Using length of the shark from the movie “JAWS” as the base unit, everything in the universe can be measured in terms of JAWS. The JAWS system was first proposed by Writer/Director/Podcaster Kevin Smith of Smodcast.com as a superior method of visualizing distances: From Smodcast #206 (1:04:00) ‘A newlywed bride who saw her husband killed […]
Facebook App Starter Kit – Now on GitHub
I recently moved my Facebook App Starter Kit (FASK) from Google Projects to GitHub. The move was mainly to play with GitHub but also to take advantage of their packaging and downloading features. FASK provides a ready made starting point for building facebook apps using the facebook javascript api. It’s built on the HTML5 Boilerplate […]
Facebook App Center: An App Developer’s Perspective
There’s certainly no shortage of app stores out there. Now facebook is getting into the game with their new App Center. The facebook App center will provide the same kind of one stop shop experience you get from other app stores. However facebook is striving to set their store apart, with a more social approach […]
Facebook Timeline For Brands: An App Developer’s Perspective
Facebook apps certainly are popular among my clients. I’ve built over 40 of them in the past 18 months. So naturally when facebook overhauls their band pages, I’m interested in its impact on apps. Despite all the complaining, most of these changes are for the best. It appears as though facebook is gently forcing companies […]