Comments on: Kudos Jason Crist: Facebook AS3 API

By: John C. Bland II

John C. Bland II — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:10:12 +0000

Thanks for responding Daniel. The general press is definitely going to run with it how they please. The Adobe page could’ve fixed that perception but it is a small matter, to be honest, but knowing he will continue to get his props is great news.

Keep rockin’ it though! I’m sure you’ve gotten a lot of requests/messages about the authentication api.

By: Daniel Dura

Daniel Dura — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:37:49 +0000

Let me say that it was never our intention to make it feel like we were trying to take credit for the entire library, which is why we added the blurb on Google Code, and will make mention of Jason when we talk about the library in public. But unfortunately the general press only talks about what they want to hear.

Jason is still maintaining a consulting role on the project, and as we move forward adding new APIs and functionality (yes, it is coming) then he will continue to be mentioned.

We chose not to write our own Facebook library and use Jason’s because it was easy to work with and was the most polished. We don’t usually do something like this (usually we would just do it on our own), but Jason deserves the credit for impressing us enough to do so!

By: John C. Bland II

John C. Bland II — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:08:35 +0000

Great response and it must feel great to have received what you wanted out of the project. I knew you wouldn’t have let them snatch it from you so I didn’t think it was a hostile takeover. hehe.

You’re welcome on the icing and your Super Hero status just got a bump. Keep rockin’ man!

By: Jason Crist

Jason Crist — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:02:00 +0000

Thank you for the shout out John! I must say your post has gotten me to think a little more about what I got out of this project. There have been others that have said that I’ve been unfairly un-compensated for my work on this project over the years. But I had to think about what I wanted to get out of this project; and what I ended up getting.

I started working on this API just to do it. It was an interesting puzzle. I kept working on it and grew it into a public project to become better at what I do. And I did. I learned more from building this API than I did for any book I have ever read or any single project I had worked on before. That’s all I ever wanted out of this project; to use it as a tool to become better at my craft. Shoot, I never even USED the API. Not really. I just wanted to build something.

And now it’s bigger than me. If nobody else in the world knows that the smattering of original code that remains was originally authored by me and came from my sweat and tears; well that’s OK. I got what I came for. The shout outs and emails from the people I actually know and are proud of me and what I did. That’s just icing on the cake.

So thanks for the icing John! And thanks to everyone else that has offered a pat on my back.