Chris Schalk

Chris Schalk
Developer Advocate, OpenSocial, Google

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Chris is a Developer Advocate at Google who engages the cloud development communities with both Google App Engine and other Google cloud technologies. Chris joined Google in 2007 and has worked on various Google technologies including OpenSocial, Maps and AJAX Apis. Prior to Google, Chris was a Principal Product Manager at Oracle in the development tools group as well as co-author of “JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference”. Chris is a private pilot and also enjoys building and flying RC airplanes. When not flying, he also plays trumpet in various San Francisco Bay Area symphonies. Chris speaks Spanish, and a little French and German.

Sessions

11:00am - 11:30am Tuesday, 03/04/2008
Introduction to OpenSocial Apps & Containers
General
 Location: San Diego Ballroom B
Patrick Chanezon (VMware), Chris Schalk (Google), Kevin Marks (TummelVision.tv), Lou Moore (hi5 Networks)
Get a technical overview of Google's new OpenSocial platform, and see how it's being used to develop cross-platform social applications for MySpace, Hi5, Friendster, Ning, and other popular social networks running OpenSocial containers. Learn how to build an OpenSocial app that can be accessed by over 200 million users on the Web. Read more.
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