As many of you, I too utilize social media as my main communication tool.
Yes I still check email, but I love the quick status messages from my friends, family, clients and colleagues.
We are a “byte sized” information society. We scan web pages, we don’t read them. We surf the net looking for what we want and if we don’t find it on the webpage within 7 seconds we move on to the next listing on our SERP (search engine result page).
I read so many blogs that the only way I can keep up with my interests is to subscribe to them with my RSS reader. I use Google Reader, to enable me to see all the latest articles from multiple blogs in one place.
I use Seesmic Desktop to manage Twitter and Facebook, again so I can get all the information and respond from one application, just makes for more time efficiency.
One of my other primary social platforms is LinkedIn. I have made great contacts in the professional realm with LinkedIn groups and discussions, but I have to go to LinkedIn.com to participate.
Yes I can use ping.fm to post a status update, but I can not join a group, read current messages, visit my inbox, or comment on a discussion unless I go to LinkedIn.com.
So when are they going to get on board and allow developers access to hook into their program? Do they even have an API? Maybe, but not one that anyone is using to my knowledge, otherwise I know the guys at Seesmic would now have a LinkedIn tab.
Doesn’t this just make sense?
Hey LinkedIn do you wish to comment? Do you know this article is even here mentioning you? Guess we will wait and see.
What do you think? Would you like to see LinkedIn follow suit, like Facebook and Twitter and allow developers to give you easy access to manage your LinkedIn profile with your third party management tool of choice, without having to go to LinkedIn.com all the time?
Love to hear your thoughts.
