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Facebook and Digg coming to Future of Web Apps

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:15:01 GMT

In two short weeks both Facebook and Digg will be heading across the pond to London for the Future of Web Apps Expo put on by our good friends at Carsonified. Future of Web Apps Expo is the premiere internet expo in Europe And, this year we're excited to be bringing a full crew from both Facebook and Digg. Here's the lineup: Mark Zuckerberg - Fireside Chat Kevin Rose - The future of social news Dave Morin - A more social web with Facebook Connect Joe Stump - Languages don't scale. At the end of the day on October 10th, there will be a live filming of Diggnation with our friends from Revision3. And, directly following that, Facebook and Digg have teamed up to sponsor the FOWA Wrap Up Party. It should be a blast! Special shout out to David Prager and the Revision3 team for putting this video together for us. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Kevin and Dave

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Tags : dave morin, facebook, future of web apps, kevin rose, london, san francisco, web

f8 '08 Hackathon

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:19:00 GMT

There are so many great ideas floating around Facebook, but there is never enough time to implement them all. In order to attempt to solve this problem, we engineers throw a Hackathon at Facebook every few months. Hackathon is an all-night-long hack session that gives every Facebook engineer a chance to work on that awesome feature they've been meaning to build for so long. Many of the cool features that you see on the site today were either built during or were started during a Facebook Hackathon. Don't let the intense name fool you, though, apart from hardcore programming, there is plenty of room for fun during our Hackathons. Hackathons regularly feature music played by our DJ engineers, hanging out over late-night Chinese food, Ripstik races around the office, and Rock Band jam sessions. And there is always plenty of Red Bull. Like last year's f8, this year's f8 will also feature an 8-hour Hackathon for all f8 attendees. During this year's Hackathon, you will have the chance focus on hacking the new platform interfaces like the Profile Publisher, App Tabs, and Feed Stories. If you have any questions or need assistance, we'll have dozens of our very own Facebook engineers at your disposal to help you. Because we want you to follow a more normal sleep schedule than we Facebook engineers swear by, the Hackathon won't last all night long, and instead will be held from 3pm till 11pm. We're also going to be giving away some sweet prizes (including an XBox 360 and a PS3) for the best ideas, collaborations, and prototypes that emerge from this year's Hackathon. Additionally, due to overwhelming response, we’ll be holding two workshop sessions that will take place during the hackathon: “App building 101” and “Taking your application global.” Check out the f8 page (http://facebook.com/f8) for more info. If you need a break from hacking during the event, we'll have an abundance of food, music, and Guitar Hero for all of you. And of course, there will

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Tags : f8, facebook, hackathon

8 days to f8

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:52:00 GMT

The countdown to f8 has begun! The team here at Facebook is hard at work getting ready to see you to the San Francisco Design Center for f8 '08. And, we wanted to take some time in the next 8 days leading up to the event to share more information with you about all of the awesome things we have planned for you. Over the next 8 days we'll post a series of blog and video posts about f8. We want you to get to know some of the faces and names here on the Facebook team that will be speaking, presenting, and hanging out at the event. Sharing more information now means that you can have a better idea of what sessions you might want to attend at the event. Also, we wanted to be sure that everyone knows that the times on the keynote have changed from what we originally published. The keynote will be from 1:30 to 3pm — it's earlier than the original schedule, and we wouldn't want you to miss it. Up-to-date information will always be available on the f8 Page at http://facebook.com/f8. We'll be back tomorrow with more on f8, so check back in. See you soon!

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Tags : California, Dave Morin, Josh Elman, Palo Alto, f8, facebook

Facebook at Graphing Social Patterns - East

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:26:02 GMT

Poke Back! Facebook @ GSP East, Live & Interactive: Wed, 6/11, 10:30-11:15AM Come join the Facebook Platform team for an interactive keynote panel where YOU drive the discussion. Here's your chance to find out everything you've ever wanted to know about Facebook Platform including our latest addition to it, Facebook Connect. This keynote panel will be moderated by Dave McClure. Submit questions today: www.facebook.com/gsp

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Tags : Graphing Social Patterns, facebook, test (0:07)