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• 27 Sep 11
  

  Dániel Varga

  iwiw

• 29 Dec 08
  

  Hertzel Karbasi

  • Are people really going to maintain multiple sets of front-end pages for their web sites for Facebook, Open Social, etc.?

      

    I think so, yes. I think any web site going forward that wants maximum distribution across the largest number of users will have a single back-end, and then multiple sets of front-end pages:

      
      
    • One set of standard HTML and Javascript pages for consumption by normal web browser.
      
    • Another set of HTML and Javascript pages that use the Open Social API's Javascript calls for consumption with Open Social containers/social networks.
      
    • A third set of pages in FBML (Facebook Markup Language) that use Facebook's proprietary APIs for consumption within Facebook as a Facebook app.
      
    • Perhaps a fourth set of pages adapted for the Apple iPhone and/or other mobile devices.
      
      

    The overwhelming good news here is that these pages can all be served and serviced by the same back end code -- and of course, 95%+ (and usually 99%+) of the effort involved in building any web app consists of building the back end. Having already built the back end, it's a very small amount of effort to create any of these front end pages.
• 03 Oct 08
  

  simon tzu

  entcoza web2.0 socialsoftware socialnetworks socialnetworking

• 04 Sep 08
  

  blog ning opensocial

• 08 Jul 08
  

  L@jost EU project

  Ning opensocial SocialNetworks l@jost

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  laura malita

  Ning opensocial SocialNetworks

• 11 Jun 08
  

  Meng-Chieh Chung

  Marc Andreessen (Mosaic 的作者、Netscape 的創辦人、現在是 Ning 的老闆)寫了一篇很深入的介紹與評析

  Open Social

  • Open Social: a new  universe of social applications all over the web
• 31 May 08
  
• 24 Mar 08
  

  Vicki Davis

  Import Web2.0 google social_networking tools trends

• 21 Mar 08
  

  gaurav bhatia

  mkshare

• 29 Jan 08
  

  jozilla

  article del.icio.us google imported opensocial platform socialsoftware

• 13 Jan 08
  

  Pamela Pritchard

  Marc Andreessen, technology entrepreneur, Internet, Mosaic, Netscape, Opsware, Ning

  imported OpenSocial

• 07 Jan 08
  

  jjsimo
• 02 Jan 08
  

  jonathan Belisle

  2007 and application applications apps architecture google socialnetworking opensocial api facebook socialsoftware social platform for:jordiventurafabra for:staynomad

• 27 Dec 07
  

  mingyeow

  discoverio facebook socialgraph socialnetworking

• 12 Dec 07
  

  Haofei Wang
• 05 Dec 07
  

  Joosep Simm
  • echnically, Open Social is implemented as what I call a "plug-in API", or a "Level 2 platform". In other words, it's not a web services API -- rather, it's a way for external applications to "plug into" a host environment (or "container"). And then, in addition to literally showing up inside the pages of a container, the external app can make Javascript calls to retrieve all kinds of useful information from the container and perform all kinds of useful functions within the container, such as "give me a list of all of this user's friends" or "inject this event into this user's activity feed".
• 27 Nov 07
  

  Christopher Rice

  opensocial ning

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  Gideon Rosenblatt

  opensocial socialnetworks socialnetworking google platform socialsoftware

• 17 Nov 07
  

  karelgnr8

  OpenSocial SocialnetWorking web2.0

• 16 Nov 07
  

  opensocial architecture web community facebook google article blog social

• 14 Nov 07
  

  Vishnu Gopal

  ning opensocial delicious_import

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  Joffaboy

  opensocial google social_media syndication trends webservices

• 13 Nov 07
  

  Nawsher Noor

  Marc Andreessen, technology entrepreneur, Internet, Mosaic, Netscape, Opsware, Ning

  development OpenSocial _imported

• 11 Nov 07
  

  Adriana Lukas

  hm, this is good news due to the openness. let's see how it actually looks and works and see if this can be adopted for VRM

  importedfurl opensocial delicious

• 07 Nov 07
  

  dazzleopia

  opensocial

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  Valerie Bock

  Ning OpenSocial Google API

• 06 Nov 07
  

  Christiane SH

  OpenSocial Google

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  youss youss

  api linkedin facebook ning opensocial blog founder socialmedia socialnetworking socialsoftware platform

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  Gabriela Grosseck

  ning OpenSource socialnetworking

• 05 Nov 07
  

  gsiemens

  opensocial

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  Fabrizio Tinti

  del.icio.us imported opensocial social_networking

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  Peter Jürg Bury

  blog.pmarca.com:

  blog OpenSocial so socialnetworking platform google deli20110330

• 04 Nov 07
  

  Jeremy Thake

  the original .net god talks about open social
  
  

  opensocial socialnetworking

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  aj
• 03 Nov 07
  

  Adam Crowe

  "Open Social standardizes the concept of a plug-in API in such a way that neither host social networking environments (containers) nor external applications will ever have to invent another, or choose between multiple competing proprietary plug-in APIs."

