If you haven’t heard, Facebook is getting ready to launch a major overhaul of its profile pages. Many have discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the new design (and I’ve contacted Facebook about a problem with the feed layout), but I wanted to give a few kudos to Zuckerberg & Co. for at least one [...]
As a homeschool graduate, this news made me happy this morning. While I get after Facebook on privacy and security sometimes, I do appreciate the priority they place on such issues - I’ve long felt their privacy controls were some of the best on the Web. Kudos to the Facebook team for resolving this issue [...]
In researching my last post, I came across an interesting clause in the Facebook Developer TOS:
You may retain copies of Exportable Facebook Properties for such period of time (if any) as the Applicable Facebook User for such Exportable Facebook Properties may approve, if (and only if) such Applicable Facebook User expressly approves your doing so [...]
Since starting this blog, I’ve tried to spend more time reading up on hacking to sharpen my skills andbe more helpful to other developers. In the process I’ve learned two things:
I’m definitely an amateur and have much left to learn.
If you’re a web developer and online security doesn’t freak you out, you need to wake [...]
You may have heard about the $100 hacking challenge issued by social media instructor Lee Aase. You may have also expected me to take a stab at it. You may have even thought I would win it.
You’d almost be right.
A friend sent me a link to the challenge the day Lee posted it, and by [...]
Second in a series. First post: Query Strings
In this post, I’ll both detail the iLike on Ning hack and raise a question about web development in general. This particular hack makes me wonder about some larger security issues.
In the early days of OpenSocial, I didn’t have many platforms to test on. After working with Plaxo, [...]
Perhaps people have wondered where I’ve been… I apologize for the long delay in posting again. I’m actually still involved in educational pursuits, and studying for finals quickly became a priority after my last post. I can’t promise how often I’ll often I’ll be on here, but I have continued to keep up with the [...]
I wanted to take a moment to clarify some issues I’ve seen several people raise…
First, when I say I’m an amateur, I’m not simply being modest. I do have a good bit of programming experience (though more in network administration), but these recent adventures have involved some skills that are less developed. I appreciate the [...]