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Attendees
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App Nite - Live Showcase and Q&A - Now Free and Open to All
Note: Thanks to the Open Web Vancouver 2008 organizers the App Nite (Live Showcase and Q&A) is now free and open to all. App Nite will now start in the after-hours at around 5-ish.
| Date | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
| Time | 5:15pm - 6:15pm |
| Location | Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place |
Join us for a live showcase plus Q&A for Facebook and social network apps at the upcoming App Nite at Open Web Vancouver 2008. Interested in showcasing your work? Tell us about your social web app and add yourself to the wiki. How? Log in and use the password/invite key "c4mp".
These Are My Kids 2.0
We've got a lot of new things to show. These Are My Kids is now a multi-modal, virtual private social networking system for families (no, we don't market it that way (-; ). It can connect people via Facebook, email, Kinzin.com, and the postal mail. Gramma can be a member of this social network without even owning a computer. Did I blow your mind?
Ski & Snowboard
Love skiing or snowboarding? This is the app for you. We'll give an overview of our app, how we take advantage of social elements, and how we use a map-driven interface for you to find new ski resorts, and how user-generated content is helping make this the largest and most accurate database of ski resorts in the world.
Protagonize, a collaborative fiction writing community
Protagonize is a creative writing community dedicated to writing various forms of collaborative, interactive fiction. One author writes a story, and others post branches or chapters to it in different directions. The result is an organic, evolving story where everyone can participate.
Nick Bouton, the one-man show behind Protagonize.com, will discuss community building in niche markets, Facebook integration, and contrast Facebook's walled garden approach with the development and nurturing of a stand-alone social network / community site.
Armies / Dope Wars / Texas Hold Em / Pet Pupz / Bingo / Fleet Command / Petrol Heads
These are just 7 of these 60+ apps that use the $uper Reward Points monetization system. Jason Bailey will give a taste of the brilliance that makes each of these apps unique and a glimpse into why their developers make ridiculous amounts of money.
Your Facebook/Social Network App Here
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Your Facebook/Social Network App Here
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Lightning Talk Proposals
| Date | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
| Time | 2:40pm - 5:00pm |
| Location | Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place |
Note, to attend the lightning talks from 2:40 to 5:00 you will need a Open Web Vancouver 2008 ticket. (Registration is only CAN$150 for the two-day conference pass).
The idea is that everyone interested in presenting gives a two minute summary and than we arrange the schedule and start off with the first talks at 2:40.
We will have seven 20 minutes slots:
- 2:40 - 3:00
- 3:00 - 3:20
- 3:20 - 3:40
- 3:40 - 4:00
- 4:00 - 4:20
- 4:20 - 4:40
- 4:40 - 5:00
Hosting Options, Tips and Tricks for Scaling OpenSocial and Facebook Apps
Presenter: Mark Mayo, Joyent
Developing Social Web Applications using Ruby on Rails
Talk we will cover how to develop a social web application using Ruby on Rails in two versions: running in the Facebook canvas using Facebook Markup Language (FBML) and running inside an OpenSocial-ready site. We will create a mini-version of 43Things that lets you and your friends post your goals (e.g. Learn Spanish in Mexico City. See Polar Bears Up Close. Take Thai Cooking Course in Bangkok and so forth) and add comments.
Presenter: Gerald Bauer, facebook for ruby // questions & answers / news / discussions / more
Social Graph enabling every website: ideas on the Flock people bar
See my post on the social graph for every website. There are already many pieces of this puzzle available, from OpenID and OAuth to interchange formats like FOAF and Google's Social Graph API. Let's talk about making YOUR website social graph enabled.
Presenter: Boris Mann, Raincity Studios, Bootup labs
Data Portability and Existing Social Networks
With so many open APIs available today, we'll discuss how they can be used to enable data portability. There are deep unanswered questions about how data portability will work; Facebook and Google (among others) are thinking about those problems and so should we.
Presenter: Aaron Klemm, Unripped.com OpenID-based file sharing
Your Suggested Topic Here
Summary and more info
Agenda and Topics
TBD
Organizers
Gerald Bauer (Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Devevelopers Group)
The Open Web Vancouver 2008 Team
