Jo VanderChou

We're introducing the A11y Jump Menu, an extension for LinkedIn keyboard users to quickly navigate to different parts of a page without the use of a mouse. Works as a hidden feature that does not appear for regular mouse users. The extension is implemented in a performant way that does not impact page load speeds.

More info here: http://engineering.linkedin.com/a11y-jump-menu-your-secret-ally-navigating-long-pages

We inserted an easter egg into the introduction page of the New LinkedIn Profile. It never went live, but it was loads of fun to take photos, edit photos, dance, and modify a page to animate and move to the music using CSS3!

It started out as a hobby. Then I got asked to take photos as a favor. Then I eventually met most of the event coordinators. The rest is history.

You can use Sidewalk Chalk to easily create "Hopscotch" tours. Choose a page element & tooltip orientation, enter some copy, and you're set! Sidewalk Chalk will spit out a basic JSON file for your tour. A big timesaver for Designers & Web Devs!

Through this site, we hope to connect over 140 million Chinese professionals with each other and with our more than 277 million existing members globally. Our mission is to connect the world’s professionals and create greater economic opportunity – and this is a significant step towards achieving that goal. We look forward to welcoming more members in China, which will enable us to better showcase the talent and companies thriving in China to the world – and vice versa. Ultimately, we hope to… Show more

Through this site, we hope to connect over 140 million Chinese professionals with each other and with our more than 277 million existing members globally. Our mission is to connect the world’s professionals and create greater economic opportunity – and this is a significant step towards achieving that goal. We look forward to welcoming more members in China, which will enable us to better showcase the talent and companies thriving in China to the world – and vice versa. Ultimately, we hope to create economic opportunities for every professional in the world, including matching talented individuals with job and business prospects. Show less

CareerNote is an application to allow users to create a workalogue of their achievements, challenges, goals in their career and then selectively choose to share their achievements in their LinkedIn profile or their resume at any later time

Created from rough sketch wireframes, as an entry during a 24-hour hackathon hosted by LinkedIn. CareerNote was voted into the finalist entries.

Complete overhaul of the LinkedIn profile, which you are looking at now!

Creating a better world of consistency, beauty, and simplicity in User Experience & Design.

LinkedIn is the only big social network left where you cannot completely block a member from looking at your profile. Having a stalker is a real thing, and we have no ability to allow members to block their stalkers. It's unnerving to see in your email or profile sidebar: "[Your stalker] has viewed your profile." Or maybe you have a headhunter that won't leave you alone and is really adamant that you're ruining your career by not responding to him. This hack fixes this problem, and lets you… Show more

LinkedIn is the only big social network left where you cannot completely block a member from looking at your profile. Having a stalker is a real thing, and we have no ability to allow members to block their stalkers. It's unnerving to see in your email or profile sidebar: "[Your stalker] has viewed your profile." Or maybe you have a headhunter that won't leave you alone and is really adamant that you're ruining your career by not responding to him. This hack fixes this problem, and lets you block members who are being unprofessional in a professional social network. Show less

"26 projects in 26 days". A major team effort to improve key growth levers to more quickly reach 200M members.

In the long long ago of a table-layout E*TRADE website and browsers that could only increase text size on "Zoom", I created and introduced a CSS based "widget" for use across the site with simple CSS and semantic HTML. It used a variation of the "Sliding Doors" method to allow users with bad vision to see the tabs properly. It is still prevalently used throughout the site today (2013). If I could go back in time, I'd tell myself to make it class instead of an id, though, since I did not foresee… Show more

In the long long ago of a table-layout E*TRADE website and browsers that could only increase text size on "Zoom", I created and introduced a CSS based "widget" for use across the site with simple CSS and semantic HTML. It used a variation of the "Sliding Doors" method to allow users with bad vision to see the tabs properly. It is still prevalently used throughout the site today (2013). If I could go back in time, I'd tell myself to make it class instead of an id, though, since I did not foresee how wide its usage would spread. Show less