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Seth Godin's blog today mentioned a brand new site, Eliyon CorporateAlumni, which can help you track down former co-workers and associates by searching company names for past employees.

I tried it out and found some of the same inconsistencies mentioned, and found it curious that the former president of the company where I am currently employed had the incorrect first name listed. I think it would be very interesting to be able to search by person instead of by company.

I'm also curious to find out more about how the listings are created. For instance, some of the titles appear to be made up, (perpetual honor student?) so I'm wondering how much of the content is derived from the survey questionaires. Didn't fill out a survey yet, but also didn't find myself listed. This may be because I have been with my current employer for nearly eight years, and many of the moves listed appear to be more recent.

Found a few names from the past, though. Check it out, it's pretty cool in a big brotherish kind of way.

p.s. Seth also mentioned a brand new blog from Heath Row at Fast Company as his source for the tip. I checked it out and it is quite interesting, as would be expected, given the source.

I especially liked his lunchtime blog, Judged by Title, since he quotes another of my favorite Web writers Mark Hurst on what's really important in creating stellar Web usability.