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  Jill ONeill

  lengthy piece by Marc Andreeson on Open Social

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  David Jennings

  Marc Andreessen explains how Open Social works and why it matters.

  social networks API Open Social Digital culture

  • This is the exact same concept as the Facebook platform, with two huge differences: (1) With the Facebook platform, only Facebook itself can be a "container" -- "apps" can only run within Facebook itself. In contrast, with Open Social, any social network can be an Open Social container and allow Open Social apps to run within it. (2) With the Facebook platform, app developers build to Facebook-proprietary languages and APIs such as FBML (Facebook Markup Language) and FQL (Facebook Query Language) -- those languages and APIs don't work anywhere other than Facebook -- and then the apps can only run within Facebook. In contrast, with Open Social, app developers can build to standard HTML and Javascript, and their apps can then run in any Open Social container. If you recall how I previously described the Facebook platform as "a dramatic leap forward for the Internet industry", you'll understand why I think Open Social is the next big leap forward!
• 02 Nov 07
  

  Karel Baloun

  fb book

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  gianninoalvarez

  SocialNetworks

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  nealrichter

  opensocial framework

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  Ian Wilker

  Ning's Marc Andreessen 'splains Google's new monster API.

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  Robert Sanzalone

  delicious

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  elizabeth helfant

  for:dchod delicious

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  facebook myspace ning

• 01 Nov 07
  

  Ferran Rodenas

  Marc Andreessen explains Open Social.

  Opensocial google platform api community

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  Mel

  articles

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  mel f

  articles

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  capitu

  web2.0 opensocial

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  Jeff Stewart

  Where's MySpace?
  
  Beats me.
  
  Where's Yahoo?
  
  Beats me.

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  tgillin

  web2.0 social_networking

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  James Stewart

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  Ouriel OHAYON

  opensocial google api facebook socialnetworking social platform socialsoftware delicious

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  Paul Sweeney

  Review of OpenSocial from Google

  opensocial api facebook

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  Steve Sponder

  opensocial socialmedia brandandmarketinglawton brandandmarketing media

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  Martin Lindner

  Open Social takes the Facebook platform concept and provides an open standard approach that can be used by the entire web. ... Technically, OS is ... not a web services API -- rather, it's a way for external applications to "plug into" a host environment.

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  Lynette Webb

  google social-networking internet-future

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  Lunamoth

  2.0 2007 Network MySpace Application applications opensource platform social facebook google opensocial api society microsoft software standards startup networks strategy networking Blog apps Technology syndication orkut Business CCL community Containers

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  markmadro

  socialnetworking

• 31 Oct 07
  

  stefan_ua

  socialnetworking opensocial socialsoftware delicious

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  Krishnan Subramanian

  opensocial google api socialnetworking social platform socialsoftware

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  veverkap

  del

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  In a nutshell, Open Social is an open web API that can be supported by two kinds of developers: * "Containers" -- social networking systems like Ning, Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5, and Friendster, and... * "Apps" -- applications that want to be embedded within co

  google opensocial api from_delicious

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  paulcowles

  open social, bridging social networks

  facebook development api social platform framework

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  Open Social takes the Facebook platform concept and provides an open standard approach that can be used by the entire web.

  web technology society

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  Nick Hortovanyi

  Lets see if the momentum is still there in a months time

  google opensocial platform socialsoftware socialnetworking api for:aqualung

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  morten gade

  poso socialsoftware ssdi2007

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  jose murilo

  Open Social takes the Facebook platform concept and provides an open standard approach that can be used by the entire web. Open Social is an open way for everyone to do what Facebook has done...

  socialnetworking web2.0 google openness ecodigital

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  Clint Lalonde

  A new open web API - Open Social. Think Facebook API, only across multiple platforms and social apps

  application facebook ning socialsoftware api google opensocial

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  soror mystica

  networking social

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  Fire Flye

  networking social

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  Grant Watson

  "Open Social takes the Facebook platform concept and provides an open standard approach that can be used by the entire web"

  facebook open opensource api social-networks applications software programming

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  madhavbnk

  open social google

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  amplify mobile

  Open Social is very practical. Many standards die an early death because they are too complicated and hard to implement

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  Dirk dB

  software web opensocial api

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  znarfor

  imported facebook social_networks open_social

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  Simon Doggett

  imported Bookmarks google api facebook opensocial social socialnetworking platform

