Monthly Archives: January 2008

Twitter’s Down – Come Talk About it On Pownce!

Posted on January 31, 2008 by jessestay

Twitter’s down and I want to talk about it – come join me on Pownce! http://www.pownce.com/jessestay

Posted in 122, 123, 77, 78, OSS, Pownce | 2 Comments

Bebo Announces Auto-play for All for Flash on User Profiles

Posted on January 31, 2008 by jessestay

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in 43, 5, 60, 61, Bebo, Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS, Reviews, Social Media | 2 Comments

Cha Cha Saved My Brother – Why I’m a Believer

Posted on January 31, 2008 by jessestay

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in 112, 116, 40, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS, Reviews, Social Media | 2 Comments

Better Blog Visibility With Facebook Notes Tagging

Posted on January 30, 2008 by jessestay

On FacebookAdvice.com (the official blog for the book, “I’m On Facebook — Now What???”), I go over how you can use Facebook Notes tagging to get the attention of those with larger networks in Facebook. This is my first time … Continue reading →

Posted in 120, 51, 53, 54, Blogging, Facebook, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, I'm on Facebook -- Now What???, Social Media | Leave a comment

MySpace Announces Developer Platform, OpenSocial to Leave Beta Feb. 5?

Posted on January 30, 2008 by jessestay

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, MySpace, OpenSocial, OSS, Social Media | 2 Comments

Prologue – OpenSocial for Twitter

Posted on January 29, 2008 by jessestay

Just today, Matt Mullenweg, founding developer and owner of Automattic, announced a new, open source, theme for WordPress called Prologue. The theme essentially turns your blog into a “mini-Twitter”, with a “Whatcha up to?” text box at the top where … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OpenSocial, OSS, Social Media, Twitter, wordpress | 1 Comment

A Very Social Farewell to Gordon B. Hinckley, President and Prophet of the Mormon Church

Posted on January 28, 2008 by jessestay

Tonight at 7:00 pm Gordon B. Hinckley, President and Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away in the company of loved ones. President Hinckley was 97 at his passing. I’ve been alive through the death … Continue reading →

Posted in OSS, Religion | 2 Comments

Why Facebook Did *Not* Release Their Platform Last Night

Posted on January 26, 2008 by jessestay

It’s all over the web right now that Facebook supposedly “released their platform last night”. I want to clarify the situation – Facebook did not release their platform last night! What Facebook did release, as the title of their announcement … Continue reading →

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Pownce – Why it May be Worth Considering

Posted on January 26, 2008 by jessestay

I’m very surprised that Twitter is not trying to compete with Pownce. As some of you may know, Pownce recently went out of beta, and opened their platform to anyone interested in joining. For awhile, I wasn’t much of a … Continue reading →

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Next Utah Social Media Developers Garage Meeting: February 2nd

Posted on January 26, 2008 by jessestay

I have learned from Joseph Scott (a local developer at Automattic, the owners of WordPress) that Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress will be in town on February 2nd. Originally we were going to plan on the next Utah … Continue reading →

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