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MaRS Emerging Technology Series: New Models of Web Application Development

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM (ET)

Toronto, Canada

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SPEAKER

Jay Goldman Jay Goldman

  • Author of the Facebook Cookbook
  • Founder, BarCamp Toronto


 

SESSION OVERVIEW

The web is more interesting when you can build apps that easily interact with a myriad of sites and users out there that want to share information. But with the growing trends in social media applications also comes a growing list of market and technology rules that players from small start-ups and big corporations need to be aware of. With emerging technologies and common API frameworks such as OpenSocial currently being developed by a broad set of members of the web community, what’s the best approach to understanding how to build and connect to information all over the web? Join us as we explore how this emerging era of open standards and connected social networks is creating an exciting “free-range” digital content bonanza.

  • Mashups: The promise of the API realized on the web
  • How web applications can best be used in corporate enterprises using these emerging frameworks
  • An overview of “Open” vs. “Walled” gardens and “Cathedral vs. The Bazaar”: What's the model for web application development
  • Case Study: Toronto Transit Commission – How MyTTC shows a glimmer of what could be possible in an open environment


ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Jay Goldman has been providing a human side to technology for over ten years, as both a User Experience Specialist and Visual Designer. His career has been focused on the interaction between people and technology, and his insights have helped to greatly improve products on mobile, web, and desktop platforms, including IBM DB2 and Mozilla Firefox. Jay led Radiant Core's Professional Services Team on a wide variety of award winning engagements across many industries, and is now helping to change the world as Vice President of Client Experience for Zerofootprint Software, Inc.

Facebook Cookbook

He has been instrumental in the continued growth of the BarCamp community in Toronto and was one of the co-conductors of the very successful TransitCamp event held in partnership with the Toronto Transit Commission.

Jay has been published in the Harvard Business Review and is the author of Facebook Cookbook for O'Reilly Media.



 

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