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Re: Show HN: An elegant profile for a more civilized age

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Post by ahugon » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 4:02 PM UTC

lotsofcows wrote: post #7

Can't cut and paste it easily. Audrey's entry in my list of potential recruits would end up as her name and a short, bad tempered note. Compare it to linkedin's profile where I can grab key information easily (fairly easily - I imagine spreadsheet types get upset).

Thanks for the feedback; you're absolutely right, and it's partly intentional. The profile that's displayed on the front page isn't actually 100% indicative of what it looks like if you sign up -- more a joke than anything else. The goal of this was to present an alternative to about.me more than anything else (and thus certainly not to cater to recruiters).

Re: Show HN: An elegant profile for a more civilized age

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Post by ahugon » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 4:03 PM UTC

V-2 wrote: post #6

comlonq wrote: post #4

"Sign in with Twitter". Looks like I can't use this service... nice..

Me neither. I'm not going to register on Twitter just for the sake of checking this service out, especially given how scarce the sample is.

Totally fair. If you want to see a more full-fleshed ("real") sample, you can check out the page I generated for myself: http://www.emblem.io/alex

Re: Show HN: An elegant profile for a more civilized age

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Post by ahugon » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 4:05 PM UTC

hipsters_unite wrote: post #2

I'm not sure I fully understand - clearly this is a LinkedIn competitor, but is it pulling data from their API or is it a standalone service?

I'm flattered! -- though I prefer to think of it as being in the about.me space. This was just a 48 hour side-thing that I wanted to put out there. And for the record, it doesn't make any use of LinkedIn's API whatsoever!

Re: Show HN: An elegant profile for a more civilized age

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Post by ahugon » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 4:25 PM UTC

jcutrell wrote: post #9

I would highly recommend that instead of making this a web app, you turn it into a theme of some sort. Most people will not want ANOTHER profile on ANOTHER domain. But, many people do still want to have their own domain. Make it easy for me to direct my dns at you, and then it makes more sense for me as a user.

That's a great point, thanks! Should people actually start using it, I'll definitely consider investing some more time in it.

Re: Show HN: An elegant profile for a more civilized age

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Post by V-2 » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 4:11 PM UTC

ahugon wrote: post #12

V-2 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Me neither. I'm not going to register on Twitter just for the sake of checking this service out, especially given how scarce the sample is.

Totally fair. If you want to see a more full-fleshed ("real") sample, you can check out the page I generated for myself: http://www.emblem.io/alex

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