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...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...Want to Learn How to Write Facebook Apps? Now’s Your Chance
On Thursday morning I’m doing a free webcast for Safari Books Online (moderated by OReilly’s Laurel Ackerman) in which I’m going to go into further detail than I have before on how to get started building Facebook apps. I’ll take you from start to finish, focusing this time on more hands-on coding, and less introduction […]
Read more...Come Get Your Books Signed! I Want to Meet You!
I hate shameless self-promotion, but this is one opportunity I get to do such. I hope you bear with me. For those of you at BlogWorld Expo, I’d like to meet you in person if you’ll join me for a book signing from 3-4pm Pacific near the BlogWorld Expo Bookstore today (October 16, 2009). The […]
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...Presentation Recap
I’ve had a presentation every week for the past 3 weeks. I shared with you my Facebook Development for Beginners Presentation, so you have the first week. Last week, I had the opportunity to speak in front of Ignite, Salt Lake City in front of about 100 or so people (so it seemed at least) […]
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...Let’s Meet in Person!
The end of this year is turning out to be quite an eventful one for me. This Friday I’ll be doing a free O’Reilly Webinar, “Creating Facebook Applications — A Beginner’s Guide”. The webinar starts at 10:00am PST, and I’ll probably talk for about 30-40 minutes on how to get started in Facebook App development, […]
Read more...Twitter API Lead Changes Priorities With New Book
UPDATE: Be sure to see Alex’s comment below for his view on this. I am a huge fan of Twitter, regardless of what I say or ever complain about. As a developer of Twitter apps, I want to see it succeed. However, I will sound the warning bell when I see things happen that could […]
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