Well Done Guy! Chris DeVore is a Cheapskate
I just caught this article from Mashable and I just had to pipe in. In the article, Mashable’s Kristen Nicole claims Guy Kawasaki paid too much for the development of AllTop, at $10,000. They compare it to Askablogr.com, claiming Chris DeVore only paid $7500 for the development of Askablogr, with its rich feature-set. I was […]
Read more...Announcing the First West Coast OpenSocial Hackathon
After meeting up with Bess Ho, founder of the Silicon Valley Web Builders and Facebook Developers Garage, we decided a joint hackathon, focusing on OpenSocial would be a great opportunity for both of our groups. So I’m proud to announce that next week, March 26, from 8pm MST to 1am MST the Utah Social Media […]
Read more...Facebook Getting the Vote Out – but is it Good for Developers?
You’re seeing it here first folks – this morning Facebook announced a new tag on its wiki called . I imagine an announcement from Facebook will come soon on their purposes for this. From the wiki, : Displays a Rock the Vote widget inline in your application. The text inside the tags is formatted as […]
Read more...Facebook Works to Reduce Spam Further With "Feed Forms"
Today, a new way of posting to the News Feed in Facebook appeared on the Facebook Developer’s wiki. Facebook introduced “Feed Forms”. To use a Feed form, you simply create a regular form as you would any other form, but add a special “fbtype” attribute to the form. The only documented value listed thus far […]
Read more...I’m On Facebook–Now What??? Makes the New York Times
My Google Alerts notified me yesterday that the book I wrote with Jason Alba, “I’m On Facebook–Now What???” was featured in the New York Times. The New York Times was interviewing my co-author on new ways to find a job if your current methods aren’t working. It was a brief mention, just stating Jason was […]
Read more...Announcing New Features for SocialToo.com
Many of you are currently using SocialToo.com for auto-following those that follow you on Twitter. Well, I just added 2 new features to the site that might warrant you wanting to log in again and seeing what’s there. The first feature is Facebook profile redirects – now, “yoursocialtoouser.socialtoo.com” will redirect to your Facebook profile if […]
Read more...London Earthquake and Twitter
As I was blogging about emergencies yesterday, I saw an amazing thing happen today. I mentioned I am tracking the term, “earthquake” on Twitter. This evening I started receiving a large influx of Twitters on my cellphone, almost non-stop that an earthquake had hit London. It was almost immediate, and turning to the news revealed […]
Read more...OpenSocial Launch to be delayed "a few weeks"
I’ve blogged over at OpensocialNow.com that Orkut is delaying their launch to the public for a few weeks. Read more about it here: http://opensocialnow.com/2008/02/26/opensocial-launch-to-be-delayed-a-few-weeks/
Read more...Announcing OpensocialNow.com – OpenSocial News and Reviews
I’m proud to announce a new website I’ve been working on. You may have heard me Twitter about it a few times. The site is called OpensocialNow!, and will be your source for OpenSocial News, Reviews, and info. We’ll cover the Orkut launch, the Myspace launch, Hi5, and LinkedIn, as well as general things you […]
Read more...Twitter as a Tool for Disasters and Emergencies
First, let me start by apologizing for the silence. I kind of went dark over the weekend for an all-weekend binge to finish a project developing a Facebook app for a very large client. I’m actually quite pleased with what we were able to accomplish in just a matter of 2 days! (and no sleep, […]
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