Facebook Developers Event

Today there is a Facebook Developers Garage event in Los Angeles. It is a gathering in which representatives from Facebook - today it is Professor Meagan Marks from Facebook - describe the new F8 Platform, provide guidance on how to get started, and offer suggestions on how to promote your applications.

She started by sharing some Facebook “ninja” tricks…

- use a super simple viral app to get them hooked on a deeper app
- BoozeMail/Renkoo
- Superwall/EmoteNow
- Funwall/TopFriends

- optimize the profile page box
- literally, add shiny objects to profile boxes
- clean lettering, gray and blue - keep the feel of the Facebook site, feel integrated

- optimize your canvas page for revenue generation
- increase time spent on each page
- big buttons for “challenge a friend” and “play again” cause repeat usage
- show ratings of friends, not themselves
- take adavantage of social graph - recommendations
- allow for virtual “cred”
- consider interoperable ad networks

Also, a great resource appears to be the Facebook Developer’s Wiki.

Suggestions for an ElephantDrive access/sharing application in Facebook -

- Build it like Photos
- Make sure we use the Facebook share buttons
- Use double-click pop-up menus a la Facebook
- Canvas pages for Trunk with pop-up and buttons for Share, Download, Details, Delete and all but Details for multi-select
- Canvas Pages for details
- Profile page for recently uploaded with same pop-up as above

If any has other suggestions, we would love to read your comments…

Mashable lists online backup, online storage, and file transer companies

Blog Mashable (www.mashable.com) has put together a pretty comprehensive list of data management services. ElephantDrive is counted under the online backup services (appropriate), but could also easily be listed under the online storage or file transfer services too.

Useful list - nice job by Sean Aune…

http://mashable.com/2007/07/28/online-storage/

ElephantDrive featured at TwiistUp2…

Check out Twiistup 2 on Aug 8 at Air Conditioned Supper Club. The latest and greatest will be shared from:

- ElephantDrive
- JibJab
- Faqqly
- Campusbug
- Fafarazzi
- Crowd Rules
- The Faizon Love Show

Looks like a great lineup. Plus there’ll be viral videos, DJ, prize giveaways, and lots of socializing. Get your tickets soon (the last one sold out).

Blog Posts About Twiistup 1:
http://blog.valuewiki.com/2007/05/10/twiistup/
http://okdork.com/2007/05/01/the-techcrunch-party-of-la-is-twiistup/
http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2007/04/are_you_ready_t.html
http://bub.blicio.us/index.php?s=twiistup

More at twiistup.com/press

The Search For Better Transparency

This series of responses regarding better search engines also happens to touch on this post from a while ago. And both of them touch on something that’s at the heart, I think of the way that the web is developing now, and the way that office tools are evolving alongside the growth of the digital office. It’s not just about what you can save, it’s about how the people who are saving it go about doing so. It’s not just about what you’re searching for–it’s about the ways in which other people can view, access, or utilize that set of data.