Jesse Schell’s Presentation at DICE 2010
Oh, the points you will earn in the future. I think saying the growth of Mafia Wars was driven by authenticity is a very silly, if not outright insulting. Authenticity is not something you can acquire.
Facebook Launches XMPP Support for Facebook Chat
Meaning you can add it to your dedicated chat client of choice. The official site has instructions for Pidgin, Adium, iChat, and the ever-popular “Other.”
I think my friend Shawn Medero has the right attitude, “we’ll see how much I hate this.”
HipHop for PHP
What appears to be a PHP/C++ cross-compiler. This could be some serious mojo for PHP. That name is awful, though.
Facebook Acquires FriendFeed
Financial terms not disclosed, as usual. The acquisition makes sense as Facebook has basically spent the last 6 months trying to emulate FriendFeed and Twitter.