Time for action – finding connections in a browser

Facebook treats wall posts, photos, videos, and even statuses as separate objects within the Graph API, rather than jamming them all into a single Page object. For instance, here's an object representing a single Post by Packt Publishing:

{ "id": "204603129458_127056137323572", "from": { "name": "Packt Publishing", "category": "Products_other", "id": "204603129458" }, "message": "The Amazon SimpleDB Developer Guide has been published! Get your copy now! http://bit.ly/blFQUG", "picture": "http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=c4a7887cb52dd8f93e439aaec13c034b&w=130&h=130&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.packtpub.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimagecache%2Fproductview%2F7344EN_MockupCover%2520Template.jpg", ...

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