LinkedIn

Last year, a friend of mine from Jerusalem has "invited" me to LinkedIn, and without really knowing what I was doing I accepted the invitation and became a member.

Since then, I keep getting messages via LinkedIn from former acquaintances who have somehow found my name on "LinkedIn", and who want to nudge me into linking up with them again.
So far, I have ignored these requests, because I feel that I haven't got the time, patience and will to engage with people I have long lost contact with.

Does this show that I am becoming ossified, impervious to change, an "old fogie" or "Alte Sachen", because I don't properly appreciate the value of social networking?
I can barely keep up with my "conventional" contacts (friends, family, work colleagues) via email, telephone and letter. Obviously, I am weary of adding another means of digital communication and adding another layer of "virtual friends" to my existing contacts.

For Thing 14, I will go and find out whether LinkedIn can be benefitial for me in a professional way. I have just begun the chartership procedure for CILIP, and I have hopes that via a professional network I can rekindle professional contacts.

Off we go....