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  <updated>2011-08-16T16:14:41Z</updated>
  <title>Comments for Cartoon: That&apos;s What Friends Are For</title>
  
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    <published>2009-11-29T17:30:30Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-29T18:14:09Z</updated>
    <title>Cartoon: That&apos;s What Friends Are For</title>
    <summary>A while back, a friend of mine wondered about LinkedIn&apos;s somewhat limited options for indicating how you know someone. (&quot;I vomited on their shoes at the office party&quot; isn&apos;t on the list, for example.) We had a back-and-forth on her blog, and I came up with a list of some potentially useful additions to LinkedIn&apos;s...</summary>
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      <name>Rob Cottingham</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/imgLinkedIn.jpg" width="150" height="48" />A while back, a friend of mine wondered about LinkedIn's somewhat limited options for indicating how you know someone. ("I vomited on their shoes at the office party" isn't on the list, for example.) <a href="http://monicahamburg.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/linkedin-you-tell-me/">We had a back-and-forth on her blog</a>, and I came up with a list of some potentially useful additions to LinkedIn's categories.</p>

<p>You'll find them below... but they're only a starting point. Kindly add yours in the comments, and maybe - just maybe - they'll be coming soon to a form field near you.</p>]]>
      <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/cartoon_linkedin_nov09a.gif" width="500" height="538" /></p>

<p><a href="http://robcottingham.ca/">More Noise to Signal.</a></p>]]>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17263-comment:203705</id>
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    <title>Comment from executive training programs on 2010-04-12</title>
    <author>
        <name>executive training programs</name>
        <uri>http://www.businesseducators.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A friend of a friend of my sister's boyfriend's brother. And no, I have no idea what his/her name is.</p>]]>
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    <published>2010-04-12T11:35:15Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17263-comment:187556</id>
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    <title>Comment from James on 2010-02-10</title>
    <author>
        <name>James</name>
        <uri>http://www.usedwashingmachines.net/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Creepy People at work with sad lives who sit infront of three windows with linkedin, facebook and my space open..hoping to make some friends...(long cat sorry!!)</p>]]>
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    <published>2010-02-10T19:06:18Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17263-comment:171669</id>
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    <title>Comment from Rob Cottingham on 2009-11-30</title>
    <author>
        <name>Rob Cottingham</name>
        <uri>http://www.robcottingham.ca</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@Lee Well, if you're on LinkedIn in the first place... :-)</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-11-30T18:32:23Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17263-comment:171608</id>
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    <title>Comment from Claudio Martins on 2009-11-30</title>
    <author>
        <name>Claudio Martins</name>
        <uri>http://sites.google.com/site/claudiomartinsescritor/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>"My friend untill he's stolen my girlfriend!"</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-11-30T12:54:52Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.17263-comment:171191</id>
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    <title>Comment from Lee on 2009-11-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>Lee</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Where's the category for networking whores?</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-11-29T18:38:06Z</published>
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