Questioning Metcalfe’s Law
Moderately interesting reading here, and here.
More academic reading here.
It was always bogus, though, right? I mean, how do you quantify the value of a network? It was only ever something that made intuitive, poetic sense.
Aside: I like Facebook better than a lot of other of the big social networking sites, but LinkedIn got me a new job, I like simple old Flickr better, and I like my blog the best.

October 25th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Let’s get this straight–YOU got you a new job. End of story.
October 26th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Well, I got me the new job, but LinkedIn hooked me up with it. I can be me all I want, but it helped me get DISCOVERED!