The company has received such a positive response to the e-mail that today it is deployed in a Web application that does the same thing, but also includes data from 2009 and 2011. App, announced on the company blog gives Visual mosaic from all profile ends (see figure). Click on one of the head shots, and you go straight to the Member profile.
Dhananjay Ragade blog, Chief Engineer at LinkedIn, explains that the project in one of LinkedIn's hack day, which he describes as "a day in the month in which everyone is invited to play with new technology and come up with something creative." over the winter holidays Ragade worked with Vidya Chandra, Marketing Executive product on LinkedIn, on the idea. The company liked it so much she sent users in the electronic version in January. Currently rolling out a Web application.
Given the LinkedIn access to such data, the application opens the door for more value-added services. For example, the company has received requests for entire network statistics on job switching and and as, but not yet calculated these results for public consumption. Another idea is to update the application on a monthly or even weekly, rather than annually, but LinkedIn says no immediate plans to roll out this service.
With its IPO looming LinkedIn experimented with other ways to spice up the site. This month, for example, the company issued a droll, retro themed sponsored by FedEx instructional video aimed at small business owners who want to learn about LinkedIn. In November, the network also introduced the share button to extend its influence.
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