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'''Title of Session''': Introducing SocialAPI
'''Title of Session''': Introducing SocialAPI


'''Facilitator(s)''': Shane Caraveo, Mark Hammond
'''Slides''': http://mixedpuppy.github.com/socialapi-slides/
 
'''Facilitator(s)''': Shane Caraveo


'''Are you paid or volunteer staff?''': paid
'''Are you paid or volunteer staff?''': paid
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Shane: Within Labs I focus on aspects of social networking, with a strong interest in privacy and security issues, as features in Firefox or in online services.  I've been with Mozilla since 2010, starting in Mozilla Messaging, and have been building software on top of Mozilla software since 2001.
Shane: Within Labs I focus on aspects of social networking, with a strong interest in privacy and security issues, as features in Firefox or in online services.  I've been with Mozilla since 2010, starting in Mozilla Messaging, and have been building software on top of Mozilla software since 2001.


Mark: Also working within Labs on aspects of social networking.  I've been paid staff since 2012 but have been contributing to Mozilla with checkin permissions since 2000.
'''Location of Work (where do you reside?)''': Vancouver, Canada


'''Location of Work (where do you reside?)''': Vancouver (Shane), Melbourne Australia (Mark)
'''Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes)''': 60
 
'''Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes)''': 90


'''Summary''':  With the SocialAPI, services can create an immersive social experience for their users in Firefox.  This session will cover goals and possible directions for social functionality in Firefox, provide an understanding of the architecture and introduce developers to the building blocks they can use to create a SocialAPI provider.
'''Summary''':  With the SocialAPI, services can create an immersive social experience for their users in Firefox.  This session will cover goals and possible directions for social functionality in Firefox, provide an understanding of the architecture and introduce developers to the building blocks they can use to create a SocialAPI provider.
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Developer focused, but anyone interested in understanding how to create a SocialAPI provider is welcome.
Developer focused, but anyone interested in understanding how to create a SocialAPI provider is welcome.
Note that if preferred by the organizers we would be happy to split this into 2 sessions - one focused on the use and objectives of the feature itself and another focused on developers who wish to implement a provider or gain a deeper understanding of the implementation.


'''Equipment Needs (Video projector already included)''': wifi
'''Equipment Needs (Video projector already included)''': wifi
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Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk:
Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk:
* Girish Sharma
* Girish Sharma
* Ernest Chiang (MozTW)

Latest revision as of 09:05, 18 November 2012

Title of Session: Introducing SocialAPI

Slides: http://mixedpuppy.github.com/socialapi-slides/

Facilitator(s): Shane Caraveo

Are you paid or volunteer staff?: paid

Area of Contribution (Team Name): Labs

How are you currently involved with the community?: Shane: Within Labs I focus on aspects of social networking, with a strong interest in privacy and security issues, as features in Firefox or in online services. I've been with Mozilla since 2010, starting in Mozilla Messaging, and have been building software on top of Mozilla software since 2001.

Location of Work (where do you reside?): Vancouver, Canada

Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes): 60

Summary: With the SocialAPI, services can create an immersive social experience for their users in Firefox. This session will cover goals and possible directions for social functionality in Firefox, provide an understanding of the architecture and introduce developers to the building blocks they can use to create a SocialAPI provider.

How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals:

SocialAPI will be one of the drivers for increasing Firefox Desktop adoption. Developer awareness and community involvement are important to helping SocialAPI be successful.

Expected Outcome or Deliverable:

Awareness and understanding of the SocialAPI, where it's going and how to use it, as well as increasing community involvement and feedback. People wishing to integrate with the SocialAPI will come out with an understanding of the overall architecture and the building blocks needed to build their own provider.

Desired Audience Type or Skill-set:

Developer focused, but anyone interested in understanding how to create a SocialAPI provider is welcome.

Equipment Needs (Video projector already included): wifi


To Be Completed by the Audience-

(If you would like) Submit a Question for the Speaker(s) or indicate what information you hope to gain by attending this talk here:

Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk:

  • Girish Sharma
  • Ernest Chiang (MozTW)