“The authors did a great job covering the various ins and outs of OpenSocial, and especially the specific MySpace quirks. If you are a new social networking application developer or even someone who just wants to write better OpenSocial Apps, then this book has what you are looking for.” –Cassandra Doll, Software Engineer, Google The Insider’s Guide to Writing OpenSocial Applications for MySpace–and Beyond! When you write OpenSocial applications for MySpace, you can reach millions of users overnight. Building OpenSocial Apps shows you how, one step at a time. Whether you’re building casual widgets or feature-rich, professional applications, this book will teach you everything you need to know. The authors are the leading experts on OpenSocial and MySpace and have personally helped construct the MySpace platform and OpenSocial standards. In this indispensable book, they walk you through the entire process of building apps, from signing up through building complex apps that can scale to thousands of users and interoperate on more than fifty social networks, such as Hi5, Orkut, and LinkedIn. They demonstrate today’s best practices for building OpenSocial applications and present dozens of tips for leveraging both MySpace and OpenSocial to their fullest. Coverage includes <ul>
<li>Installing and working with the MySpace Developer Platform </li>
<li>Retrieving, parsing, and displaying user data, friend lists, and photos </li>
<li>Sending App invitations and notifications </li>
<li>Building mashups that communicate with third-party web services </li>
<li>Marketing your App and building your user base </li>
<li>Designing for performance, scalability, and fault tolerance </li>
<li>Securing MySpace and OpenSocial apps, and protecting users’ privacy </li>
<li>Building apps that display ads and accept micropayments</li> </ul>
A companion web site (opensocialtictactoe.googlecode.com) includes an extensive library of downloadable source code and other support materials.

Building OpenSocial Apps: A Field Guide to Working with the MySpace Platform

Cole, Chris

Humor & Entertainment

Addison-Wesley Professional

"The easy life is sometimes the hardest life of all." The words rang false to seventeen-year-old Charlie Middle when he first heard his cousin Maisey utter them, between sips of her gold-flaked martini. But by the end of his summer in California, they were among the truest words he had ever heard. Such Great Heights is a retelling of The Great Gatsby, by way of Social Network and Less Than Zero. Author, Chris Cole, puts a millennial wardrobe on the Jazz Age classic, mashing up the styles and imagery of Brett Easton Ellis, F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Green into a new and timely voice.We are offered a ringside seat for the impossible love story of kid billionaire Joss Stember and heiress Maisey Landing. Told in heartbreaking detail through the eyes of Charlie, we watch these young lovers as they fight against the ceaseless waves of the past in a passionate attempt to make their way toward the shores of the present. Battling their own demons, and the demons that seem to prey upon them at every turn.Through the lens of recently graduated Midwest teen, Charlie Middle, we are afforded a rarefied glimpse into a lifestyle that is usually kept under lock and key. Charlie's innocent summer internship in Silicon Valley quickly morphs into a crucible of excess and intrigue amidst the one percent of the one percent--fraught with star-crossed lovers, million dollar cars, 24-hour parties, high-tech billionaires and a pageantry of excess that would have put Sodom and Gomorrah to shame, let alone East and West Egg. Such Great Heights is a novel for the Instagram generation, a generation for whom nostalgia is a stylish accessory and instant messages are sacred texts."I hope millions of people read your writing, it's so damn good." - Lana Del Rey, Multi-platinum recording artist (Interscope)"In this Gatsby-in-Silicon-Valley story, Chris Cole writes with elegance and urgency, with a nod to the past, a glance toward the future, and insight into the timeless." - Frances Lefkowitz, Award-winning author of To Have Not (MacAdam/Cage) "Such Great Heights is a witty and inventive retelling of The Great Gatsby. Set amidst the sumptuous and conspicuous decadence of contemporary Silicon Valley, this engaging novel very much confirms Fitzgerald's observation about the very rich: "They are different from you and me." - Michael David Lukas, Award-winning author of The Oracle of Stamboul (HarperCollins)"Chris Cole has written a pop novel that moves about as fast as America crumbles, or: this book starts off with a gunshot and accelerates until its bloody climax... All the lessons we can learn from The Great Gatsby are here. But we're riding backseat in a Maybach listening to Kanye and Jay-Z... Thrilling, real and yet utterly fantastic, Such Great Heights is as profound as it is entertaining and easy to understand." - Litseen.com

