Working with really smart dedicated people make projects so much more enjoyable. I get really excited to know that there is no problem that someone I work with cannot figure out. The current team working on a Facebook application really rocks. It shows when people really care about what they are working on. I have worked with may smart individuals in the past, but right now, I feel like its everyone. It’s awesome. Everyone is super excited to work together, and do whatever it takes to get it done.

I recently attended the Phoenix Facebook Developer Garage, there were some great presentations. Dave Morin from Facebook talked about the platform, Chris Johnson talked about Marketing Applications, and Joel Neubeck talked about Application Development.

One of the guys I have learned the most from recently is Joel Neubeck. He recently wrote about Link Tracking in Facebook (which blew my mind, because of what data he was able to track). Joel has done a ton of Facebook work lately, and I find myself daily saying ‘Dude, that’s awesome’, in regards to some of the stuff he has figured out how to do.

So to celebrate the awesomeness, I snapped the photo above. This is the group working in our main office, a mix of Production and Development. From left: Steve, Mike, Rob, April, Ritchie, Myself, and Justin.

So the Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage was tonight at the Tempe Center for the Arts. There was a great turn out, and the speakers were awesome.

Dave Morin started the night off with some great facts about the facebook users and some of the facebook apps including Photos and Events. It was amazing to see the numbers of users using these apps. Dave also talked about the Platform and how it has grown.

Chris Johnson from Terralever talked about how to market your facebook application.

And one of the highlights of the night was Nate Warner from Red Bull talking about the ‘Roshambull’ application. It was great, Nate did not hold anything back and was vary candid. The most interesting part to me was to hear about what things they did wrong/right with the app. I was really nice hearing about what things did not work, and how that information made them rethink, and build the app even better.

Tempe Center for the Arts.

Dave Morin from Facebook.

A bunch of Terralever employees.

Just a quick note - The Facebook Developer’s Garage is tonight!

More info: Facebook Developer’s Garage - Phoenix, and the Facebook Group, previous post.

Update: It’s Over - Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage

At Terralever we have been building some Facebook applications, and have started shifting a lot of effort into building more.

I have to say they are a challenge, but a fun challenge. One of the developers, Justin and I were chatting today about this one new app we are working on and we both realized that we are learning so much about Facebook applications during every piece of function we write. Funny. But awesome too. There is so much to learn about the platform and how to use it, its so powerful.

One of the cool things that I found out today was collecting information about a user when they uninstall an application. I have never really wanted to collect any info on the users before, but the client we are building for right now wanted to collect a bunch of info about the users when they uninstall their app.

What we really wanted was the uid from that user. So, in the facebook documentation Post-Remove URL, they list all the POST variables. But I was having a hard time getting that info. Even watching with fiddler, I could not get the fb_sig_user. Finally, we just had to believe it was there, and sure enough it was.

uid = Convert.ToInt64(Request.Form["fb_sig_user"]);

There it is the C# used in the Post-Remove page. Awesome, I wish all facebook stuff was that easy.

Next up, the Fb:dialog. YAY.

Mark your calendars for November 14th, it’s the first Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage. Here is a little blurb:

Terralever will be hosting the Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage on November 14th. This free event is open to those interested in learning about Facebook, and the building and marketing of Facebook Applications.

A few other have posted about the event also:
Joel - Facebook Developer’s Garage - Phoenix
April - Facebook Developers Garage in Phoenix
Scott - How to get feedback on your Facebook App
Terralever - Facebook Developer’s Garage - Phoenix

It’s going to be a really fun night at the Tempe Center for the Arts, there will be lots of people speaking, including - Dave Morin from Facebook, Chris Johnson from Terralever, Nate Warner from Red Bull, Scott McAndrew & Joel Neubeck also from Terralever.

For more information, check out the Facebook Group.

Update: It’s Over - Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage