Facebook Developer Guidelines Added to Developer Wiki
I noticed this set of guidelines posted to the Facebook Developers Wiki on Saturday. The guidelines are not surprising, considering the recent backlash surrounding forced invites in many of the applications currently on Facebook. The guidelines are as followed, and I’m sure more will be added: Invites Do not force a user to send invites. […]
Read more...A Very Different Generation
I mentioned previously about the death of the Mormon President, Gordon B. Hinckley. What I found fascinating was the response on sites like Twitter and Facebook to his death. Gordon B. Hinckley is the President of the LDS church that truly brought the church into the 21st century. Yesterday was his funeral, and as a […]
Read more...fb:21-plus – Pornography coming to Facebook?
I noticed a rather controversial tag added to the Facebook developer’s wiki today. The tag is called fb:21-plus. From the documentation, fb:21-plus “Restricts content to users who match the ages.”. Here’s an example of it’s use: Oh la laBarney? The only use of this that I can see is for the production of more mature […]
Read more...Microsoft to Buy Yahoo, Microsoft and Open Source Collide
Today Microsoft announced they were putting in a bid to buy Yahoo, Inc. I am torn on this one, and slightly confused on what may happen if this actually takes place. Like, will I now have to sign in with Microsoft Passport on all of the Yahoo sites? Will OpenId still be in Yahoo’s plans? […]
Read more...The Book is Off to the Press, but Wait — There’s More!
I’m extremely happy and relieved to say that “I’m on Facebook — Now What???” is off to the press, and the eBook is now available for purchase on the HappyAbout.info site. It has been a long time coming, but we’re finished! “I’m on Facebook — Now What???” is now officially one of the first books […]
Read more...Demo of Prologue With Joseph Scott, Developer at Automattic
I sat down for lunch at Applebees with Joseph Scott, a Developer at Automattic, who was the developer on the Prologue project. As I mentioned earlier, Prologue is essentially, as I term it, “OpenSocial for Twitter“, and allows you to create your own Twitter-like community on any WordPress blog with the addition of just a […]
Read more...Twitter’s Down – Come Talk About it On Pownce!
Twitter’s down and I want to talk about it – come join me on Pownce! http://www.pownce.com/jessestay
Read more...Bebo Announces Auto-play for All for Flash on User Profiles
A really cool feature of the Bebo API is that, unlike the Facebook API, they are committed to allow autoplay on Flash widgets placed on Profile pages. Facebook has turned off this feature, requiring users to click on the widget before it is allowed to play. Today, Bebo became even more appealing by announcing they […]
Read more...Cha Cha Saved My Brother – Why I’m a Believer
A few weeks ago, I met at a Tweetup with Justin Keller from ChaCha.com and a few others that were in town visiting for Sundance. He gave me a cool, free scarf with the Cha Cha and Sundance Logos on it. It was my first official “Sundance Swag”.  That was also my first introduction to […]
Read more...MySpace Announces Developer Platform, OpenSocial to Leave Beta Feb. 5?
Tonight, MySpace released a signup to enter their development platform. Mashable is reporting that the Platform will go live February 5, and will support OpenSocial from day 1. The MySpace Platform is also rumored to provide revenue sharing options for developers, perhaps providing a solution to the ad sharing networks becoming so rampant on Facebook […]
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