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  julioalonso

  opensocial google facebook api

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  David r

  My company, Ning, is participating in this week's launch of a new open web API called Open Social, which is being spearheaded by Google and joined by a wide range of partners including Google's own Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5, Friendster, Salesforce.com, Oracle,

  standards

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  hyacint

  Google OpenSocial API facebook socialnetworking

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  Pierre Lord

  This is the exact same concept as the Facebook platform, with two huge differences:
  
  * With the Facebook platform, only Facebook itself can be a "container" -- "apps" can only run within Facebook itself. In contrast, with Open Social, any social net

  to-read social-web google facebook

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  This is the exact same concept as the Facebook platform, with two huge differences:
  
  * With the Facebook platform, only Facebook itself can be a "container" -- "apps" can only run within Facebook itself. In contrast, with Open Social, any social net

  to-read social-web google facebook

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  Kurt

  Nice review of Open Social, including the platforms that social web developers will need to interact with down the road: web, open social, facebook, and mobile.

  f1jcashel onlinecommunity Facebook ning google socialsoftware opensocial linkedin

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  guilherme mendes

  google facebook socialnetworking social platform

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  lallyrementilla

  Ning Facebook SocialNetworking

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  Steve Radman

  open social api

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  Pedro Trindade

  Marc Andreessen, technology entrepreneur, Internet, Mosaic, Netscape, Opsware, Ning

  google socialnetworking opensocial api facebook platform social socialsoftware

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  PG Holmlov

  Internet Tagging & social software 0mvarlden

  • In a nutshell, Open Social is an open web API that can be supported by two kinds of developers:   * "Containers" -- social networking systems like Ning, Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5, and Friendster, and...   * "Apps" -- applications that want to be embedded within containers -- for example, the kinds of applications built by iLike, Flixster, Rockyou, and Slide.  This is the exact same concept as the Facebook platform, with two huge differences:   * With the Facebook platform, only Facebook itself can be a "container" -- "apps" can only run within Facebook itself. In contrast, with Open Social, any social network can be an Open Social container and allow Open Social apps to run within it.   * With the Facebook platform, app developers build to Facebook-proprietary languages and APIs such as FBML (Facebook Markup Language) and FQL (Facebook Query Language) -- those languages and APIs don't work anywhere other than Facebook -- and then the apps can only run within Facebook. In contrast, with Open Social, app developers can build to standard HTML and Javascript, and their apps can then run in any Open Social container.  If you recall how I previously described the Facebook platform as "a dramatic leap forward for the Internet industry", you'll understand why I think Open Social is the next big leap forward!  Open Social takes the Facebook platform concept and provides an open standard approach that can be used by the entire web. Open Social is an open way for everyone to do what Facebook has done...  ...including Facebook itself, potentially...  Open Social's API is based entirely on Javascript. If you know HTML and Javascript today, you will be able to immediately use Open Social to turn your web applications and web sites into Open Social apps. You can also use standard web development tools to build Open Social apps. This is obviously a much better way to operate than having to learn a proprietary marketup language or query language.
  • In a nutshell, Open Social is an open web API that can be supported by two kinds of developers:   * "Containers" -- social networking systems like Ning, Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5, and Friendster, and...   * "Apps" -- applications that want to be embedded within containers -- for example, the kinds of applications built by iLike, Flixster, Rockyou, and Slide.  This is the exact same concept as the Facebook platform, with two huge differences:   * With the Facebook platform, only Facebook itself can be a "container" -- "apps" can only run within Facebook itself. In contrast, with Open Social, any social network can be an Open Social container and allow Open Social apps to run within it.   * With the Facebook platform, app developers build to Facebook-proprietary languages and APIs such as FBML (Facebook Markup Language) and FQL (Facebook Query Language) -- those languages and APIs don't work anywhere other than Facebook -- and then the apps can only run within Facebook. In contrast, with Open Social, app developers can build to standard HTML and Javascript, and their apps can then run in any Open Social container.  If you recall how I previously described the Facebook platform as "a dramatic leap forward for the Internet industry", you'll understand why I think Open Social is the next big leap forward!  Open Social takes the Facebook platform concept and provides an open standard approach that can be used by the entire web. Open Social is an open way for everyone to do what Facebook has done...  ...including Facebook itself, potentially...  Open Social's API is based entirely on Javascript. If you know HTML and Javascript today, you will be able to immediately use Open Social to turn your web applications and web sites into Open Social apps. You can also use standard web development tools to build Open Social apps. This is obviously a much better way to operate than having to learn a proprietary marketup language or query language.
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  anthony wheeler

  "Open Social takes the Facebook platform concept and provides an open standard approach that can be used by the entire web."

  api socialsoftware socialnetworking OpenSocial

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  Truman Lam
  • will prevent Facebook from having any kind of long-term proprietary developer lock-in

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