I have started using LinkedIn as a way to keep in touch with my colleagues (past and current) and expand my professional network. LinkedIn boasts more than 6.5 million members and is growing pretty rapidly. It is fascinating to see how social networking works :). In less than a year, LinkeIn has become one of the top destinations on the web. Here is a graph, showing the popularity of LinkedIn for the last one year, as compiled by Alexa
Link to my profile on LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/a65/110