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Facebook opens up with a JavaScript API

Facebook just announced a new JavaScript Client Library that allows you to make Facebook API calls from any web site . In other words, you can start building Facebook applications are live outside of Facebook. I agree with Charlie that this move " makes membership in Facebook that much more valuable...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-27-2008
Distinguishing between a platform and a destination

Charlie says that "the whole idea that you have a main site is dead". I couldn't agree more - I strongly believe that platforms are the future of the Internet. One clarification I'd like to make in this whole discussion is Facebook is both a destination and a platform. It's important...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 08-21-2007
There's no such thing as Web 2.0

I've said before that I hate the term Web 2.0 but that it's more than a buzzword . Perhaps what I meant to say is what Marc Andreessen said: there's no such thing as Web 2.0 ( via Fred Wilson ) - thing being the key word there. The first Web 2.0 conference was held in the fall of 2004, and coincided...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-11-2007
Google launches Google Apps Premier Edition

As rumored yesterday , Google made a major announcement : a subscription package of premium, hosted business applications. (Man, Arrington's sources are scary good). The service combines GMail, Google Calendar, Google Talk and Google Docs & Spreadsheets for $50 per user annually. I still insist that...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-22-2007
Outsourcing and Startups

Lee discusses the question of whether you should outsource development for a startup . If you’re in the software business itself, including all types of web-based software, technology is absolutely key to your product. [. . . ] Great software requires more than just implementation, it requires passion...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-21-2007
On Syndication ... and why formats don't matter

One of my big pet peeves with syndication is when platforms publish multiple formats. Or, more precisely, when the user is presented with 5 similar-looking icons with all of those options. Why make the user think ? The user wants your content, but you've put an additional barrier in that ultimately has...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-12-2007
An Anthropologist's Take on Web 2.0

The Machine is us. ( Link to the video )

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-09-2007
Web 2.0 is more than a buzzword

I hate buzzwords , but I agree with Kathy when she says that Web 2.0 is more than just a buzzword . It is not a meaningless term (or as Letterman might say, it's "not nothing"). Kathy makes the ever-important distinction between buzzwords (bad) and jargon (good). Ultimately, she says, Web 2.0 gives us...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-08-2007
Interesting Developments with Windows Live

Microsoft is embedding Live services within the operating system . This isn't really too surprising, considering it was one of the stated principles behind the effort from the start. (As a developer, it is exciting though). Microsoft appears to recognize that web applications are a complement, and not...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-21-2006
PubSub 'days are numbered'

PubSub really has some technical issues. The feeds I'm subscribed to consistenly bring back completely unrelated results (whereas Technorati only occasionally brings back random things). The incoming links features are basically worthless. For one, it tells you the site that links, but not the actual...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-17-2006

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