LinkedIn Blocks Twitter

LinkedIn and Twitter have worked together since 2009 to enable you to share your professional conversations on both platforms. Twitter recently evolved its strategy and this will result in a change to the way Tweets appear in third-party applications. Starting today Tweets will no longer be displayed on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), owner of the world's biggest professional-networking website, said posts from Twitter Inc. will no longer be displayed on
 LinkedIn Blocks Twitter 

We know that sharing updates from LinkedIn to Twitter is a valuable service for our members. Moving forward, you will still be able to share updates with your Twitter audience by posting them on LinkedIn.

How can I continue to share updates on both LinkedIn and Twitter?
 Simply start your conversation on LinkedIn. Compose your update, check the box with the Twitter icon, and click “Share.” This will automatically push your update to both your LinkedIn connections and your Twitter followers just as before.

What changes can I expect to see on LinkedIn?
 Any conversation you start on Twitter will no longer be automatically shared with your LinkedIn network, even if you synced your LinkedIn and Twitter accounts.

Keeping It Simple – Minimalist design at the finest

All Photos Courtesy of Joey Ruiter

Designer Joey Ruiter set out to make a custom motorcycle that ignores everything thatmakes custom motorcycles awesome. He took a simple bike and made it as generic and boring as possible by wrapping it in a metal box, obscuring everything but the bottoms of the wheels and the handlebars. No wild paint, gratuitous gadgets, exquisite metal work or crazy add-ons. The result is not only head-turning, but awesome.

The reflective metal and the silent electric engine of the Moto Undone give the impression that there is no bike at all- just a rider floating down the road. Even the dashboard is stripped away; the vital stats can be checked on your smartphone via downloadable apps.

Ruiter’s jruiter + studio has a taste for the beguilingly simple: its minimalist inner city bikemay be the perfect urban ride. Ruiter calls the Moto Undone “pure generic transportation;” it’s anything but. The insistence on simplicity makes the design all the more riveting.

The Moto Undone has a range of 90 miles, or about three hours. And while you won’t be seeing any on the roads anytime soon, you can check it out at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, September 21 through October 9.

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