Official Vancouver Facebook Garage Live Blog

Update: The Official Live Blog Will Begin at 5:30pm, October 23rd, 2007 over on this post.

It’s one of the top sites in the nation and anyone who is not on it yet (who had held out this long) deserves a medal.

Facebook has exploded in popularity since opening its doors to the general public last winter and along with profiles, gifts, fun walls and zombies, there are those who develop and design applications specifically for this highly-addictive monster of a site.

Join us for Vancouver’s first Facebook Developer (& Designer) Garage – a place for you to explore, get gritty, tinker, experiment, and test out your ideas for new Facebook apps.

Unconferences are a relaxed and steady flow of presentations by attendees (see BarCamp or DemoCamp). Come on our if you are a developer, Ajax enthusiast, Facebook lover, Facebook App developer or promoter, Facebook geek or Vancouver geek in general. You’ll be able to network with other developers and application creators, demo your new idea for an app, show off and promote what you’ve already made, and have a great time.

Anyone/everyone else is welcome to sign up via the Facebook event.

You can tune into my site on Tuesday, October 23rd for the Official Live Blog, sponsored by Communicate.com. Big thanks also goes to Techvibes for being the media sponsor (including Flickr shots that I will use in my live blog) and Vancouver Film School as the Venue Sponsor. Of course we cannot forget Facebook, who has officially sponsored this event as well.

Facebook apps developed and designed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia include:

Dabble Do (Social To-Do List) Built By Dabble DB

MyBus (Translink Bus Schedule) Built By Handi Mobility

I’m Reading (Book List w/ Ratings and Reviews) Built By Garth Shoemaker

Up4 (Social Planning Helper) Built By ActiveState

Are You Normal Built By Kinzin

NHL Box Scores Built By Kick In The Nuts Media

Yoga Built By Kick In The Nuts Media

Urban Dictionary Built By Kick In The Nuts Media

The Far Side Built By Kick In The Nuts Media

Demotivator Built By Kick In The Nuts Media

Comic Strip Built By Kick In The Nuts Media

Scratch and Win Built By Backstage Technologies

ClassTalk Built By PeerGlobe

Scheduled Demos at the Garage:

Kinzin’s Are You Normal App Released October 3rd.

NoteMix – Create courses and collaborate on notes with other course members. By Colin Kierans

MyBus – Keep track of favourite Vancouver / Calgary / Toronto bus routes on your FB profile!

Hockey Pool by Ben Nevile

Opus Music Player and Social Playlists by Donat Group

Mixx Q & A with Jeremy Lim (Project Opus)

Green Gifts by Social Signal/BC Hydro

Scratch and Win by Backstage Technologies

ClassTalk by PeerGlobe

Open Social Networks? Q&A with OpenID Lead Johnny Bufu (Sxip Identity)

Scheduled Lightning Talks:

Monetizing Your Facebook Application(s) – A quick overview of ways developers are using their applications to generate cold hard cash!

The Future of Facebook Q&A lead by Boris Mann and Johnny Bufu of Sxip.