Comments on: Created in Birmingham on Facebook http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/ Create something every day Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Keri Davies http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4608 Keri Davies Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:25:04 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4608 >How about a handy ‘what’s on this week in Birmingham’ app? I'd love that. I haven't yet found a really useful one accessible via RSS. Here for example is what Netvibes currently pulls in from Birmingham: Feel the Heat: Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical Santa Claus The Musical The Magic of Vienna Igorfest: The Rake's Progress (I'm not joking) >How about a handy ‘what’s on this week in Birmingham’ app?

I’d love that. I haven’t yet found a really useful one accessible via RSS. Here for example is what Netvibes currently pulls in from Birmingham: Feel the Heat:

Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
Santa Claus The Musical
The Magic of Vienna
Igorfest: The Rake’s Progress

(I’m not joking)

]]> By: Jon Bounds http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4471 Jon Bounds Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:25:30 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4471 A tumblr channel would be an ideal way - as soon as they were launched i set up a <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/channel/113787" rel="nofollow">BiNS one</a> - although as yet 'channels' on Tumblr don't seem to produce and RSS feed. Anyone can always tag their net stuff upyerbrum in the meantime ;) A tumblr channel would be an ideal way - as soon as they were launched i set up a BiNS one - although as yet ‘channels’ on Tumblr don’t seem to produce and RSS feed.

Anyone can always tag their net stuff upyerbrum in the meantime ;)

]]> By: stef http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4470 stef Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:23:35 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4470 Whoops! Spoke too soon... that's just doubled in two hours to 67... Whoops! Spoke too soon… that’s just doubled in two hours to 67…

]]> By: stef http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4460 stef Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:23:24 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4460 Oh and I see we are already up to 33 users in one day! Not bad .... I was expecting about 10! Oh and I see we are already up to 33 users in one day! Not bad …. I was expecting about 10!

]]> By: stef http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4459 stef Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:22:47 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4459 Thanks everyone! These are all great ideas. Jon - interesting to hear about the 'not reading your own profile page' thing. I guess you're right, I tend to go there just to change my status. Maybe some way of adding things to your main mini-feed on the main home page? Also thought it might be nice to see what's getting lots of comments on the site - so a list of things by recent comments perhaps. On the submit news idea, I think what Pete wants is that there is a way that people can host their own content somewhere and then Pete links to it, but maybe we could set up some kind of Created in Birmingham Tumblr space that Facebook posts to? So it's all user-generated, and then Pete can grab stuff at will - could make his life easier or harder depending on how you look at it... Thanks everyone! These are all great ideas. Jon - interesting to hear about the ‘not reading your own profile page’ thing. I guess you’re right, I tend to go there just to change my status. Maybe some way of adding things to your main mini-feed on the main home page?

Also thought it might be nice to see what’s getting lots of comments on the site - so a list of things by recent comments perhaps.

On the submit news idea, I think what Pete wants is that there is a way that people can host their own content somewhere and then Pete links to it, but maybe we could set up some kind of Created in Birmingham Tumblr space that Facebook posts to? So it’s all user-generated, and then Pete can grab stuff at will - could make his life easier or harder depending on how you look at it…

]]> By: Tom http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4447 Tom Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:30:27 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4447 It's a really interesting idea, if you were somehow able to hook up the CiB events listings to facebook events (or even some sort of special events created by the CiB application) then you could create a proper social events calendar. People who've added the application would then provide some free social advertising for what there going to and who with. It would be handy as well, to have a "submit news" button which would go straight to pete's inbox, so the application is read and write. btw one added re-opening the application from the left menu brings up the "invite your friends screen again" instead of taking me straight to the feed. It would be pretty good if you could grab the images from each post, scale them down and put them next to the text. Might need to hack wordpress up a bit for that. It’s a really interesting idea, if you were somehow able to hook up the CiB events listings to facebook events (or even some sort of special events created by the CiB application) then you could create a proper social events calendar. People who’ve added the application would then provide some free social advertising for what there going to and who with.

It would be handy as well, to have a “submit news” button which would go straight to pete’s inbox, so the application is read and write.

btw one added re-opening the application from the left menu brings up the “invite your friends screen again” instead of taking me straight to the feed.

It would be pretty good if you could grab the images from each post, scale them down and put them next to the text. Might need to hack wordpress up a bit for that.

