Comments on: New Platform Consulting Products: Amazon, Facebook, and Fixed-Cost Engagements http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/992/new-platform-consulting-products-amazon-facebook-and-fixed-cost-engagements/ The new thing Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Douglas Arellanes http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/992/new-platform-consulting-products-amazon-facebook-and-fixed-cost-engagements/comment-page-1/#comment-2343 Douglas Arellanes Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:49:50 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=992#comment-2343 I just came across an interesting idea recently while reading the comments on Jalopnik, one of the Gawker sites. They're apparently working on a Facebook app for their comments system - that way, when you comment on one of their sites and stories, your friends on Facebook can know about it. I thought that was a pretty clever idea, especially as walled-garden social bookmarking as practiced by the NY Times doesn't really serve much of a purpose. But EC2+S3 for Facebook apps definitely kills multiple birds with one stone, and finally comes up with a cohesive argument for why someone would need all that Amazonian scalability. I just came across an interesting idea recently while reading the comments on Jalopnik, one of the Gawker sites. They’re apparently working on a Facebook app for their comments system - that way, when you comment on one of their sites and stories, your friends on Facebook can know about it.

I thought that was a pretty clever idea, especially as walled-garden social bookmarking as practiced by the NY Times doesn’t really serve much of a purpose.

But EC2+S3 for Facebook apps definitely kills multiple birds with one stone, and finally comes up with a cohesive argument for why someone would need all that Amazonian scalability.

]]>