I like Facebook‘s functions for birthdays a lot. I can synchronize it automatically with Google Calendar, and I can set Google Calendar to send me an email prior to the event. Great functionality.
Unfortunately, LinkedIn is much more restrictive, and not only it doesn’t send me notifications of birthdays (or shows me the list of following birthdays), but also isn’t allowing exporting to an application like Google Calendar.
Here’s where LinkedIn Birthday Reminders comes along. The application, in a few simple steps, allows you to download the data in a format which can then be later imported into Google Calendar. I find it very effective.
The use? Telling people “Happy birthday” is a great way to stay in touch. Also, some people don’t display their birthday on Facebook, but do so on LinkedIn, and you’ll have an advantage if you use this.
Hello, It doesn’t work for me.
Is it normal ?
Simon
Hello,
Simon,
I still use this software to this day. To me, it works.
There’s a link to contact the creator of the software on the page.
Linkedin removed the ability to collect birthdays. Stupid move, if you ask me. Maybe if enough of us complain about it here they will reverse the decision. http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3
-Jerry