LinkedIn Adds Applications
Nov 3, 2008 business, networking
LinkedIn has long been called Facebook for Business. Well it just stepped a little bit closer. On October 28, 2008 LinkedIn added applications. Fortunately, these aren’t useless time wasters like most of Facebook’s applications. Most of them actually add some interesting functionality. For example, one application connects your LinkedIn profile to your Wordpress Blog. Another lets you embed presentations into your profile.
(I wonder how long it will be until we hear about someone getting fired because they posted a company presentation that was only meant for internal use.)
Tags: business, linked in, linkedin, networking, social network, social networks
MyLoki Scared the Crap Out of Me
Mar 14, 2008 Uncategorized
Ok, I was officially weirded out a few minutes ago. First a little background.
Since I’m in Boston on business and had some time to waste, I decided to try to get caught up in my blog reader. In a post by UX Magazine, I read about a service called MyLoki. The concept is that you can share your location with friends through an RSS feed. So I got curious and bopped over to their site to learn more about it.
Here’s where it got freaky, when I landed on their homepage, here’s what I saw.
Okay, that’s too weird. No that’s not a Google map (at least not a live one). It’s just an image of a map. I’m pretty sure it’s just an amazing coincidence…but I’m still not positive.
Tags: creepy, myloki, social network, ux magazine
Hey NotchUp – Don’t Copy Other Websites!
Jan 28, 2008 Uncategorized
Just a quick thought. If you’re starting a business and want to be thought of as “new and innovative”, don’t copy your website design from someone else. A friend just invited me to try NotchUp, a new career networking site. When I arrived, I instantly though that it looked strikingly similar to the page layout of GrandCentral. After browsing over to GrandCentral to do a comparison, I realized it was way more similar that I had anticipated. In fact, it’s almost a carbon copy. Take a look.
NotchUp’s Website
GrandCentral’s Website
Come on people, I don’t know how many millions you spent in VC funding to come up with the latest “Web 2.0″ “social networking” service. Now just fork over the other $5k and get your own site design.
Tags: grandcentral, notchup, social network, social networking, web 2.0, web design, web2.0
Hey NotchUp – Don’t Copy Other Websites!
Jan 28, 2008 Uncategorized
Just a quick thought. If you’re starting a business and want to be thought of as “new and innovative”, don’t copy your website design from someone else. A friend just invited me to try NotchUp, a new career networking site. When I arrived, I instantly though that it looked strikingly similar to the page layout of GrandCentral. After browsing over to GrandCentral to do a comparison, I realized it was way more similar that I had anticipated. In fact, it’s almost a carbon copy. Take a look.
NotchUp’s Website
GrandCentral’s Website
Come on people, I don’t know how many millions you spent in VC funding to come up with the latest “Web 2.0″ “social networking” service. Now just fork over the other $5k and get your own site design.
Tags: grandcentral, notchup, social network, social networking, web 2.0, web design, web2.0
