Thank you, great "SourceCon Icon" for those wise words by one frosty poet - yet how many people around us do just that? Plagiarism is rampant in the age of the Internet. Those who succeeed do so most easily and gracefully when they recognize that in a community we all learn from each other and quickly adapt what we see so that it works for our own needs and so all that all it takes is a simple nod, hyperlink or other humble gesture to give credit where its due. Fankly I think modifying something to pretend its original is just more work than a quick "thank you" and get on with the show.

Thank you Shally for setting the masses straight, that who is actually behind SourceCon and it's challenges is not one man or woman but a collective of the best and brightest minds in the sourcing industry. To publicly take credit for others peoples creative work is the easy mans road.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference"
Robert Frost
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Hm. I can't find an emoticon for turning out my pockets...

Hey........

It looks like this page is modified????? zzzzzzzzz.....

Oh, I know you're just a "piece of the puzzle" and am still awaiting feedback.....even though I know I am not eligible for this challenge, I still want to solve it.

oohhh thanks oOo

Thanks JD but I take no credit - it is because of the SourceCon collective!

Hey shally, Your profile here on RecruitingBlogs.com was the most visited member profile on the site. I put up a post mentioning it

That's awesome Suzi! I'm glad the clues are begining to show you a trail. There's a method to all this and everything will become clear with a few more steps. I'm honored and flattered that you've stopped by my page to drop a note but please keep in mind I'm not the only one who worked on this challenge. There's an organization behind it, I only recently got involved and happen to be the one among them who chose to "step out into the light" and be more vocal. In other words, I hope my style doesn't prejudice folks search methods too much because the grand design is not entirely mine.

A few of us have found Sarah...and the crazy trail of clues

And my personal thoughts on why you should attend SourceCon...

http://www.recruitingbloggers.com/rbs/2007/08/heres-why-i-thi.html#more

Hey there's a new hint from "the man" on SourceCon over on http://recruitingblogs.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=502551%3ABlogPost%3A14346

Recruiting IS personal ;)

I think that's what Sarah is saying anyway... but yes, personal. I think comments on Ning and recommendations on LinkedIn are also very personal. But so is a phone call. Ultimately its all personal when you engage with a person.

Aren't we barking up the wrong tree here? What about the personal approach to networking?

the www is public insofar as you are not challenged with a password

the moment you are required to "log in" then it is no longer "public"

Of course, true seekers know that EVERYTHING can be public if you ask the right questions, but that's another bedtime story form another fairytale for another time :)

err- just so I don't seem like a complete dumb-%$#-what I meant is what I find on the WWW is public info (or am I out in left field on that?)

Thank you for the enlightening words and you are, as usual, 100% on the numbers. Much obliged.

Suzi - the internet is not ALL public, some things require subscriptions... for example, your gmail account is not a public place, and neither is say LinkedIn from the previous challenge :) Yet they are both "on the Internet." Remember that "the Internet" is more than just www. stuff. Anything http:// or https:// or even ftp:// and so on is still considerd Internet. Don't confuse "world wide web" with Internet.

Basically if a password is required then its not public access, its restricted access, meaning anyone with the password may enter but not everyone is allowed. Hence its restricted to only those who subscribed, even though the subscription may not require any payment or authorization. Hence, certain "private" networks are acutally open to the public but their content is not inexed by the spiders.

Some places like LinkedIn blurr the line because you can take your private profile and publish it - but then you have to take an extra step to do so and make it available. So long as you don't do that then it would remain a "private" network.

So if Sarah likes to network, but not in public places, I probably won't find her because I am looking on the internet ( a public place). The other alternative being Sarah likes to network in private places, or Sarah likes to network in the fed space....:-(