Category Archives: Perl

Twitter – TIMTOWTDI

Posted on November 23, 2009 by jessestay

I love Twitter for its variety.  In many ways it’s a lot like my favorite programming language Perl, whose mantra is “There is more than one way to do it.”  Some people choose the messy, spaghetti code way, while others … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, methodology, Perl, social, Social Media, Technology, timtowtdi, tmowtdi, Twitter | 22 Comments

There’s More Than One Way to Store a Password – PerlMonks Hacked

Posted on July 30, 2009 by jessestay

Hackers are in a state of Nirvana as it would appear they hit the gold mine of programmer passwords in a hack of the popular Perl forums and resource site, PerlMonks.com yesterday.  The hack claims to have gained access to … Continue reading →

Posted in Geeky, hack, hash, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, nirvana, Perl, perlmonks, social, Technology | 24 Comments

Making WWW::Facebook::API Facebook Connect Ready

Posted on July 4, 2009 by jessestay

I’m going to get geeky on you here again.  I’ve been working on a few things with SocialToo to enable Facebook Connect on the site – more on that to come.  What I’ve been surprised by though is that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, facebook connect, Geeky, Perl, signatures, Technology, www::facebook::api | 16 Comments

Social Coding: How to Code Twitter’s OAuth Using Net::OAuth and Perl

Posted on May 19, 2009 by jessestay

For the non-developers in my readership, I’m going to get a little geeky on you here. So you can either tune this one out, or pass it onto your IT staff for use in their applications. I promise much more … Continue reading →

Posted in api, Geeky, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, net::oauth, oauth, Perl, Social Coding, Technology, Twitter, twitter oauth | 17 Comments

Automatic Data Compression With DBIx::Class::CompressColumns

Posted on April 19, 2009 by jessestay

UPDATE: You can now get the DBIx::Class::CompressColumns module on CPAN here or via CPAN command-line shell. I’m going to get geeky on you for a minute, but you should find this interesting.  One of the challenges I’ve had with SocialToo … Continue reading →

Posted in bag, blob, compress::zlib, dbix::class, Geeky, graph, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Perl, social graph, Technology | 5 Comments

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

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

New Series: Social Coding

Posted on May 25, 2008 by jessestay

I’ve been contemplating for awhile now a good way to share what I know about Social Software Development and helping business owners, marketers, and developers learn how to set up their own social apps. Especially for developers, I know there … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Projects, Facebook, facebook coding, facebook development, facebook platform, fbml essentials, Google, Google Apps Engine, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, MySpace, OpenSocial, OSS, Perl, Pligg, Social Coding, Social Media, Social Network Optimization, Twitter | 3 Comments

Utah Startup Series: Bungee Labs

Posted on May 13, 2008 by jessestay

(Sorry it’s been awhile since my last blog – it took me several days to figure out how to get my Flip video imported and exported to and from iMovie. To make a long story short, if you want to … Continue reading →

Posted in bungee, bungee connect, bungee labs, Business, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS, Perl, utah startup series, utah startups, w2e, web 2.0 expo, web20expo | 5 Comments

Why I Hate the Twitter Syntax

Posted on May 3, 2008 by jessestay

I have disliked the Twitter syntax since I’ve been on it (you can find me via @JesseStay on Twitter – go ahead and follow me!). As a long-time IRC user, everything seems backwards! I have often referred to Twitter as … Continue reading →

Posted in http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, OSS, Perl, Twitter, twitter syntax | 89 Comments