Facebook & Tech (intersection of tags)
26 Facebook posts • 473 Tech posts • 23 in common
- Use Facebook without their algorithmTired of algorithmic noise? One simple URL trick lets you view Facebook posts in order they're shared. Reclaim your social media experience!
- Crafting unique names in the digital realm: the double-vowel trendCan you think of any other companies with an unnecessary double-vowel?
- Why I use Facebook only through the browser, not on my phoneLoving the simplicity of life in chronological order, not through an algorithm.
- All 2,320 Facebook Pages that I have ever likedYou can download your Facebook data archive and look through all the various things that Facebook has collected about you. One of the items is a list of all the Facebook Pages you’ve liked and Facebook Groups you have joined.…
- Rowlf the Dog has no official Facebook PageThe Muppets have Facebook Pages for Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, and Walter, but not Rowlf the Dog. Unbelievable. A Facebook search for Rowlf the Dog yields only his Wikipedia page. Rowlf totally needs a Facebook…
- Facebook, Amazon, and Linkedin don’t own their domains in ChineseChinese for “face book” is: 臉書 (according to google translate). If you go to 臉書.com, Chrome brings you to xn--rovv01d.com, which is an available domain. “Amazon” in Chinese is: 亞馬遜. The 亞馬遜.com brings you to: xn--nlqs61nl3f.com (also available). “Linked in”…
- Can I get banned from Walgreen’s Facebook PageWalgreens writes some unrelevant posts on their wall. I am starting a project where I write silly responses on their wall. What sort of silly stuff am I writing? Find out on my Google Plus post, “Unrelevant Facebook posts?” (if…
- Wish happy birthday on facebook with a tiny balloon imageTired of giving the same old Facebook birthday greeting? Mix things up and share a fun image. How about using a 15 pixel by 15 pixel balloon? It’s unique and funny. Sometimes people post obnoxious photos on their friends wall…
- Facebook FlairRemember Pieces of Flair on Facebook? The app were you could add a bunch of glossy buttons to a bulletin board. Here’s what my board looks like now: It’s got a lot more buttons on it than when I originally…
- Do you administer a Facebook Fan Page? Two questions: 1) Do I know you? (in real life or from online) 2) Do you administer a Facebook Fan Page? If the answer to both questions are “yes” then I want to follow your Page, and actually read it…
- Read only what you want in Facebook by using listsFacebook Pages. Do you read them? I like Pages, but I never read them. It’s kinda sad, because I have friends who administer Pages. To solve that problem, I’m making a list in Facebook of all the Pages that my…
- Sending snail mail letter instead of hitting like button on FacebookI’m going to start a new project. I was looking at all the stamps I have and how they are unused. So I want to do a mail project. When looking at Facebook, instead of liking something on someone’s wall,…
- IDEA: the master control panel for friends’ news on flickr, facebook, twitter, diggPeople can now sync their flickr photos with their Facebook wall. Anytime you post something to flickr, it’ll also post to your Facebook account. Sounds great, right? But what if I already look at people’s photos on flickr? Now i’m…
- I love seeing the Facebook ad for the 2010 Olympic MascotsI got so excited when Facebook showed an ad for the 2010 Olympic mascots. Especially since it showcases my favorite mascot, QUATCHI! When I clicked on the ad, I was totally expecting to go to an Olympic mascot page. Instead…
- Faceback, Facebank, Facebark… oh wait FaceBOOK Here’s a funny domain swiping technique. I was wondering if faceback.com was taken (a play on facebook). But it is. What about other domains where you take the second word and keep the first and last letter? Available: facebask.com facebaulk.com…
- The world’s best Facebook status messagesHere’s a growing collection of the funniest Facebook status messages I have seen. Feel free to add to this list by leaving a comment with hilarious facebook status messages you have read. — Erik M. Transformers 2 comes out Wednesday.…
- IDEA: Facebook app of most common friendsI’d love a facebook app that shows which of my friends has the most friends in common. For instance, my brother has 59 mutual friends with me. Tom Saaristo and I have 27 friends in common. Jeff Millies and I…
- 8 Facebook app fads in 2008What is the next facebook app that will grab attention? Here’s eight apps that have gotten me addicted for periods of time in the past year: (fluff) Friends: pick a cutesy pet, and feed other cutesy pets Friends for Sale:…
- Discover your friends’ common interests on facebookLet’s say you want to know which of your friends are fans of the tv show “Lost.” Just search for “lost” and hit the “people” tab, and it will bring up all your friends who are fans of Lost. Recently…
- The formula for why facebook did their redesignFacebook retooled their website and totally changed the user experience. Now users have to click through to several pages to read what used to be on one page. You know why? To increase pageviews. The formula for why facebook did…
- Facebook Baseball Trading Cards: Complete Hall of Fame ListThere’s a cool application on facebook called Baseball Trading Cards where you can collect and sell virtual cards for free. If you collect an entire team, you get a special Hall of Fame/Fan Favorite card. There are several of these…
- Facebook Wrestler smack talkThere’s some funny smack talk on the Facebook Wrestler application. This blog post will be an archive of all the funny ones. Feel free to submit any to the comments. KEEP IT CLEAN. (I will delete anything that I don’t…
- Facebook is not dumbA columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Eric Zorn, doesn’t understand Facebook. People’s expectations are too high. They think it’s some sort of savior or fix-it-all website. It’s not. But it does enable you to keep in touch with your larger…
