Facebook to Launch SideWiki-like Recommendation System for Websites
On Saturday I broke news of a few specific XFBML tags Facebook will be releasing as part of its OpenGraph API, as revealed by their open source Javascript Client libraries. I held back one announcement that I think is almost just as interesting as their Insights for websites, or the SocialBar, which will provide Meebo-like […]
Read more...More "Insights" on the Facebook Open Graph API Surface
With Facebook’s F8 Developer’s conference right around the corner, there is a flurry of activity happening as the Facebook team rushes to prepare for many launches at the Conference. While I know more than I am saying, there is some evidence in plain view, open for all that we know for sure will be launched […]
Read more...Twitter’s @anywhere and Why it May Be Too Techie for Their Audience
In just one day, we’ll all be sitting in front of Ev Williams and Biz Stone as they announce Twitter’s new Facebook Connect competitor, @anywhere. This is Twitter’s big statement in the developer ecosystem, stating that they are shifting from a script and backend-focused model of developer integration, to a very front-end, javascript-centered focus that […]
Read more...Facebook’s Like Button for the Whole Internet – Here’s How it Works
Techcrunch today talked about a new “Like Button for the Whole Internet” which Facebook looks to be launching some time soon, and has been tested amongst several developers as they’ve been told. What they didn’t mention is that you can access the code for this right now in the code to the latest open source […]
Read more...Announcing the Winners of the Static FBML Contest
Over on Tamar Weinberg’s blog, Techipedia, I wrote an article about how to customize your FBML Page utilizing the Static FBML app on Facebook, along with a few other techniques. As part of the post we announced a contest. The 2 best Facebook Pages left in the comments to integrate FBML into a tab using […]
Read more...How to Customize Your Facebook Page
I get asked a lot how to customize your Facebook Page (that’s with a capital “P”, not to be confused with your personal profile). I wrote an article over on Tamar Weinberg’s (author of “The New Community Rules”) blog showing you what you need to do to get the most from your Page, including how […]
Read more...This New Trend in Facebook Apps Looks Ugly
I was tipped today onto Hulu’s new Facebook app, which seems to be aiming to bring the Hulu website into Facebook by including videos and a stream in the app itself. The thing is, it’s hardly an app – it’s just the Hulu website in an HTML tag with an embeded stream widget inside. (Not […]
Read more...Facebook Launches Custom Tags, Helps Developers Share Their Code
Facebook just released documentation about a brand new feature surrounding FBML that I think is game-changing. They call the feature “Custom Tags”, and the concept is simple. You create code on your servers that renders Facebook-compatible code. You register that code as a “custom tag” on Facebook’s servers, set it as private or public, and […]
Read more...Facebook Development for Beginners
This morning I had the opportunity to present via O’Reilly Webinar on Facebook development. I covered the basics of how to get started in Facebook development, and the resources that would get you going. I mentioned I’d post these slides online, so here they are. I was hoping to get audio attached to them, but […]
Read more...Amazon S3 Outage Affecting Book Sales
I was just writing a post about my new book on Facebook development, FBML Essentials, being released, when I realized Amazon’s problems right now are much bigger than S3. Previously, if I did a search for “Facebook“, an entire list of books would display, including my first book. Currently, it returns nothing. Searching for “I’m […]
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