Ugh, The old Google Groups removed all the links from my post! No worries, we have a solution ready, please view this thread on our slightly revamped codesite: http://code.google.com/apis/orkut/forum.html?place=msg%2Fopensocial-orkut%2FOF_DGslAFOc%2FdMb8u3E6OFkJ
Prashant On Jun 29, 3:43 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Hello to everyone! > > Stats say ours is a pretty busy group, with about 14 daily posts and > about 5 new members joining in every day. Managing a group this big and > so active is definitely not a piece of cake for anybody, and we get on > by only because of the generous contributions from each one of you. > > However, there have been some developers amongst you upon whom we have > consistently relied to jump in, share their knowledge and experience, > ever ready to lend a helping hand and pull us out of our technical > holes. They're probably experts in their own fields and rarely have an > occasion to pose a question themselves, and yet if they still hang > around and make such frequent appearances, it could be for no other > reason than just for helping us all out! > > Please join me in thanking our Superstars for their time and help. They > agreed to share some information about them that I'm posting below so > you all get to know them better. > > Prashant Patil > > You probably know him too well! Prashant lives in Satara, India, and > has been active on the orkut help forum as well as on our > opensocial-orkut group almost ever since orkut kicked off in India. > He's one of the original Three orkuteers we also had the pleasure of > inviting at our Bangalore office way back in 2008 to recognise his > contributions to the orkut community. Prashant has submitted countless > applications to the directory, but he seems to be a big fan of the > Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif, or else his most favourite of them all > wouldn't be all dedicated to her! Besides being a die-hard Katrina fan, > his love for orkut also shows on his website orkutfans.in, a place > loaded with scrap ideas for all moods and occasions. > > Robson Dantas > > You always know it's coming! Browse through any page of recent posts to > the orkut-opensocial or opensocial-br groups, and sure enough, Robson's > extremely helpful posts are here, there and everywhere to enlighten us > all. A resident of São Paulo, Brazil, Robson is a passionate advocate > of Google products and APIs and, in his own words posted on his Twitter > bio, a "Socialweb Evangelist & Google APIs expert. Python, PHP, C++ > coder." But he says orkut and OpenSocial are things closest to his > heart, and he keeps the spirit of the Social Web alive by helping > others build better apps, thus pushing the product forward. To catch > more of Robson, follow him on his blogs > athttp://blogdodantas.dxs.com.brandhttp://www.opensocial-br.org. > > Dhaval Pancholi > > Meet Dhaval from Thane, India. Dhaval has been instrumental in helping > many of us with his rich experience in orkut/OpenSocial app > development. Dhaval is mostly consumed by his busy work at office, yet > he somehow manages to find some time to sneak into our forum every now > and then, again just because he loves to share his knowledge with > others! He has written many orkut apps, among which he counts > SuperScrap, Meetha Message, Seedhi Baat No Bakwaas, and Amity Career > Test among his favourites. Follow Dhaval on Twitter and keep up with > him at his blog athttp://dhavalyours.blogspot.com/. > > Thanks again, guys! We'd love to have you around and inspire more > people to join the bandwagon and take this community work forward! I > also hope you wouldn't mind suffixing your Group nicknames with the > title of "(Guru)" so that we're constantly reminded of your powers! > > As a little token of our appreciation, your swags will be soon on the > way! :) > > Best, > > Prashant -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en.
