "Show Desktop, Run Reader, Find Documents to read".

Yours,
Sergey Zak

New [i]MacOS X 10.7 Lion

Microsoft failed, when they tried to bring Windows Desktop to Mobile devices.

Will Apple succeed in bringing the iPhone [in]experience to Macs?

Is this the end of Desktop Paradigm as we know it, that was initially developed by Xerox @PARC, and later went into the backbone of Mac's success, thanks to Steve Job's genius vision and stamina?

The biggest "switch" is about to come.