PLAXO has a new service to update your OUTLOOK address book based on LINKEDIN.
Now there is a recipe for disaster!
So I did it. Hey, how can one be on the “bleeding edge” if you don’t spill a little blood. Trick is not to kill yourself.
I have my Outlook contacts nicely separated into different files in Outlook. (Note: Different FILES; not just different FOLDERS. That allows you to backup faster and easier. Also, one screw up doesn’t take out your capability. DNF I have 22k Outlook contacts. Yeah, I am that “popular”. I only have three friends and six relatives.)
So now, Plaxo thinks I have 1107 LinkedIn contacts. So does Outlook. But, I guess LinkedIn didn’t get the word. LinkedIn shows 975.
My recommendation for the average bear is to go VERY slowly. Today I will be looking at how it messed with my data. I’m not too concerned. See when I create a contact, I copy the “good stuff” into the comment field and a plain old text file. Yup that’s me belt AND suspenders. After all it’s MY data.
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