http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/taxonomy/term/1090/0 en http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/want-be-social-network <p><a href="http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/2008/10/31/dopplr-joining-the-social-network-for-travellers/" rel="nofollow">Kaj</a> wrote about using <a href="http://www.dopplr.com/traveller/KrisBuytaert" rel="nofollow">Dopplr</a> to keep track of where colegues and friends are traveling and finding out about accidental meetups. (I even use it to track where one of the Inuits collegues work plans)<br /> Now I have never met <a href="http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Giuseppe</a> , but we shared slides before so I'd love to meet him one day .. connecting to him via Dopplr gives me that opportunity .. who knows one day Dopplr will tell me we have matching travel schedules. </p> <p>Earlier this week <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn</a> announced <a href="http://www.tripit.com/" rel="nofollow">Tripit</a> as one of their first integrated applications, I was a bit dissapointed I use Tripit to let Dopplr learn about my trips , but I really prefer Dopplr over Tripit. </p> <p>Now there are 2 things I would like to acoomplish with these kind of tools.<br /> First of all I don't mind giving all of my LinkedIn contacts, so my whole addresbook, access to my upcoming travel plans so I can meet up with them again if our plans happen to match. On the other hand I use LinkedIn as my addressbook, so it only contains people I've met, or collaborated with (sometimes even over a decade ago) . And there are a bunch of people out there that I haven't met yet but that I'd love to meet one day and buy some beers or even dinner/lunch. I'd love to connect to them on Dopplr to make that happen but I don't want to have them connected on LinkedIn (yet). </p> <p>So when Dopplr integrates with LinkedIn I hope they think about this kind of scenario ..</p> <p>Oh and btw.. <a href="http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/10/30/i-unsubscribed-from-the-planet-mysql-feed/" rel="nofollow">Xaprb</a> rocks !</p> http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/want-be-social-network#comments community dopplr linkedin mysql open source social network Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:00:10 +0000 Kris Buytaert 760 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog