LinkedIn Throws a Little Upcoming Into the Site

What I'd like is for LinkedIn to make their API more open and available.

They can still filter on the quality of the apps (so there's no throwing of vampires at each other), but I think there's a bunch of value the community can create. They're way behind on that front compared to others -- like Twitter and Facebook.

Nice tip!

My event is on Linked in now! Very cool!

This will be nice, since most everything that I put into Upcoming is business-related anyway.

However, I'd like for LinkedIn to fix their existing applications. They still don't load for me at times.

I just recently got the Blog app on my linkedin witch is very cool as it really get people going to my blog more often.

Looks like they already have have something Twitter-related with the Company Buzz app.

Doesn't look like you can invite people to events with the new Event app...hope that will be the next step. I'd like to see a travel recommendation app (recommend hotels, restaurants, etc.) - TripIt doesn't look like it would fill that gap.

Congrats on the launch, LinkedIn.

Eventbrite is very pleased to now be able to distribute our vast directory of business events to this valuable audience.

They Do have something from Twitterology; CompanyBuzz.
It's off the search.twitter.com firehose, and you can plug in tracked words being said about you/your company.
(though they're not getting the whole thing yet)

It's good for while you're there, but it's really a feature
that expands Linkedin for Linked in's sake.

If we're runnin 'n gunnin these days,
our reputation management is a separate, real task, and some of our Twitter time SHOULD be searching ourselves on search.twitter (only takes minutes), and it's Not an "ego" search, IT'S BUSINESS.
But that's only Twitter.
You have to have a full featured tool.

You also hear helpful feedback, and then can plot your course better; whether you should be writing a book and attending a (thousand) conference, or doing something else to grow.

Re: LinkedIn applications, I recall commenting on one of your earlier posts that I hoped LI wouldn't become an app pimping platform. More recently, though, I sort of contradicted myself when I stated in a LI discussion that I think that there should be a Lijit Wijit for LI. LI is now pumping apps, and so far, I am liking what is coming. I guess so long as they don't forget the business orientation, LI won't become Facebook's stodgy cousin. So I guess it's OK, but I still sort of liked it better when LinkedIn WAS the app. But if you can pull any strings, please resubmit the LI/Lijit mashup post that you did a few months back!

Speaking of "poking," as long as they don't start uploading apps to throw sheep at people I'm good (reference to Facebook). I've always liked LinkedIn for it's simplicity. Not as many people use it as much as I do and that's ok. I find it to be very functional and now that they've loaded some new apps I'm sure others will find it much more resourceful.

Some of the apps that I'm digging are:
- Huddle workspaces for collaboration on projects
- SixApart on Linked (for promoting your blog posts). Yes I'm on Typepad so what!?
And I'm definitely liking this new feature! I'm always on the lookout for upcoming events so having them there is a benefit to me.

Do I want them to add something else to the mix? I'm sorry but I can't think of anything at present. The only thing that's on my mind is that I don't want them to overdo it! I've always liked LinkedIn for it's simplicity.

A little while back I decided to go with Xing over LinkedIn, what are your thoughts on Xing compared to what LinkedIn offers?

Echoing Ontario and Ricardo, I'd prefer the LI folks improve existing services before offering new ones.

For instance, the Account Settings allow RSS feed subscriptions for Answer sections, but suppose I don't want to receive a complete category feed; suppose I only want to receive feeds from certain questions. Right now, that's not an option.

Or can there be a way to view your connections, Chris, not merely by name and title but also including a tiny face picture, such as the avatars on Twitter?

I'd like to see if LinkedIn can make it harder for people to fib on their online resumes. For example, Facebook really tries to make sure you really are who you say you are. LinkedIn should make sure you've really done what you say you've done.

@Ari: don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I don't like the upgrades LinkedIn has made. I really do like them! Particularly 1.) Huddle Workspaces and 2.) Event Updates. I've just also always liked LinkedIn for it's simplicity.

@Allan: maybe that's where the power of the network comes in and the recommendations. LinkedIn does a great job at mapping out a person's connections. If I connect with you, I look for connections that we share in common. If you've been recommended by someone that I hold in high-regard, well...it reinforces the quality of the work that you've done.

Chris - good points. I forgot all about the recommendations. I wonder what the percentage of profiles with recommendations are out of the whole population on LinkedIn. My guess is that it is still an underutilized feature.

@Ricardo: a great point - LI should go back to keeping everything simple. It is after all about the network and recommendations.

@Chris: I think you would be right with the under utilization of recommendations, perhaps a simple reminder from LI on a monthly basis to fill in recommendations if you have done business with someone within your LI network would help everyone out.

Coming in a little late to the thread, but wanted to comment after digging in a bit more to some of LinkedIn's latest features. I agree that I'd like to see them improve some of the existing functionality. In particular, I'd like to have the ability to add an RSS feed to the news section of a group--it'd be nice to have content with a specific tag feed into this page instead of having to manually add an article URL.