Facebook Application Development Meetup at Google

FACEBOOK and OPENSOCIAL Discussion

Google's Patrick Chanezon will present on their new Opensocial social network initiative. Prominent social network blogger, Dave McClure has agreed to be our Master of Ceremonies. Contact me to present your FB or OpenSocial Application: sinclair at stanyangroup.com.

Here is the agenda so far:

6:30 Meet in building 43, lobby--get visitor badges and move to Tunis Talk room on the 2nd floor
6:45 Food arrives
7:00 Patrick Chanezon from Google talks about OpenSocial
7:45ish- OPEN : participants are welcome to share their Facebook and OpenSocial applications, please contact Lawrence Sinclair in advance (Lawrence.Sinclair on gmail) to help guarantee this opportunity.

Current apps being demo'd:
**Raymond Rouf showcasing iThink App from Mineke

The plan for the Google presentation is as follows:

- what is opensocial
- why is google doing this?
- overview of the api
- look at 5 sample social apps to see what the code looks like
- quick comparison with fb api
- demo of a few apps in several social sites: orkut, hi5, plaxo, ning
- QA session.

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The event location is

Google, Building 43
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, California 94043
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