The Chameleon Net blog http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/ ...spreading *Web Karma* en-us Chameleon Net Ltd Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:19:13 GMT newtelligence dasBlog 1.8.5223.2 danm@chameleonnet.co.uk danm@chameleonnet.co.uk http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/Trackback.aspx?guid=cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/pingback.aspx http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/PermaLink,guid,cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e.aspx surajs@chameleonnet.co.uk (Suraj Shah) http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/CommentView,guid,cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e.aspx http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e 1

This week's internal Chameleon Net seminar was run by Louise Ryan, our Head of Pre-Production Systems, who shared a developer's perspective on Facebook applications.

During the session, I briefly tweeted about Facebook applications from a business developer / marketing perspective:

  • RT @vickyreeves looking forward to hearing the internal @Chameleon_Net seminar on facebook application development from @louzoid
  • Internal seminar focused more on developer's perspective. Let's see what marketing / business uses I can pick out from it.
  • Facebook apps: publishing to the stream is most important in @louzoid's opinion - gives application a wide reach to user's friends...
  • Facebook connect allows your website to connect up to the user's facebook account so they can quickly publish news items on their stream.
  • The facebook OpenStream lets users read their streams wherever they want: mobile, desktop, etc. This means multiple interaction points...
  • Facebook have placed restrictions on apps to reduce spam - considerations: developer credibility, app popularity, if app verified...
  • Internal teams are considering niche facebook applications that our clients could develop. Your ideas for Higher Education apps..?
  • @louzoid Thanks for good overview of developing Facebook Apps - interested to see what specific apps we can create for our clients.

If have you ideas for a Facebook application which you'd like developed at your organisation to achieve specific objectives, then leave a comment below or tweet me @surajshah.

Facebook Applications from a Marketer's Perspective http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/PermaLink,guid,cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e.aspx http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/PermaLink,guid,cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e.aspx Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:19:13 GMT <p> This week's internal Chameleon Net seminar was run by Louise Ryan, our Head of Pre-Production Systems, who shared a developer's perspective on <a href="http://developers.facebook.com/">Facebook applications</a>. </p> <p> During the session, I briefly tweeted about <a href="http://www.facebook.com/apps/directory.php">Facebook applications</a> from a business developer / marketing perspective: </p> <ul> <li> RT <a href="http://twitter.com/vickyreeves">@vickyreeves</a> looking forward to hearing the internal <a href="http://twitter.com/Chameleon_Net">@Chameleon_Net</a> seminar on facebook application development from <a href="http://twitter.com/louzoid">@louzoid</a> </li> <li> Internal seminar focused more on developer's perspective. Let's see what marketing / business uses I can pick out from it.</li> <li> Facebook apps: publishing to the stream is most important in <a href="http://twitter.com/louzoid">@louzoid</a>'s opinion - gives application a wide reach to user's friends...</li> <li> <a href="http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php">Facebook connect</a> allows your website to connect up to the user's facebook account so they can quickly publish news items on their stream.</li> <li> The <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/04/27/facebook-open-stream-api-the-next-huge-platform/">facebook OpenStream</a> lets users read their streams wherever they want: mobile, desktop, etc. This means multiple interaction points...</li> <li> Facebook have placed restrictions on apps to reduce spam - considerations: developer credibility, app popularity, if app verified...</li> <li> Internal teams are considering niche facebook applications that our clients could develop. Your ideas for Higher Education apps..?</li> <li> <a href="http://twitter.com/louzoid">@louzoid</a> Thanks for good overview of developing Facebook Apps - interested to see what specific apps we can create for our clients.</li> </ul> <p> If have you ideas for a Facebook application which you'd like developed at your organisation to achieve specific objectives, then leave a comment below or tweet me <a href="http://twitter.com/surajshah">@surajshah</a>. </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e" /> http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/CommentView,guid,cd91aeec-d0eb-4e26-9aaa-ea64516cf04e.aspx Facebook;Higher Education;Social Networking;Twitter;widgets http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/Trackback.aspx?guid=3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/pingback.aspx http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/PermaLink,guid,3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d.aspx danm@chameleonnet.com (Dan Martin) http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/CommentView,guid,3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d.aspx http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d 7 You may know that this December we have launched a seasonal desktop widget - the Karma Calendar.

