Category Archives: developers

With New API, Twitter Attempts to Kill Autofollow Apps

Posted on June 21, 2013 by jessestay

Just this last week Twitter retired their long-lived 1.0 API for developers. This API was the first “versioned” release, a breath of fresh air in many ways for developers that were tired of API updates breaking their code. On June … Continue reading →

Posted in api, autofollow, developers, holes, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology, Twitter, v1.1 | Leave a comment

2012 Google I/O – Is This the 2007 Facebook F8?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by jessestay

All eyes should be on Google’s Annual Developer Conference, Google I/O next week. As the first Google I/O with the Google+ Team, and a serious read/write API yet to launch, I predict we are about to see an explosion of … Continue reading →

Posted in developers, Google, google io, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Technology | 1 Comment

Facebook Posts New Dashboard API Methods, Prepares New Interface

Posted on December 5, 2009 by jessestay

Early today Facebook posted a series of new API methods to their Developer Wiki enabling developers to post updates to what was previously called the “Application Navigation”, but what would now appear to be called “the Dashboard”.  The Dashboard API … Continue reading →

Posted in api, dashboard, developers, Facebook, Geeky, notifications, platform, roadmap, Technology | 1 Comment

Kynetx Kills the Portal, Launches Identity Platform for Developers

Posted on November 18, 2009 by jessestay

Today at Kynetx Impact Conference Kynetx is changing the future of Web Identity and privacy as we know it by taking the power away from the server and moving it over to users’ desktops, mobile phones, or other client-based technology. … Continue reading →

Posted in client, developers, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, identity, information cards, OSS, portal, social, Technology | 14 Comments

"X" Marks the Spot for New Paypal Development Platform

Posted on November 4, 2009 by jessestay

“X”. It’s a common variable used in many a code base.  It’s one of the most common variables of any code base.  It’s what counts.  That’s what Paypal wants to become in the hands of developers, as they stated in … Continue reading →

Posted in developers, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, innovate, paypal, Paypal X Innovate, platform, social, Technology, x | 8 Comments

Paypal X Innovate

Posted on November 2, 2009 by jessestay

I’ve been invited by Paypal to come out to San Francisco and participate in the Paypal X Innovate conference on Tuesday and Wednesday.  I’ll be in San Francisco starting tomorrow morning.  I’d love to meet you!  If you’re going to … Continue reading →

Posted in developers, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, innovate, payment platform, paypal, social, Social Coding, Technology | 1 Comment

I Should Have Heeded My Own Advice About Twitter

Posted on April 21, 2009 by jessestay

About a full year ago, I wrote of developers leaving the Twitter development platform due to Twitter consistently removing features, making changes without warning developers, and effectively putting developers out of business with just a single change of policy.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in business model, developers, Facebook, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, platform, rate limits, Technology, terms of service, Twitter | 63 Comments

5 Features Developers Will Like in the New Facebook Design

Posted on September 16, 2008 by jessestay

I recently covered 5 general features most people may like in the new Facebook redesign being rolled out to all last week and this week. One of the biggest complaints of the new design is that it is bad for … Continue reading →

Posted in design, developers, Facebook, facebook platform, facebook redesign, fbml essentials, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Social Coding, Social Media | Leave a comment

Identi.ca Will Succeed Because Its Technology is Viral

Posted on August 14, 2008 by jessestay

Yesterday I guest-posted on LouisGray.com about how the technology behind Identi.ca, Laconi.ca, could pose as the launching platform to brand many smaller microblogging services. Today I’d like to share one more power of the service – its working API. Identi.ca/Laconi.ca … Continue reading →

Posted in apis, developers, groundswell, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, identi.ca, laconi.ca, OSS, Social Coding, Social Media, Technology, Twitter | 841 Comments

Well Done Guy! Chris DeVore is a Cheapskate

Posted on March 21, 2008 by jessestay

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in cost of development, developer rates, developers, development, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS, Perl, Reviews | 20 Comments