Taylor Parsons

  Microsoft Communities video, featuring the Socail Bookmarks app I have been working for the the past year.

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As you can see there is a   RSS link on the "All Bookmarks" view.  This is a link returning the most recent bookmarks added by uses to the Social Platform.

In this post I am going to explain the syntax on the REST feed service and the parameters you can pass the data you care about.

First lets start with the parameters that the Social Platform recognizes.  The maximum number of items you can get from the Social Platform feed service is 100.

Parameters

Conditional Operators

Description of the queries

The Social Platform feed service was written for developers.  It uses polish notation , enabling you do create complex logical queries, through a  REST interface

From the Social Bookmarks application you will find one link this brings back the default query which included both forum threads and social bookmarks:

RSS:  http://servicescommunity.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query/namespace/05666658-68ba-4d5f-83c4-a088015f92ce/eq/namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93/eq/or

ATOM: http://servicescommunity.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query/namespace/05666658-68ba-4d5f-83c4-a088015f92ce/eq/namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93/eq/or?format=atom10

Let's break the REST call down

The base URI: http://services.community.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query

First condition: /namespace/05666658-68ba-4d5f-83c4-a088015f92ce (ForumThreads)

first operator: eq

Second condition: /namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93  (social bookmarks)

second operator: eq

third operator: or

Let's narrow the query by a tag condition.

/tag/technology/eq/and

Put it all together and here is a valid query:

http://services.community.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query/namespace/05666658-68ba-4d5f-83c4-a088015f92ce/eq/namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93/eq/or/tag/technology/eq/and

Example queries

1. MSDN and Social Bookmarks
   • http://services.community.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query/namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93/eq/brands/msdn/eq/and
2. Expression and Social Bookmarks
   • http://services.community.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query/namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93/eq/brands/expression/eq/and
3. Technet and Social Bookmarks
   • http://services.community.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query/namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93/eq/brands/technet/eq/and
4. Social Bookmarks tagged with csharp
   • http://services.community.microsoft.com/feeds/feed/query/namespace/b22788b8-c8f1-4df3-aa44-1f457f092c93/eq/tag/csharp/eq/and

"MSDN has been the de facto place on the web to find all things Microsoft platform developer related. It's not always been perfect, but certainly most Microsoft platform focused developers require MSDN to complete their missions and to learn about new possibilities based on the latest platform innovations. The MSDN team has been hard at work creating some interesting community features with the primary goal of enabling MSDN users to add significant value to their peers via forums, wikis and other social constructs. New on this list of communityware on MSDN is Social Bookmarking and enhanced user Profile. I caught up with some of the folks behind this work to chat about the What, How and Why...
Meet Chris Slemp, PM Profile, Taylor Parsons, Lead PM Social Bookmarking, Brent Serbus, PM Forums and Bryan Thomas, Dev Lead Social Bookmarking."

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=406924

Feedback wanted!

We want on feedback the Social Bookmarks Preview have created for Technical Professionals to share links that they think the community should know about.

The link to the Social Bookmarks - Preview Apps are here as tiny URLs:

http://msdnbookmarks.com

http://technebookmarks.com

http://expressionbookmarks.com

We have created a forums app where you can ask question of the engineering and product planning team that is has build the Social Bookmarks - Preview.

Tell us what works and what does not work, we are listening and will reply on every question.

 Feedback wanted!

Feedback wanted!

We want on feedback the Social Bookmarks Preview have created for Technical Professionals to share links that they think the community should know about.

The link to the Social Bookmarks - Preview Apps are here as tiny URLs:

http://msdnbookmarks.com

http://technebookmarks.com

http://expressionbookmarks.com

We have created a forums app where you can ask question of the engineering and product planning team that is has build the Social Bookmarks - Preview.

Tell us what works and what does not work, we are listening and will reply on every question.

 Feedback wanted!

Today we released to production a preview of our Social Bookmarks app for Technical Professionals.  The "Social Bookmarks - Preview" application is available within in the MSDN, Technet and Expression brand.  

Watch these videos to learn how to use the application: 

Turn-up your speakers! The volume on the video is very low.

The Microsoft Developer Division Server & Tools Online Team is seeking a program manager to help us build innovative new Community Platform web applications, including forums, community-driven portals, blogs, social bookmarks, a feeds and tags service, plus content management. Our team is focused on transforming MSDN, TechNet and the (new) Expression web sites into the most innovative, community-focused web sites within Microsoft and the industry.
Making our sites more community driven not only helps our customers become more successful, but it improves our business by encouraging customers to engage more deeply with both Microsoft and each other. Our goal is to help technical professionals worldwide become more successful by connecting them to relevant resources, peers, and experts from Microsoft and the community.
In this role, you will collaborate with other program managers, developers and testers to define, build and deliver the platform. You will help drive features that enable critical capabilities, such as social bookmaking, tag cloud browsing, tag and search experience integration, feed syndication and more.
This job is a good fit if you…
•     Have deep understanding of Web 2.0 and online communities, especially social bookmarking, etc.
•     Possess great abstract thinking and analytical skills.
•     Enjoy working in a complex, fast moving environment.
•     Are an experienced program manager.
•     Have experience working with agile engineering processes.
•     Work experience directly related to engineering of complex web sites, tools and user experiences.
•     Experience shipping products/web sites.
•     Strong cross-group collaboration skills.
Specific qualifications include:
•     Strong technical background with expertise in web technologies like HTTP, ASP.NET, SQL Server, AJAX, JavaScript, XML
•     Work experience directly related to engineering of complex web sites, tools and user experiences
•     3-5 years successful experience as a technical PM. (Microsoft PM experience desirable but not required.)
•     Strong cross-group collaboration skills
•     Demonstrated ability to write stories, functional specs and other technical documents
•     Experience shipping products/web sites
•     BS or higher in technical field

We just hit our Feature Complete milestone for Social Bookmarks and enhanced profile for the Microsoft MSDN and Technet sites. 

You can read more about it here on Jeff Day's blog.

"All week long at the Web 2.0 Expo SF I keep hearing a side mention of the Social Web OS.  I hate to say it but I need the Web OS for dummies what are they talking about.  This has been haunting me for the past two days.  The Expo has a huge conference hall with a ton of Social Web start-ups that have a host of vertical apps built from the ground up to just a mashed service with a light data layer.  While walking around and talking to some booth vendors a phrase caught me eye which said "Global Host OS".  OK now this guy is going to be able to tell me what he means by OS. 

I met with Adel Hazboun, he gave me a demo.  I asked him right away to define what he means "OS".  The premise is that an OS does the following:

1. It allows you to launch applications

2. Gives you a place to save things from your applications

3. You can install and customize application on it

His demo looked like a Windows or Mac OS desktop.  He has a status bar along the bottom, icons for launching apps, and it all ran within Fire Fox.  Turns out the Global Host OS is build on top of Amazon A3 service.

"Bungee labs" was there on the expo floor.  They are another example of a Web OS application, they have a whole web development platform that runs within the browser.

The skeptic is me ask; well what happens when the Internet connection is down how do you work?  Sort of a silly question, I got to my hotel at the W for the Expo and there was no wireless.  I am already fairly handicap without the online connection.  My base expectation is that I need to be connected anytime any where, and for the most part I am.