I had a look at the f8 presentation earlier and it’s a must see for anyone interested in the Open Graph and how social data will continue to transform our lives over the next year.
The two main announcements of the day included a cool new “Timeline” feature to Facebook, and the addition of “Open Graph” enhancements. Timeline will enable you to effectively scrap-book all your experiences within Facebook and your activity will be stored.
The new open graph information is the really interesting part. Till now Facebook has allowed you to ‘like’ people or things:
- In 2004 Facebook was about You connecting and liking Friends
- In 2010, Facebook introduced the ability for you to ‘like’ objects, media, groups and web content via the social graph.
The new changes will enable you to not only ‘like’ but to do. If you are listening to music, integration with your music player will allow your friends to know what music you are listening to. If you are training for a fun run, you will be able to share your runs through running apps. The same goes for movies, television, food, fashion or any other activity you may be involved with. Social issues aside, there are some exciting new applications now available to developers.