I was on the panel for this month’s Bay Area Facebook Meetup, here is a video:
Entries Tagged as 'Application Development'
Bay Area Facebook Meetup
April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Application Development · Facebook · OpenSocial · Social Networking
Facebook opens Permissions API to 3rd party applications
April 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Facebook announced yesterday a new site of APIs they are referring to as “Permissions APIs”. These new APIs will finally give sites such as adonomics.com and developeranalytics.com the needed data to actually have accurate data. Application developers will be able to grant these companies access to their metrics by allowing their applications to call admin.getDailyMetrics.
With […]
Tags: Application Development · Facebook · Social Networking
Weekend Apps
February 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
WeekendApps is a full weekend event to get developers and entrepreneurs together to build and release Facebook applications in one weekend. We want to help you build hugely successful Facebook applications that grow virally and reach millions of users. Our goal is to assist entrepreneurs to reach their potential, launch their startups, and achieve massive […]
Tags: Application Development · Design · Facebook · Social Networking · Web Design
Web Developer’s Field Guide
February 11th, 2008 · No Comments
At some point when developing, you most always hit some type of road block in the development process. When that happens and you forget how to use Google, someone out there has your back. Meet, webdevelopersfieldguide.com, people who searched Google and found the answer to your more than likely FAQ.
So in those desperate moments where […]
Tags: Application Development · Web Design
Can Myspace Bribe Developers?
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Myspace announced their new application developer platform tonight with semi-locked down event in San Francisco They gave everyone on the RSVP list a free Flip Video Camera and a bag full of other shwag.
After looking through the developer site, I have some serious concerns with the Myspace platform. For one, developers don’t get to host […]
Tags: Application Development · Facebook · OpenSocial · Social Networking
OpenSocial is VERY Open.
November 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Google has confirmed that there is no way to authenticate users on non-Google containers, thus allowing spoofing of accounts to occur, and people with the right amount of knowledge can hack OpenSocial to take over others applications.
Now, can someone please explain why Google, the world’s most successful internet company, with the smartest engineers, largest IPO, […]
Tags: Application Development · Facebook · OpenSocial · Social Networking
How ’social’ are the networks in OpenSocial?
November 3rd, 2007 · 6 Comments
With developers scrambling for API keys to be the first to launch applications on the new OpenSocial, it seems that Google scrambled as well to get the platform out the door. From my research, it seems that each social network involved will have its own system for sandboxing, regulatory policies, terms of service and other […]
Tags: Application Development · OpenSocial · Social Networking
Important Questions to Ask About OpenSocial
November 2nd, 2007 · 5 Comments
A lot of hype surrounds OpenSocial, but a few things may keep it from taking off the way Facebook applications have.
#1 - Can it be monetized?
If developers can’t make money off the applications, then what is the point of developing on the platform?
#2 - Is it truly open?
Can you communicate across social networks? Can I […]
Tags: Application Development · OpenSocial · Social Networking