After my last post I got some positive comments on the LinkedIn custom field type I wrote. One of the issues with LinkedIn is the way they expose their data for mashups. The only thing you can use directly is the script widget for embedding company information (see previous post).
This weekend, I expanded the custom field types with a LinkedIn userprofile page:
Which generates a LinkedIn icon with a link to the profile of the user:
and
I got a tip from my old colleague Jasper about someone who built an application that grabs the LinkedIn information from profile pages. Dirty way, but it works for now and it gives a nice XML file with all the profile data.
A nice opportunity to build some more functionality: a LinkedIn Webpart!
Now it only shows some user data, but it can easily be extended with blog postings, job history, groups etc, etc.
Like I promised, I will post the WSP later on :)