Facebook Cookbook - Jay Goldman [0]
Jay Goldman
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Mary Treseler
Copyright © 2008 Jason Goldman
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Contributors
The following people contributed recipes to this book:
Jayant Agarwalla: The Winning Formula for Facebook, The Winning Formula for Facebook
There aren’t many people in the world who can claim to have a winning formula for building Facebook applications. Jayant is one of those very, very few. I had the pleasure of interviewing him on stage at the ICE08 conference, and I can honestly say that I’ve never met anyone with a deeper understanding of what it means to build a successful Facebook app. And he should know! At 21 years old, Jayant, who comes from Kolkata, India, is the cofounder of http://scrabulous.com and the Scrabulous application on Facebook (now called Wordscraper). He’s currently the VP of business development and marketing for Scrabulous.
Will Pate: Community Gardening, Community Gardening
When I set out to find someone who could write eloquently about some good community gardening strategies, my list had exactly one person on it: Will Pate. From starting the Infinity BBS when he was still in high school, through cofounding Raincity Studios in Vancouver, to being the community manager for Flock, cohosting commandN, and in his current role as community manager for VenCorps, Will has demonstrated an unparalleled understanding of how to grow a vibrant community. You can find him at http://www.willpate.org.
Alistair Morton: Finding Inspiration, Finding Inspiration
Al is one of the most talented designers I’ve ever met, and certainly the tallest. We’ve collaborated on a few projects, which has given me the opportunity to notice that even his on-the-phone doodles are individually perfect works of art. I asked him to contribute a recipe that’s a little outside the regular scope you might have come to expect, and to shine some light on where he finds inspiration for his creative endeavors. You can find him at http://www.peapod.ca.
Rajat Agarwalla: Scalability, Scalability
I’ve never met Rajat, but I have had the pleasure of sharing a stage with his brother, Jayant. You might not recognize their personal names, but you’ve almost certainly lost hours and hours of your life to their creation: Scrabulous. Few Facebook developers have dealt with the scaling issues that they have! The brothers hail from Kolkata, India, and are cofounders of http://scrabulous.com and the Scrabulous application on Facebook (now Wordscraper). Rajat is the CEO and chief software architect.
Mark Slee: Cross-Language Development with Facebook Thrift, Cross-Language Development with Thrift
I’ve only had the honor of meeting a handful of Facebook’s development team members, which fortunately included Mark. I saw Mark present at the FSOSS07 conference on Thrift and immediately cornered