WhoWorks.At
Productivity
professional networking
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How HN took it
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful and fun to use; seeing faces helps recall people
From 2 comments
Clickable: http://whoworks.at/download This is dope. Using this now...
frankdenbow on HNSomeone pointed that one out to me after I started. I really like being able to see faces, sometimes I recognize people without remembering names.
johndbritton on HN
Objections
Company search misses relevant results (e.g. Yahoo! vs Yahoo Shine), and shows wrong counts
From 3 comments
I tried it on www.yahoo.com (as a former Yahoo! employee) and it said that Yahoo Shine wasn't in my network. Something odd there, maybe someone listed Yahoo Shine's address as…
sh1mmer on HNI'm in the Navy. The vast majority of people I know are in the Navy. When I visit navy.mil, whoworks.at tells me that 1,566 people on linkedin work at Navy Federal Credit Union,…
niels_olson on HNThat's because the search I'm doing "yahoo" doesn't return Yahoo! as the most relevant result, it's a shame but a limitation of not having an API for company search at LinkedIn.…
johndbritton on HN
Loading state is missing when opening the popup
From 1 comment
Nice extension. Couple of small suggestions - When the extension icon is clicked, a blank screen appears for a few seconds while the api is fetching the data i assume. A loading…
ramanujam on HN
Right-click to open profiles in new tab does not work
From 1 comment
Nice extension. Couple of small suggestions - When the extension icon is clicked, a blank screen appears for a few seconds while the api is fetching the data i assume. A loading…
ramanujam on HN
Requests
Firefox, Safari and bookmarklet versions
From 1 comment
Via Twitter, whoworks.at just let me know that they also plan to provide Firefox and Safari extensions, as well as a bookmarklet version:…
JoshTriplett on HN
Loading message while data is fetched
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback, loading message is on my todo list now.
johndbritton on HN
Alerts on foursquare check-ins and note-taking on contacts
From 1 comment
Definitely plan to provide more ways to access WhoWorks.At, any other ways you want to use it? Two other feature ideas: 1. Alerts you of your network when you check in to a venue…
johndbritton on HN
Questions
Is there a LinkedIn company search API
From 1 comment
That's because the search I'm doing "yahoo" doesn't return Yahoo! as the most relevant result, it's a shame but a limitation of not having an API for company search at LinkedIn.…
johndbritton on HN
Alternatives named
An existing Chrome extension showing faces of LinkedIn contacts
From 1 comment
Looks great! Reminds me of https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/golfffpdocdndgkahjdgofkbcoiefdmo
dwynings on HN