Thought & Theory

Congrats to Sandro for getting his Facebook Platform 101 presentation featured on SlideShare.

It was just about a month ago when Dennis and I were sitting down talking about facebook applications we’d like to develop. Barcamp Orlando was coming up and I didn’t have a presentation ready so the timing was perfect to start delving into facebook platform. Three days later, I gave my first Facebook Platform presentation in Orlando and two weeks after that I gave my second presentation at Barcamp Atlanta.

I recorded my Barcamp Atlanta presentation with my iRiver h10 and have posted it below along with my slides. While the talk is technical, it doesn’t have much to do with code. Coding platform applications is actually one of the easiest parts of the whole process (with the right library); my talk focuses on introducing the architecture behind the platform, showing how it’s more than just an API and distinguishing how your applications “plug in” to the platform.

Look for another presentation in November at Refresh Jacksonville.

Its really refreshing to see someone take a lot of time and effort into covering a tech event. Its one of the first i’ve seen that tries to create a sense of atmosphere instead of just a dry presentation. Plus 10 points for the cool intro detail shots with the strong depth of field.

Much respect to the people at Make Film Work.

Random Extra

Sandro actually presented his first rough draft of Facebook Platform 101 in Orlando.

Thanks to everyone involved for putting together BarCamp Atlanta 2007. We had a great time there and Sandro got to present on the Facebook Platform. The presentation went great, met a lot of cool people and drank a good amount of beer. Good times.

Sandro’s mp3 of the presentation will be coming soon, so stay tuned.

Check Out The Coverage

Looks like everyone has to resubmit their apps using their new application page. We just received this email an hour ago.

Sorry for the delayed response.

Thank you for your inquiry about the fbFund grant program, and for your support of the Facebook Platform. Our goal for this program is to encourage as many developers as possible to write innovative and engaging new applications on top of Facebook Platform. Additionally, we hope to enable an even broader class of developers to become entrepreneurs by giving you the financial resources necessary to pursue a new venture that relies on Facebook Platform.

It has become clear that we will receive proposals which contain similar or even identical ideas. As a result, and in order to protect other developers and us from claims that we or anyone else copied material without the creator’s permission, unless we agree otherwise in writing, we can’t promise that any materials or information you submit here will be kept confidential, or specifically that we or others might not develop similar or identical products or services.

To make sure that everyone understands the conditions of submitting a grant application, we will not review any materials you have sent via email, and any materials you may have sent have been deleted. If you would like to submit an application for an fbFund grant or require more information, please see our website and grant application submission form at http://www.facebook.com/developers/fbfund.php. We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope the online information and submission form will help you develop and structure your proposal. We are accepting applications from around the world.

Again, we are very excited to be offering this program and wish you the best of luck whether or not you are an fbFund grant recipient. We can only give a limited number of grants and not getting one does not mean that we don’t believe in your application nor that it can’t be successful – it simply means that we have a limited amount of resources and weren’t able to give money during this cycle to you. You are welcome to apply as many times as you like as each funding cycle represents a new opportunity to receive a grant.

More information is available at http://www.facebook.com/developers/fbfund.php.

Thank you for your patience — we apologize for the delay in this response. We’ve seen a tremendous response to fbFund, and look forward to reviewing great proposals.

Cheers,
the fbFund team

Looks like we’ll have wait a little bit longer on our application.