50 (+2) Resources for Facebook Application Developers

Came across this great blog post by Derek Collins, at KissMetrics.com

Its a great resource, and some of the linked resources will help with other things not just Facebook apps. It covers:

Planning & designing your Facebook application
Marketing your Facebook application and User Acquisition
Monetizing your Facebook application
Plus a couple of extra designer focused links attributed Erik Giberti

Check it out here.

Twenty Years Later, The Web Is Finally Turning Into a Computer

(Source: TED.com)

Build Facebook Apps Without the Code - Use Zembly

Interested in creating a Facebook app but don’t want to worry about hosting plans, marketing your app, or even writing the code?  A new service funded and developed by Sun Microsystems might be a solution for you.

Zembly is a new tool that allows anyone to easily create and host social applications that target the most popular social platforms like Facebook, Meebo, OpenSocial, iPhone, and Google Gadgets.  By reusing UI and back-end code and encouraging the crowd-sourcing of app components, Zembly markets itself as a sort of free library for social applications — live and editable code that can grow as users decide to contribute. For those who need a really simple solution, Zembly could be well worth the few minutes it takes to look around.

To start, there’s no downloading or learning of a new language - just go to Zembly’s website and you can start creating an app in your browser immediately.  Zembly already shows results from component providers like Amazon, Flickr, Google, Twitter, and Yahoo as well as pieces of code created by other Zembly users.  All you have to do is click to add one of these elements.

If you’re worried that Zembly may not be robust enough for your needs, try out a sample app called Capital Punishment that shows how Zembly apps look when published. Zembly and its hosting services are free for now and has recently been launched as a public beta. Click here.

(Source: InsideFacebook.com)

Another Bubble…

For those who haven’t seen the “another bubble” video thought it was worth posting…  was actually shown at a lecture I attended earlier this month. Very catchy.

Cisco Unleashes the Power of Virtualization with Industry’s First Unified Computing System

Cisco today unveiled an evolutionary new data center architecture, innovative services and an open ecosystem of best in class partners to help customers develop next-generation data centers that unleash the full power of virtualization. With today’s announcement, Cisco is delivering on the promise of virtualization through Unified Computing - an architecture that bridges the silos in the data center into one unified architecture using industry standard technologies. Key to Cisco’s approach is the Cisco Unified Computing System which unites compute, network, storage access, and virtualization resources in a single energy efficient system that can reduce IT infrastructure costs and complexity, help extend capital assets and improve business agility well into the future.

For more click here.

(Original Source: newsroom.cisco.com)