Such Great Heights (A Novel)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Disembodied Poetics

If you never thought that language could provide hours of entertainment, these "games" will definitely change your mind -- and sharpen your brain! There's the most unusual Lexicon ever, with almost no definitions, but lots of unusual facts about each word's structure -- including which common word is the most difficult to spell. And delve into fun sidebars that explain surprising aspects of language from "Pronunciation Variants" to ways you can use the same word several times in a single sentence.

Wordplay: A Curious Dictionary of Language Oddities

Puzzles & Games

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

LOSE WEIGHT FAST, GAIN INCREDIBLE STRENGTH, EXERCISE WITH MINIMUM RISK TO YOUR JOINTS AND IMPROVE YOUR STATE OF MIND WITH CALISTHENICS BODYWEIGHT STRENGTH TRAINING. BEST OF ALL - DO IT ANYWHERE, ANYTIME FOR FREE! If you want to be strong, lean and muscular fast without steroids or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym... then you will want to read this book How would you like to burn fat, Improve overall stamina, strength, energy, agility, coordination and balance whilst losing weight and building muscle to achieve a naturally sculptured awesome looking body? If so welcome to your new journey into the life of calisthenics!!! The great news about calisthenics exercises is that they are completely FREE and relatively easy to perform. You don't need an expensive gym membership or expensive equipment as all the exercises can be performed at home using your own body weight. Exercises can be performed by people in all age groups and genders without risk of injury when performed properly Sound way too good to be true? Well it's not and if you purchase this book today we'll show you exactly how getting strong, fit and healthy is nowhere near as complicated or as hard as the fitness industry would have you believe Here's just a snippet of what this book is going to revel... <ul> <li>Why you should focus on strength training</li> <li>A weekly step by step routine focusing on exercises for every day</li> <li>Fast weight loss</li> <li>Minimum risk to your joints</li> <li>Incredible gains in strength</li> <li>Perfect for improving mental health & state of mind</li> <li>Boost self-esteem and help with stress, anxiety and depression</li> </ul> The bottom line is you CAN achieve the lean, sculpted and muscular body that you have always wanted without completely changing your life

Fitness: Bodyweight Training: Lose Weight, Build Muscle and Get Lean - The No B.S. Approach to Bodyweight Strength Training

Sports & Outdoors

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Book by Parsons, John, Martin, Bob, Cole, Chris, Prior, Gary M.

The Championships Wimbledon: Official Annual 1993

Martin, Bob

Parsons, John

Prior, Gary M.

Racket Sports

TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

Finalist in Religious Non-Fiction and Spirituality for 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Struggling with lifelong disordered eating and adolescent addiction, Chris Cole had his first psychotic episode at the age of eighteen, suddenly believing he was the Second Coming of Christ. He lost his identity and tried to perform miracles and was ultimately arrested in the lobby of his college dormitory―all while convinced he was being taken to his crucifixion. Even when sanity returned, he could not help but contemplate God's involvement. For years, Chris danced with delusion, but he eventually surrendered to his humanity and learned to embrace reality. The Body of Chris explores mental illness―from bipolar disorder to substance use to binge eating―in one man’s search for salvation. From his oldest wounds to his renewed spirituality, author Chris Cole tells his story with unflinching honesty in hopes of reaching people who suffer from mental illness and those who love them.

The Body of Chris: A Memoir of Obsession, Addiction, and Madness

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Inkshares

Porch Light

Independently published

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