Yep, I was about to say, surely not another place to put my linkedin/ facebook/twitter/about.me/blog/ profile.
rapportive brings this into your gmail easily. confluence would be the other option for something decentralised that anyone can edit, bonus points for using aussie company product! .. Vnicent On Jun 13, 4:16 pm, Jonathan Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Matthew Ho <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with this - what's missing is people's profiles and what they > > want out of Silicon Beach. > > Rapportive does this for me already! > > > > > > > > > > > Just a simple profile with links to Twitter, Linkedin, blog to find > > out more. Ability to contact them directly about business > > opportunities. > > > Some potential solutions: > > > - maybe google group has this feature and we haven't explored it. > > > - buddypress: James mentioned wordpress. This is free and opensource > > community plugin. Social network out of the box. GigaOm Pro uses this. > >http://buddypress.org/ > > > - community engine: an aussie startup I came across with a social > > network platform. > > > On Jun 12, 7:00 pm, Marc Harrison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Love this topic! Been thinking a lot about this myself, but as a newbie > > to > > > the group didn't want to offer my suggestion until I'd been here a little > > > longer. > > > > I have been thinking this group is great for Q&A type discussions, okay > > for > > > link sharing, but could do a better job of helping us connect with each > > > other. The requirement to introduce yourself is good, but I am guessing > > > that many people don't do this. And how many people go back and read old > > > "introduce yourself" posts, meaning most will only ever read the ones > > that > > > are posted after they join? And what you write about yourself today is > > > probably out of date within a few months. And everyone has their own > > > opinion on what to include in an into post when a standard structure > > might > > > be nice. And... you get the idea. > > > > What I would LOVE is a database of members, like a component of a social > > > network I guess. My initial thought is that it would be a one page > > profile > > > with lots of useful info, and we could use a link to that page as our one > > > line signature when we post to SB. > > > > The profile page would include things like: > > > - name > > > - location > > > - brief description of yourself (with a tight word limit) > > > - link to business website(s) > > > - link to LinkedIn profile (so you don't have to talk a lot about your > > > background as users can read it there) > > > - twitter ID > > > - a link to a search for all your previous SB posts. > > > > and MOST importantly: > > > > - what you can offer to other members of SB; > > > - how other SB members can help you; and > > > > It is these last two questions that would differentiate this database and > > > make it useful, relative to say just using a LinkedIn group where many of > > us > > > already have our typical business profiles. So you could include things > > > like "looking for tech co-founders" or "I'm an RoR develop willing to > > work > > > for equity" etc. (with a bit more detail, of course, and written > > > specifically for members of SB). > > > > It would be live, so we could change it whenever our circumstances > > change. > > > And if we wanted to highlight a change in our circumstances we could > > still > > > post to the group just as we would today. > > > > I think this would complement a job board, or maybe be even of more > > value, > > > particularly for businesses that follow the idea that I love - to "always > > be > > > recruiting". (ie. You're much more likely to find the best people if you > > > take them when you find them, not just settle for the best available when > > > you have a role to fill). > > > > Again, a link to our profile on this database would be the perfect > > signature > > > for our SB posts. When you read an interesting post you'd be one click > > away > > > from getting all the info you need about the member that wrote the post. > > > > I'm a business guy, not a tech guy, but would be happy to help out in any > > > project to get something like this up and running. > > > > Marc.www.harrisonbc.com > > > My SB intro post: > >https://groups.google.com/d/topic/silicon-beach-australia/kO9IqyZOtZM... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > Australia mailing list. > > > Guidelines on discussion: > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > > No lurkers! 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