Who, What, When, Where, Why? Lane LiaBraaten, Google OpenThread - San Francisco, CA August 15, 2008 http://www. slideshare . net/lliabraa/openthread-presentation/

Who’s Involved? Containers Users Developers http://xkcd.com/303/

Who’s Involved? ® friendster

What’s in an app? HTML and CSS Presentation layer JavaScript Request people, friends and activity info from containers Request info from your servers (gadgets.io.makeRequest) Wrapped in XML Application metadata (title, description, etc.) Include extra features (e.g. support for photos)

HTML and CSS

Presentation layer

JavaScript

Request people, friends and activity info from containers

Request info from your servers (gadgets.io.makeRequest)

Wrapped in XML

Application metadata (title, description, etc.)

Include extra features (e.g. support for photos)

When? Now.

Now.

Where? http://www. google .com/insights/search/# q=opensocial Inspired by: http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=336

Why? OpenSocial v0.7 in full swing 275+ million users in reach 16 containers in production or sandbox http://code. google . com/apis/opensocial/gettingstarted .html 100+ million app installs 20K developers OpenSocial v0.8 rolling out now RESTful APIs (and client libraries) Other updates http://code. google . com/apis/opensocial/docs/releasenotes .html

OpenSocial v0.7 in full swing

275+ million users in reach

16 containers in production or sandbox

http://code. google . com/apis/opensocial/gettingstarted .html

100+ million app installs

20K developers

OpenSocial v0.8 rolling out now

RESTful APIs (and client libraries)

Other updates

http://code. google . com/apis/opensocial/docs/releasenotes .html

What’s next? Templates http: //ostemplates-demo . appspot .com/ New kinds of containers LinkedIn, Yahoo!, iGoogle, FriendConnect You decide! Propose your ideas for OpenSocial v0.9

Templates

http: //ostemplates-demo . appspot .com/

New kinds of containers

LinkedIn, Yahoo!, iGoogle, FriendConnect

You decide!

Propose your ideas for OpenSocial v0.9

Resources Visit the site and read the spec: http://www. opensocial .org Keep an eye on the blog: http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com Get involved in the developer forums: http://groups. google . com/group/opensocial Help shape the specification: http://groups. google . com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/ Check out Shindig: http://incubator.apache.org/shindig

Visit the site and read the spec:

http://www. opensocial .org

Keep an eye on the blog:

http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com

Get involved in the developer forums:

http://groups. google . com/group/opensocial

Help shape the specification:

http://groups. google . com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/

Check out Shindig:

http://incubator.apache.org/shindig