Category Archives: Social Coding

It’s Time to Free the Twitter Client

Posted on December 1, 2009 by jessestay

Dave Winer wants a programmable Twitter client. I think it’s a great idea.  It’s something the browser has had for quite awhile now via extensions, frameworks, and plugins.  Up until this point Twitter clients have been closed systems that can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in action cards, dave winer, facebook client, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, information cards, kynetx, loic lemeur, open standards, seesmic, selector, Social Coding, Technology, tweetdeck, twitter client | 3 Comments

Want to Learn How to Write Facebook Apps? Now’s Your Chance

Posted on November 18, 2009 by jessestay

On Thursday morning I’m doing a free webcast for Safari Books Online (moderated by OReilly’s Laurel Ackerman) in which I’m going to go into further detail than I have before on how to get started building Facebook apps.  I’ll take … Continue reading →

Posted in apis, Facebook, facebook development, facebook platform, fbml essentials, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, social apis, Social Coding, Technology | 3 Comments

Paypal Pays Off With Paypal X Innovate Conference

Posted on November 4, 2009 by jessestay

Paypal has spent awhile now planning a conference for developers which they would be able to announce their new Paypal X developer platform for flexible payments.  I’ve talked to Sudha Jamthe, in charge of many of their social media promotion … Continue reading →

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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

It’s About Technology That Creates Community

Posted on October 28, 2009 by jessestay

I’ve been rambling on Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook tonight about the differences in how Facebook, Twitter, and FriendFeed’s founders participate in each community.  Look at Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Fan Page.  Notice how he basically talks at the community?  I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted in building community, community, employees, entrepreneurship, Facebook, founders, FriendFeed, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Social Coding, Technology, Twitter | 20 Comments

Web 3.0: The Building Block Web

Posted on October 15, 2009 by jessestay

Tim O’Reilly is well-known not only for his successful publishing company (which I have written for), but also for his definition of the term, “Web 2.0”, in summary defining the web as a platform, moving from the desktop to the … Continue reading →

Posted in facebook connect, google wave, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, lego bricks, legos, social, Social Coding, Technology, web 3.0, yelp | 24 Comments

FBFoundations Facebook Connect Plugin for WordPress

Posted on October 10, 2009 by jessestay

One of my biggest frustrations in adapting Facebook Connect into WordPress blogging has been the fact that most plugins out there either have too much, or too little incorporated into them.  When you add more than one, you end up … Continue reading →

Posted in connect, Downloads, Facebook, facebook connect, fbfoundations, foundation, Geeky, Howtos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Social Coding, Technology, wordpress plugin | 33 Comments

Learn More About Facebook With Upcoming WebCasts

Posted on June 8, 2009 by jessestay

I’ve been invited to do 2 WebCasts in the next 2 weeks that I think you might be interested in.  As always I’ll try to post my slides on SlideShare if it makes sense to do so.  I really like … Continue reading →

Posted in development, Facebook, Geeky, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, marketing, social, Social Coding, Technology, webcast, webinar | 1 Comment

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

What Would You Like To Learn About Social Web Development?

Posted on March 22, 2009 by jessestay

One of my strongest expertise is developing web apps that utilize Social APIs and technologies.  My website, SocialToo is built all around these.  I’ve written a book on the subject, and reviewed others.  I’ve blogged about it, and written many … Continue reading →

Posted in coding, engineering, Facebook, facebook development, Geeky, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Social Coding, Technology | 11 Comments