Monthly Archives: June 2008

Thanks for the Memories, Bill Gates!

Posted on June 29, 2008 by jessestay

This is a picture of my very first computer. It was my very first glimpse into the world of Microsoft that would soon bring interest to the brilliant career as a software developer that I am now able to fulfill. … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, microsoft, OSS, pc, pc history | 7 Comments

Twitter Continues to Fail Developers, Why They Will Still Succeed

Posted on June 27, 2008 by jessestay

I’m going to dub this Part 2 of my Twitter Love/Hate fest – this should be my last installment for awhile on this topic, I hope. In reality, I really love Twitter. I have a good network on Twitter and … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS, Social Media, Twitter, twitter api, twitter business, twitter problems | 10 Comments

TalkingHeadTV Interviews Me About the Twitter Developer Dilemma

Posted on June 21, 2008 by jessestay

This morning Justin R. Young of TalkingHeadTV interviewed me via webcam (couldn’t figure out how to get rid of the yellow whitebalance on my webcam – I’m really not that yellow!), and asked some great questions in follow up to … Continue reading →

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Developers Bailing on Twitter

Posted on June 19, 2008 by jessestay

I’ve been following various development mailing lists lately, and I’m seeing a trend of developers starting to bail on Twitter. This is a scary thought, because when the developers bail, so will the users. It all started with a conversation … Continue reading →

Posted in fail whale, FriendFeed, net::twitter, OSS, Perl, Social Media, Twitter, twitter api, twitter development, twitter problems | 558 Comments

Jesse Stay – No, it’s Not *My* Name!

Posted on June 17, 2008 by jessestay

“Is your Father also Jesse Stay?” I can’t tell you how many times in my life I have heard those words when introducing myself. Whether I was registering for school, going to church, a Boy Scout, or even half-way around … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Force Heros, byu motion picture studios, Changing the World, Hero, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, jesse stay, OSS, Religion, world war II stories, world war II veterans | 579 Comments

Facebook Announces F8 In the Middle of OSCON, Coincidence?

Posted on June 13, 2008 by jessestay

Just yesterday, Facebook announced their second F8 conference, to occur July 23, 2008. This Developer-targeted event is said to possibly include some major announcements, including the new Profile redesign, more information about the fbOpen platform, and most significantly, possibly the … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook open source, facebook platform, fbml essentials, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OpenSocial, oreilly, oscon, OSS, Perl, Social Media | 6 Comments

Breaking: Facebook Adds "Add New Tab" to New Design

Posted on June 6, 2008 by jessestay

Facebook appears to have just launched a previously announced feature to their new design staging area. If you go there you’ll notice a new little “+” sign next to the tabs at the top. Click on this, and now you … Continue reading →

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Social Coding Series: I’m In Your Social Graph, Hacking Your Life – a Howto

Posted on June 4, 2008 by jessestay

As the first entry to my Social Coding series I’m going to cover Google’s Social Graph API. I saw a demo of this at Google I/O in San Francisco and was so impressed that I immediately started hacking on it … Continue reading →

Posted in Google, google code, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OpenSocial, OSS, Social Coding, social graph, social graph api, Social Media, Social Network Optimization, socialgraph, socialgraph api | 1 Comment

Please Come Join me on FriendFeed

Posted on June 3, 2008 by jessestay

How did I get to spend a day with Robert Scoble? How did I get to participate in the interview with Twitter founders, Evan Williams and Biz Stone, that ended up on the front page of TechCrunch? I joined the … Continue reading →

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Who Needs Obama? The Google Health API Will Change the HealthCare Industry

Posted on June 3, 2008 by jessestay

Pay attention – Google is onto something big, something that could very well change the world, and no, it’s not OpenSocial or App Engine or Android. One of the biggest overlooked items in the last several days has been an … Continue reading →

Posted in Changing the World, Google, google health, health care, health care technology, healthcare, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS | 40 Comments