Aug2007 04

Regatta Cam

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{mosimage}When driving back from UQ with Mojo today after South Pacs, we were going past the Regatta Hotel and Mojo told me about these web cams they have available on their site.



We then thought what better way to help promote the hotel and show your passion for this Aussie icon than a Facebook app.



So, get your Facebook on here

Aug2007 01

{mosimage}Having spent the last couple of weeks focused on developing apps for Facebook, I've come to the conclusion -- it's not worth the hassle.



Not only do they have restrictive code, they use FBML (Facebook Markup Language) that won't allow certain HTML or any Javascript calls, however it's the way their system works, which is what I have a problem with.


Apps on Facebook aren't dynamic. Facebook caches your first call and won't change that, unless you give another call to refresh the content. When you do that, you can use what's called an "Infinite Session key", in order to refresh all the other users of your app.


As you can see, if I don't refresh the content, then user's will be left with profiles with old content. All my apps are ones that need to be refreshed daily, meaning I need to visit Facebook daily and need to click on each app to update. Personally, I think they've done that deliberately to drive up their pageviews / site traffic.


Another issue I have is, Facebook is rolling in cash, yet developers get no help from the company itself. Developers have to help each other with Discussion Boards and Wikis, that may or may not have the right information. I've heard of User-generated content, but User-generated support ? That's a new one on me.

Jul2007 29

{mosimage}Today I also wrote a Facebook app for Diesel Sweeties - the Comic Strip.




One of my fav online comic strips, I was hooked on the style the minute I saw it.



So, if you're on Facebook, get hooked too. Oh and crush all humans!

Jul2007 28

{mosimage}Today I wrote a Facebook app for Dilbert - the Comic Strip.




There was another app, but they started putting ads in people's profiles, so I decided to write my own, ad free on the profile of course.



So, if you're on Facebook, check it out.

Jul2007 25

GameGab on Facebook

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{mosimage}Today I wrote a Facebook app for GameGab - yours and my favourite Gaming podcast.




Due to restrictions on Facebook, such as no javascript, we just list the latest episodes.



So, show you allegiance, if you're on Facebook, and add this app.



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