So on Monday night(the 27th) I attended the 2nd Vancouver Facebook Developer Garage and I was actually very impressed. Nobody presented any lame apps like the Zombies or What Color Are You? that are completely useless. All of the 11 applications presented had some sort of useful purpose to them and were developed very well. The presentations given were as follows:

My favourite presentation was that of “These Are My Kids”. It seemed as though it was very well developed and that they had put a lot of thought into the entire idea. I suggest you check it out and if you’re a parent, add it once it’s released, because it looks to be very useful. As for an application I would add myself I’d probably choose the”Mixx Maker”, which is an application which allows you to make your own mixes or playlists and allows your friends to add to them as well. I’d also probably use “I’m Reading” and “Eat-A-Rama” just because they’re cool and I definitely probably use them on a regular basis. All in all it was a great night. Lot’s of good developing going on and all for a good cause - we’d like to think anyway. If I remember more that I’d like to bring up later then I’ll blog about it again. But that’s all for now. Have a sweet day/evening. Drive safe in all that snow here in the lower mainland!

Rebekah Out.

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So it seems Facebook is the way of the future. Anyone who wants to try and be their competition (if they weren’t to begin with - like MySpace) then I commend them for their bravery. But alas, I hope the competition is prepared to be shot down. I myself have not created a facebook application yet. Note that word yet. Although I’m not a big fan of facebook applications as they clutter up the profile and such I do think that it is a great learning experience and an awesome thing to include in a portfolio. I mean come on, think about it… you go to apply for some sort of web job and you say “yeah I also created a couple facebook applications” that makes you instantly cool and jump starts your interviewers interest in you - because it is so popular and so “in” right now. Although my facebook application development is still in the “yet” stage I plan on attending the Vancouver Facebook Garage to expand my knowledge about the back-end part of this uber-popular social networking extravaganza. And best of all it’s FREE. Do I have your attention yet? I said… FREE!!! So get outta the house and learn something new - attend the Vancouver Facebook Garage. I’ll blog about it after I attend of course. But still, experience it first hand! For more information you can go to their Wiki or check out the Facebook event page. And yes, in case you were wondering, I DO have a facebook profile - and it’s very cluttered with applications right now, that would make sense hm? Hope to see a great turnout for this event! It should be tons of fun and lots of good learnin’!

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I recently wrote a research paper for one of my classes at BCIT on a topic of our choice. I chose the topic of the changing ways of layout in HTML over the years. I called it the Fall of Tables. However I cannot take credit for that title - the ingenious idea for the paper and the title were that of my good friend Michael Breuer. So, thanks Mike! I’m not quite prepared to post parts of this essay yet - but as soon as it’s returned to me by my teacher then I’ll be posting my opinion on HTML layout and how it should be done. However for now,

Down With Tables!
Long Live CSS!

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