Comments on: Facebook vs. LinkedIn for accounting professionals http://neilmcintyre.ca/facebook-vs-linkedin-for-accounting-professionals/ From external to internal audit Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Krupo http://neilmcintyre.ca/facebook-vs-linkedin-for-accounting-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Krupo Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:27:25 +0000 http://neilmcintyre.dreamhosters.com/?p=184#comment-403 The marketing angle repulses me on so many of those things... and yet I use them. I'm so awesome... ;) The marketing angle repulses me on so many of those things… and yet I use them.

I’m so awesome… ;)

]]> By: Neil http://neilmcintyre.ca/facebook-vs-linkedin-for-accounting-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Neil Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:02:14 +0000 http://neilmcintyre.dreamhosters.com/?p=184#comment-402 With the release of the API I don't see how they could possibly fail to take over the world. All the functionality of LinkedIn could be replicated through Applications. With the release of the API I don’t see how they could possibly fail to take over the world. All the functionality of LinkedIn could be replicated through Applications.

]]> By: Krupo http://neilmcintyre.ca/facebook-vs-linkedin-for-accounting-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Krupo Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:29:13 +0000 http://neilmcintyre.dreamhosters.com/?p=184#comment-401 It'll be interesting to see if fcbk can take over the rest of the world or if it'll just maintain one huge fiefdom in the (North) Americas... It’ll be interesting to see if fcbk can take over the rest of the world or if it’ll just maintain one huge fiefdom in the (North) Americas…

]]> By: Neil http://neilmcintyre.ca/facebook-vs-linkedin-for-accounting-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Neil Thu, 03 May 2007 20:10:33 +0000 http://neilmcintyre.dreamhosters.com/?p=184#comment-400 Iain, thanks for your comments! :) You're right about LinkedIn having a much more global footprint - I'm now noticing how many more Europeans in particular show up in search results. The FOAF thing is pretty cool, I'd never heard of it before. Seems that Jeremy Newman isn't the only one at BDO Stoy Hayward that "gets" technology! Iain, thanks for your comments! :)

You’re right about LinkedIn having a much more global footprint — I’m now noticing how many more Europeans in particular show up in search results.

The FOAF thing is pretty cool, I’d never heard of it before.

Seems that Jeremy Newman isn’t the only one at BDO Stoy Hayward that “gets” technology!

]]> By: Iain Simpson http://neilmcintyre.ca/facebook-vs-linkedin-for-accounting-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Iain Simpson Thu, 03 May 2007 07:00:32 +0000 http://neilmcintyre.dreamhosters.com/?p=184#comment-399 The problem with these social networking sites is not the missing people but more the missing connections. I have created multiple profiles over the years on LinkedIn, Ecademy, Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Six Degrees and others I have forgotten, yet the real problem for me is being unable to replicate the content in a standard format or at the very least link the profiles. The Friend of a friend ( see FOAF on Wikipedia) project has been around for a number of years and has been largely ignored by the social networking phenomenon and following. A simple means of re-using profile data and re-purposing it is sitting waiting to be used but marketeers and developers have overlooked it. The web is all about connecting, Web 2.0 for all of its hype has failed to implement the most basic means to 'connect' and 'engage' the communities online. Until standards are applied then we resign ourselves to creating multiple profiles on multiple alumni, social networking and professional membership sites and in turn missing the connection opportunities the web can offer. Iain Simpson, Head of Knowledge Management and Online, BDO Stoy Hayward LLP The problem with these social networking sites is not the missing people but more the missing connections. I have created multiple profiles over the years on LinkedIn, Ecademy, Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Six Degrees and others I have forgotten, yet the real problem for me is being unable to replicate the content in a standard format or at the very least link the profiles.

The Friend of a friend ( see FOAF on Wikipedia) project has been around for a number of years and has been largely ignored by the social networking phenomenon and following. A simple means of re-using profile data and re-purposing it is sitting waiting to be used but marketeers and developers have overlooked it.

The web is all about connecting, Web 2.0 for all of its hype has failed to implement the most basic means to ‘connect’ and ‘engage’ the communities online.

Until standards are applied then we resign ourselves to creating multiple profiles on multiple alumni, social networking and professional membership sites and in turn missing the connection opportunities the web can offer.

Iain Simpson, Head of Knowledge Management and Online, BDO Stoy Hayward LLP

]]> By: Iain Simpson http://neilmcintyre.ca/facebook-vs-linkedin-for-accounting-professionals/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Iain Simpson Thu, 03 May 2007 06:51:32 +0000 http://neilmcintyre.dreamhosters.com/?p=184#comment-398 Worth noting that Facebook is still predominantly American in its focus whilst LinkedIn has a much better international coverage. MySpace clearly steals the lead for social networking the Generation X community. What puzzles me is why FOAF (friend of a friend - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOAF_%28software%29 ) has not been adopted by all of these social networking sites. Surely the benefits of linking all of our online social spaces is obvious and could result in an online 'personality' reflecting the many facets of a person? Until social networking agrees and adopts standards we will continue to have competing solutions, multiple profiles, varying degrees of completedness and missed opportunities to connect. Worth noting that Facebook is still predominantly American in its focus whilst LinkedIn has a much better international coverage. MySpace clearly steals the lead for social networking the Generation X community.

What puzzles me is why FOAF (friend of a friend — see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOAF_%28software%29 ) has not been adopted by all of these social networking sites. Surely the benefits of linking all of our online social spaces is obvious and could result in an online ‘personality’ reflecting the many facets of a person?

Until social networking agrees and adopts standards we will continue to have competing solutions, multiple profiles, varying degrees of completedness and missed opportunities to connect.

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