Today Facebook presented a 6-month developer roadmap. Finally – it’s been frustrating as hell writing a book about Facebook and not knowing what was coming from them and when, not to mention staying abreast of all the changes for our clients. In their presentation Facebook said that there were not many or big changes being [...]
Cappy Popp will be speaking at a MITX event Wednesday, June 24, 2009 on a panel titled, ’Web Marketing on a Shoestring – Being Scrappy in a Down Economy‘.
The second installment of the MITX Marketing Technology Series, an educational series designed to explore the platforms, systems and infrastructures that allow marketers to execute efficiently, will be held [...]
Mike Langford, fellow panelist and CEO of Tweetworks, has posted video of the panel discussion from the Girls in Tech Boston event held on May 6th, 2009 at Microsoft’s Cambridge Research Center.
You can view the video here.
Along with Mike, Cappy was joined by the following panelists:
Rachel Happe, Co-Founder, Community Roundtable
Karen Rubin, Product Owner, HubSpot and [...]
Facebook today announced Quick Transitions, an Ajax-backed technology for enabling faster canvas page loads in Facebook Applications. Does it work? Not at the moment.
Selling to CIOs is a complex and daunting task. Make sure you do your homework and know what they are looking for. Know their industry, pain points, and competitors. Prepare and be ready for pointed questions about ROI of your solution.
Facebook Pages have changed; they are now more like Facebook user profiles. So, how do you deal with their status messages? How do you get them from the API and what can go wrong?
This is a very handy feature, especially if you have to write your code in Actionscript 2 for which the Flash CS4 debugger is terrible, terrible, terrible. Trace messages are great but when your Flash .swf is running in a browser, and needs to (for instance if it is running on a Facebook application and [...]
Facebook says they will soon be updating the developer application that allows you to manage your applications. It’s about time. It’s a mess at the moment. As long as they don’t break the application setup APIs this will be great.
Check it out for yourself here.
Getting your startup its first round of investment is a complex process. This post clarifies the funding process using real input from actual VC and Angel investors. Discover the critical ‘qualifying questions,’ how to find the right investor, and how to create an effective pitch.