http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com Founder and Lead Developer Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:52:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have had it with these people. Seriously, of all the software in the world that can be classified as Beta, the last thing you'd expect is a movie rental service who probably bought off the shelf code and hacked it a little to use it. But hell, they dont ... http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/internet-lurker/do-they-even-know-what-beta-means/ Here it is, many considered it inevitable after OpenSocial, and Facebook have responded by opening up their own platform. Even though the OpenSocial adopters are sticking with Google for now, I think fbOpen will catch on eventually, at least I find it the easiest platform to develop for. The fb-open-platform.tar.gz archive ... http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/facebook-opens-up-platform-fbopen/ Here's how the AdSense experiement on Facebook went: AdSense eCPM: $0.35 (ranging from $0.02 to $1.60) Cubics CPM (Average): $0.70 (minimum $0.67 to maximum $0.74) Take Cubics, play safe, or take AdSense and try to maximize clicks in whatever way you can. http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/adsense-vs-cubics-two-weeks-later/ If this bit of information is anything to go by, the social networking bubble is either bordering on the edge of being ridiculous, or Yahoo might be on to something. Yahoo are looking a little stagnant, and a switch to social media might create the largest social network overnight. On the ... http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/social-media/yahoo-one-giant-social-network/ This was in an update sent to certain users by Facebook. document.write(''); Read this doc on Scribd: Facebook Insider's Guide to Viral Marketing var scribd_doc = new scribd.Document(2592327, 'key-2e5x24j13okldnv9x5bf'); scribd_doc.write('embedded_flash_2592327_23lkp'); http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/facebook-insiders-guide-to-viral-marketing/ A lot of people have cried out over Facebook's $15 billion valuation. However, there are certain points that support such a ridiculously high value. Investor Paul Buchheit has written an interesting article about how Facebook has the benefit of knowing about your entire real-life social network, clouded only by a ... http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/why-facebook-might-be-worth-more-than-you-think/ This comes from padrenel's blog. It discusses important things to know while getting started with Facebook application development. Must read in my opinion, helped me immensely. It discusses: PHP4 vs. PHP5 Session Keys Updating Profiles with fb:ref Debugging tools Support and Documentation Complete article here. http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/facebook-application-development-10-things-to-know/ Trust me, it doesn't feel good, but it proves a point, I made a fair game! Yes, the Indian Premier League has begun and so has my application for Facebook. Here's how I'm doing in the fantasy game: Not looking too good, I'm afraid! http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/getting-beaten-at-my-own-game/ There are many advantages to using the shell, one is making backups. With the following code and a cron job, periodically backing up MySQL databases is a breeze. #!/bin/sh mkdir `date +%m-%d-%y-%Hx%M` cd `date +%m-%d-%y-%Hx%M` mysqldump -h localhost -u user -ppassword dbname > file.sql http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/development/periodically-back-up-mysql-with-a-shell-script/ Monetizing Facebook applications is a difficult job. First, there's no dominant ad network for Facebook. I've started experimenting with AdSense on some pages of my Indian Premier League application. Here are some things I've learn so far: AdSense provides relevant content if the web-page can be crawled. That's why I built ... http://abhinav.ideativeflux.com/facebook/experimenting-with-adsense-on-facebook/