Post by Pieter in "Applications".
Please someone explain to me the current hype around the Pandora’s Box application on Facebook? Seriously, 1,217,601 monthly active users and 86,689 fans? Makes me wonder what I’m doing wrong with our Random Names Generators. The application is extremely straightforward: with a single mouse click Pandora’s Box presents you with a totally random gift…
Post by Pieter in "Humor".
Complaining about being on Facebook while on Facebook. I’ve reached a whole new level of completely expected faux-pretentious irony.
Post by Pieter in "Goodies".
If you loved the Facebook pillow we posted a few days ago, you’re gonna like this one. Continuing the trend of Facebook invading our physical environment, it’s an $11.99 mouse pad based on the familiar “What’s on your mind” box from your Facebook home and profile pages.
Post by Pieter in "Goodies, News".
Cue the cheers of joy, because we reached and passed the “2000 fans on Facebook” milestone during the weekend, thanks to all of you who Became a fan of reface.me! If you’re a fan of this blog and are using the Pieces of Flair application on Facebook, you can now add the official reface.me button to your Flair.
Post by Pieter in "Goodies".
The comments on one of our early blog posts prove that many of you are totally hooked on Facebook. No surprise here because you’re reading a Facebook blog after all. And we found out the daily timetable of a “refacer” looks somewhat like this: Wake up, Facebook, Eat, Facebook, Eat, Facebook, Go to bed. One could argue…
Post by Pieter in "Humor".
CNN’s Brandon Griggs has compiled a list of the 12 most annoying types of Facebook users. Which kind do you hate the most? And can you perhaps identify yourself with one of these types?
Post by Pieter in "Humor".
Hang out in bars and clubs to meet potential life partners is so last century. Registering on a dating site is money down the drain. No, these days you have to do it the web 2.0 way. Here are the 14 steps to online flirting, and it all starts with a poke on Facebook…
Post by Pieter in "Software & scripts".
Facebook has yesterday submitted their updated Facebook 3.0 app for the iPhone to the iTunes Store for approval. Hopefully, Apple approves this app fast because the “What’s new” list looks most pleasing.
Post by Pieter in "Humor".
So why are the Facebook ads insisting I need a lesbian lover? I would appreciate the Facebook ads not being so obsessed w/my groin.
Post by Pieter in "Photos & tags, Status updates".
Time to fess up and tell your Facebook friends what kind of an “ass” you are. Choose from one (or more) of the following assicons…
Post by Pieter in "Hacks & tricks".
Facebook has decent privacy controls, but most users don’t realize how to take full advantage of them. Ars Technica guides you through Facebook’s privacy settings so that you can be both social and respectable at the same time.
Post by Pieter in "News".
Hurray for all the quiz/app/notification-haters! Facebook is building a “faster, simpler version of Facebook” called Facebook Lite. The slimmed down version is far from finished, but a happy few have been given an early preview.
Post by Pieter in "Goodies, Humor".
Remember Cheers, the popular 80s TV-series? Facebook is very similar to the famous cafe: they’re both places where everybody knows your name, and where funny things happen when people get drunk.
Post by Pieter in "Humor".
Facebook, I do not want to give my mom a facebook gift. I would prefer to keep my mom off of Facebook. Please do not encourage this madness.