Heroku | Cloud Application Platform Five Best Facebook Customizers Better Facebook. Why would you use anything else? A couple of those require you to be tied to one browser — Chrome. Even if you like Chrome, do you want to be tied to it? The only problem I have with BFB is the bit about stuff being marked as read. Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example book and screencasts by Michael Hartl Michael Hartl Contents Foreword My former company (CD Baby) was one of the first to loudly switch to Ruby on Rails, and then even more loudly switch back to PHP (Google me to read about the drama). This book by Michael Hartl came so highly recommended that I had to try it, and the Ruby on Rails Tutorial is what I used to switch back to Rails again. Though I’ve worked my way through many Rails books, this is the one that finally made me “get” it. The linear narrative is such a great format. Enjoy! Derek Sivers (sivers.org) Founder, CD Baby Acknowledgments The Ruby on Rails Tutorial owes a lot to my previous Rails book, RailsSpace, and hence to my coauthor Aurelius Prochazka. I’d like to acknowledge a long list of Rubyists who have taught and inspired me over the years: David Heinemeier Hansson, Yehuda Katz, Carl Lerche, Jeremy Kemper, Xavier Noria, Ryan Bates, Geoffrey Grosenbach, Peter Cooper, Matt Aimonetti, Gregg Pollack, Wayne E. About the author Copyright and license 1.1 Introduction
Built-in Action Types If your app publishes on behalf of its users and requires an access token with no expiration time for the purpose of publishing, you should use an App Access Token. An App Access Token is signed using your app secret and will not expire; it will be invalidated if you re-key/reset your application secret. App Access Tokens should only be used when the posting functions are originated directly from your servers in order to keep them private to the app. For example, you should not publish using an App Access Token from within a client such as a native mobile app. Doing that could allow individuals to obtain the App Access Token, which could then allow them to take actions on behalf of your app. App Access Tokens are especially useful when publishing instances of “secure Open Graph actions”, Open Graph actions that should only be published by your app, such as achievements and game scores. Obtaining an App Access Token To obtain an App Access Token, invoke the following HTTP GET request
Ruby Kickstart Facebook Lets More People Pay to Promote Posts 18 September '12, 09:22pm Follow Back in May, Facebook started testing a new feature called “Highlight”, which lets you pay actual money to make sure that more of your friends see your status update, in New Zealand (Facebook’s favorite country for testing obscure new features since it’s small but still English-speaking). Today, users of the social network from around the world started reporting that they are seeing the feature. I confirmed with Facebook, and indeed the company has started a broader test for Highlight. “We are expanding a test that started last May that enables people to pay to promote a status update so that more friends may see it in their news feed,” a Facebook spokesperson told The Next Web. Both reports come from Hacker News. The video clearly shows a price of €3.09 EUR as well as all the various payment options: Visa, mobile phone, PayPal, Beanfun, MyCard, Alipay, Western Union, JoinCard, and so on.
Infographic Creation Made Easy with Visual.ly Create Today marks an important milestone for Visual.ly: the release of our tools for automatic infographic creation. Our team has made hundreds of infographics, so we know how hard it can be to find the data, do the necessary research, and make sure you are following the principles of good data visualization, while still coming up with a design that people will want to hang on their wall and spread through the interwebs. That’s why we’ve built data feeds into a number of infographic designs, created for you by our team of expert designers. We are social creatures, so we thought it only natural to start with Twitter and Facebook. Another reason was our launch at the SXSW Festival, a place where many new stories are being told. But this is just the beginning. Once you’ve created an infographic with Visual.ly Create, we hope you’ll share it with the community by posting to your Visual.ly profile or sharing with your friends on social networks.
HOW TO: Turn Three Small Brand Photos On Facebook’s News Feed Into One Big Photo Facebook analytics provider Wise Metrics came up with a neat trick for manipulating the way photos are displayed on users’ news feeds so that brands can draw more attention to their posts. Rather than posting albums with three separate photos, Wise Metrics came up with a way to turn three small photos into one eye-catching large image: Resize your picture to 778 pixels wide.Put four vertical guides on your pictures at 241, 267, 510, and 536 pixels (x axis). These guides represent the margins Facebook will insert between your pictures.Create a square selection of 243×243 pixels. Place it in the middle of your picture.Add a horizontal guide at the top of your square selection. Wise Metrics said it produced a template to help users duplicate these actions, adding:
The First 45 Years Of Star Trek I feel almost childishly uneducated when it comes to Star Trek, and the culture that surrounds this quite amazing series of movies and TV shows. There is no doubt Star Trek has had a huge impact on society, and I think the cast members should feel proud that they have been a part of a world-changing concept that will only grow stronger with time. There are gadgets, technologies and styles all derived from Star Trek, and I am sure no one could disagree with me when I say that Star Trek has had as much of an impact on the world as Star Wars, if not more. It’s once again a question about which side you vote for. It’s with fascination that I begin to read and look through this information packed Star Trek infographic which replays 45 years of pure sci-fi history.
What Can Facebook’s Open Graph Do? Facebook’s open graph can be a powerful tool for brands, provided they know how to use it. As more and more companies look to gain a foothold on the social network, open graph is a key way to foster engagement. Jon Eccles, product manager of social integration for Thismoment, spoke with AllFacebook about how brands are leveraging this technology to both spread the word and create a dialogue with Facebook users. For those who don’t know, Facebook’s open graph is one of the social network’s basic concepts. Facebook introduced it in 2010, and it has since opened it up to third-party applications. Essentially, any website where you see some kind of official call to action to log in or connect via Facebook — that brand is using Facebook’s open graph. Eccles’ company, Thismoment, works with major brands such as Coca-Cola, Lexus, and The Hunger Games on their Facebook campaigns. Most brands tend to think in terms of the campaign that lasts three to four months.
ClipX ClipX is a tiny clipboard history manager. It is sweet, it is free, use it. License Copyright 2004-2008 Francis Gastellu. Download ClipX Latest stable version: ClipX 1.0.3.8 for x86 (Nov. 30th, 2005) Latest beta version: ClipX 1.0.3.9 beta 7 x86 (Jul. 6th, 2008) ClipX 1.0.3.9 beta 7 x64 (Jul. 6th, 2008) Note that beta versions are work in progress. Download Plugins ClipX Stickies Plugin 1.9Stickies Plugin 1.9 for ClipX x64 Keeps a list of permanent entries at the bottom of your history. ClipX Auto Update Plugin 1.6Auto Update Plugin 1.6 for ClipX x64 Automatically checks for and downloads the latest version of ClipX (RSA authenticated). ClipX Limits Plugin 1.2Limits Plugin 1.2 for ClipX x64 Lets you ignore some clipboards based on size in memory. ClipX "Save Image As" Plugin 0.1 Lets you save image clipboards as PNG or JPG (Requires GDI+), by Miguel Garrido. ClipX DiskLog Plugin 1.2DiskLog Plugin 1.2 for ClipX x64 Records your clipboard lifetime history to disk (text entries only). Donate Thanks Contact