Comments on: Linkedin adds Open Social apps: But something’s wrong http://benmartincae.com/linkedin-adds-open-social-apps-but-somethings-wrong Making a loud noise and leaving the room since 2004 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:18:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Lynn Morton http://benmartincae.com/linkedin-adds-open-social-apps-but-somethings-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-1524 Lynn Morton Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:21:32 +0000 http://benmartincae.com/?p=1194#comment-1524 I got the email early this morning. I was like wow, now LinkedIn is trying to be like Facebook (like Myspace's crappy applications). Well I looked a little further and told myself this was a little better, because at least they are relevant to the purpose of LinkedIn and make sense to have these types of applications with an online resume (what I use LinkedIn for). Well... that's where my happiness ended. I couldn't get the Wordpress app to load this morning, it was just blank. Maybe server overload, ok, forgivable. Then when I went back this afternoon, it was fine, entered my blog address and viola! There was my SNAP blog, but... the blog appeared BEFORE the experience section on my profile... uh... not cool. My profile is there to be my professional presence, not to promote my blog. Would be really nice if people could decide where the applications appeared, or if they were smaller in size. I'd personally prefer something small and discreet on the side as an addendum to my resume, not the behemoth that is the Wordpress application in it's current state. I got the email early this morning. I was like wow, now LinkedIn is trying to be like Facebook (like Myspace’s crappy applications). Well I looked a little further and told myself this was a little better, because at least they are relevant to the purpose of LinkedIn and make sense to have these types of applications with an online resume (what I use LinkedIn for).

Well… that’s where my happiness ended. I couldn’t get the Wordpress app to load this morning, it was just blank. Maybe server overload, ok, forgivable. Then when I went back this afternoon, it was fine, entered my blog address and viola! There was my SNAP blog, but… the blog appeared BEFORE the experience section on my profile… uh… not cool. My profile is there to be my professional presence, not to promote my blog.

Would be really nice if people could decide where the applications appeared, or if they were smaller in size. I’d personally prefer something small and discreet on the side as an addendum to my resume, not the behemoth that is the Wordpress application in it’s current state.

]]> By: Lee Potts http://benmartincae.com/linkedin-adds-open-social-apps-but-somethings-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-1522 Lee Potts Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:45:20 +0000 http://benmartincae.com/?p=1194#comment-1522 Hi Ben, I had the same problem but doing a Crtl-F5 refresh in FF seemed to clear the problem up. Also, the Blog Link application automatically picks up the feeds of the website that are listed in your profile. Mine included two self-hosted WP bogs and my Twitter stream. There doesn't seem to be a way to get the feeds for self-hosted blogs that aren't listed in your profile. Lee Hi Ben,

I had the same problem but doing a Crtl-F5 refresh in FF seemed to clear the problem up.

Also, the Blog Link application automatically picks up the feeds of the website that are listed in your profile. Mine included two self-hosted WP bogs and my Twitter stream. There doesn’t seem to be a way to get the feeds for self-hosted blogs that aren’t listed in your profile.

Lee

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