The widget is your portal to top tips, fun items, blog posts, and even some Chameleon pressies all the way up to Christmas, updated daily to your desktop.

You can get it here: http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/widget/install.html

What's more - this is a call for your Top Tips...

Got a favourite web technique or an online marketing ace up your sleeve? Don't be selfish, it's nearly christmas, share it in the comment trail on this blog post and the best ones will make it onto the widget feed as a 'Guest Top Tip' to everyone's desktop.

In the spirit of things, here's a top tip from me too...

Top 3 Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (feel free to disagree!)

Working on a laptop, I don't always have a mouse with me and trackpads are fiddly. Keyboard to the rescue though:

1. I reckon tabbed browsing cuts down my web surfing time by at least 5%. CTRL + T opens you a new tab in all current versions of IE, FireFox and Opera. Nice. (plus CTRL + F4 to close a tab is handy)

2. Wearing your 'W' key down to a nub entering web addresses? Bit of a lazy typist? Type the main bit of the domain you want and then CTRL + Enter will stick the 'www' subdomain and the '.com' top level domain round it for you. (If, like me, you're UK based, in FireFox you can change the way this behaves to add .co.uk instead - credit to the 'How-To Geek').

3. Need to get home quick? ALT + Enter takes you to your browser homepage. For quick searching, I use Google as my homepage because the cursor focuses on the search field on page load - so ALT + Enter allows me to type my search without moving the mouse - even quicker than me using the google search bar embedded in the browser.

...Looking forward to hearing your top tips!

Dan


Widget Top Tips Download + Add Your Suggestions http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/PermaLink,guid,3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d.aspx http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/PermaLink,guid,3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d.aspx Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:17:56 GMT You may know that this December we have launched a seasonal desktop widget - <a href="http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/widget/install.html"><b>the Karma Calendar.</b></a> <br> <br> The widget is your portal to top tips, fun items, blog posts, and even some Chameleon pressies all the way up to Christmas, updated daily to your desktop.<br> <br> You can get it here: <a href="http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/widget/install.html">http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/widget/install.html</a> <br> <br> What's more - <b>this is a call for <i>your</i> Top Tips...</b> <br> <br> Got a favourite web technique or an online marketing ace up your sleeve? Don't be selfish, it's nearly christmas, share it in the comment trail on this blog post and the best ones will make it onto the widget feed as a 'Guest Top Tip' to everyone's desktop.<br> <br> In the spirit of things, here's a top tip from me too...<br> <br> <b>Top 3 Browser Keyboard Shortcuts </b>(feel free to disagree!)<br> <br> Working on a laptop, I don't always have a mouse with me and trackpads are fiddly. Keyboard to the rescue though:<br> <br> 1. I reckon tabbed browsing cuts down my web surfing time by at least 5%. <b>CTRL + T </b>opens you a new tab in all current versions of IE, FireFox and Opera. Nice. (plus CTRL + F4 to close a tab is handy)<br> <br> 2. Wearing your 'W' key down to a nub entering web addresses? Bit of a lazy typist? Type the main bit of the domain you want and then <b>CTRL + Enter</b> will stick the 'www' subdomain and the '.com' top level domain round it for you. (If, like me, you're UK based, in FireFox you can <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/internet/firefox/change-ctrlenter-behavior-in-firefox/">change the way this behaves to add .co.uk instead</a> - credit to the 'How-To Geek').<br> <br> 3. Need to get home quick? <b>ALT + Enter</b> takes you to your browser homepage. For quick searching, I use Google as my homepage because the cursor focuses on the search field on page load - so ALT + Enter allows me to type my search without moving the mouse - even quicker than me using the google search bar embedded in the browser. <br> <br> ...Looking forward to hearing your top tips!<br> <br> Dan<br> <br> <br> <p> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d" /> http://www.chameleonnet.co.uk/blog/CommentView,guid,3c8fb6dd-2205-4c3e-afe3-dbf1dc422b6d.aspx Web 2.0;widgets