If you're a Mac developer and interested in integrating AOL's Open AIM into your application, you can download the source code for the Cocoa WIMFramework.

This Objective-C/Cocoa wrapper implements the logic for AOL's openAIM WIM protocol. Protocol documentation and AIM Network license requirements can be located at http://developer.aim.com

Description
If you want to integrate AIM into your Objective-C based application, this project is meant to make it easier for you. We're using it ourselves to build some AIM experiences.

This library is just beginning. We will be continuing to make available enhancements. The Framework concentrates on making the WIM AIM server protocol easier to consume. It does not make any assumptions about user interface.

Take it for a spin!

Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead

Macworld Expo 2008 was one of the most busy and energetic shows I've been to in the past few years. Attendance and exhibitors were up double-digits from last year.

You can see the excellent floor traffic on Day 2 from the AOL meeting room on the Mezzanine of Moscone Center.



The MacBook Air was the highlight of the exhibits. Take a look at the 6-10 deep line around the MacBook Air (left side of picture-under the EPSON sign).



In my next post, I'll give you an idea on the VIPs Apple invites to the Steve Jobs keynote.

thanks...
Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead

We had a great Macworld Expo this year and met some great Mac-friends. In the Steve Jobs Keynote line (3:00am PT!), the AOL Mac Team starting arriving. Below, we got a great shot of some our new friends (I think I may have run into a few of them at a previous Macworld Expo). I can't believe they look so excited and the keynote is still 5 hours away!

Interested in creating cool Dashboard Widgets? AIM Fight is a technology demonstration that shows you how to implement a complex algorithm to see how popular you are in the AIM network.


Here's the description from the AIM Fight developer's site:

Using a complicated algorithm, AIM® Fight crawls through the depths of the Internet to answer the all-important question that plagues us all: How popular am I right this second?

Check out the work being done at AOL's Developer Network (http://dev.aol.com/). The technology behind the new AIM Fight widget is covered thoroughly and the developer provides the sample code. If you have no idea what's behind JSON, Prototype JavaScript Library and Script.aculo.us you can just download the new widget.

Additional AOL Widgets:
AOL Music Video Dashboard Widget
AOL Top 100 Videos Widget (Adobe AIR application)

Happy Thanksgiving!
Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead