At 14 years old, Ashley Qualls created a site to show-off her design work. “I was the dorky girl who was into HTML,” she said in an interview with Fast Company magaine. It attracted zero interest beyond her circle of friends until she figured out how to customize MySpace pages. So many classmates asked her [...]
23 Mar, 2009  |  Written by ssimscity  |  under Kiva, LinkedIn, Misc.

Reid Hoffman

[/caption] Google “Reid Hoffman” and you might be surprised to discover that not only is he the CEO and founder of LinkedIn, but he is on the Board of Directors for Kiva.org. Not surprisingly, Hoffman was named as one of the “Top 50 People Who Matter” by CNN Money.  It’s not his [...]
23 Feb, 2009  |  Written by brownmj2  |  under Misc.
First Impressions:  LinkedIn is definitely a more professional and older member of the social networking family tree, a well succeeding business man, professional and clean-cut.  Immediately I see the benefits of being involved in this social networking site. Second Impression:  How legitimate is it for me to add a Nutrition professor from my college back home [...]