]]> By: John Henry http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4406 John Henry Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:06:06 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4406 Hey Stef. Makes me think of a very messy post at 3form a year ago on various forms of 'status' communication.. http://alt.3form.net/?p=85 :) Glad to hear things are going well for you.. I'll try to catch up with you when I'm in Brum over December, or maybe I'll just stalk your RSS :) Hey Stef.

Makes me think of a very messy post at 3form a year ago on various forms of ’status’ communication..

http://alt.3form.net/?p=85 :)

Glad to hear things are going well for you.. I’ll try to catch up with you when I’m in Brum over December, or maybe I’ll just stalk your RSS :)

]]> By: Jon Bounds http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4381 Jon Bounds Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:39:12 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4381 Nice. Like the share buttons. I worry perhaps that it takes up a lot of profile space - could you add an option to customise the number of items show or extracts/full posts? I think the FB apps that work best are the ones that create some activity between users - although almost that are there tho' are quite trivial. (Apart from the quite cool iLike - unfortunately the best bits, telling you when bands are on tour etc don't work in the UK). I almost never look at my own profile, tho' so having news stories pushed there for me doesn't work well - the <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/upyerbrum" rel="nofollow">upyerbrum app</a> fails too in that sense, but it's really to promote the site to other people I guess. There are built in mechanisms for sharing links/events etc of course, which would work quite well if people used them. A lot of people are using facebook in the same way they used myspace - <a href="http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/37/facebook-noise-pollution-starts-already/" rel="nofollow">profiles for events or venues</a> for example - and haven't really got to grips with the tools there. What would be fantastic is a events calendar app that allowed you to see FB events added or 'marked attending' by either your contacts or people in your networks - and to subscribe to an RSS feed would be even better. This app may already exist of course - the other thing is that the FB apps search function is not very good. Nice. Like the share buttons. I worry perhaps that it takes up a lot of profile space - could you add an option to customise the number of items show or extracts/full posts?

I think the FB apps that work best are the ones that create some activity between users - although almost that are there tho’ are quite trivial. (Apart from the quite cool iLike - unfortunately the best bits, telling you when bands are on tour etc don’t work in the UK).

I almost never look at my own profile, tho’ so having news stories pushed there for me doesn’t work well - the upyerbrum app fails too in that sense, but it’s really to promote the site to other people I guess.

There are built in mechanisms for sharing links/events etc of course, which would work quite well if people used them. A lot of people are using facebook in the same way they used myspace - profiles for events or venues for example - and haven’t really got to grips with the tools there.

What would be fantastic is a events calendar app that allowed you to see FB events added or ‘marked attending’ by either your contacts or people in your networks - and to subscribe to an RSS feed would be even better. This app may already exist of course - the other thing is that the FB apps search function is not very good.

]]> By: Rich Batsford http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4376 Rich Batsford Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:43:39 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4376 Interesting one - Im subbed to CIB via RSS (look at me with my abbreviations) but I might install this just to see how it works. thanks for coming down on saturday btw - hope you enjoyed it. Rich Xx Interesting one - Im subbed to CIB via RSS (look at me with my abbreviations) but I might install this just to see how it works.

thanks for coming down on saturday btw - hope you enjoyed it.

Rich
Xx

]]> By: Sam http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/created-in-birmingham-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4373 Sam Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:00:34 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=240#comment-4373 Excellent idea ... Beats the 27 pending requests I have to turn me into a pirate. I'm surprised more of the large-scale international bands and labels haven't jumped onto this yet, listing their gigs, merchandise, releases etc in profile applications, huge potential. Would certainly work well for a local events/gigs listing, photo streams etc - I guess anything that could warrant an RSS feed could work if people could be persuaded to install it. A nice future addition might be the option to customise the number of stories showing, and whether just headlines or body text are visible. Also interesting ... http://education.guardian.co.uk/link/story/0,,2202291,00.html Excellent idea …

Beats the 27 pending requests I have to turn me into a pirate.

I’m surprised more of the large-scale international bands and labels haven’t jumped onto this yet, listing their gigs, merchandise, releases etc in profile applications, huge potential.

Would certainly work well for a local events/gigs listing, photo streams etc - I guess anything that could warrant an RSS feed could work if people could be persuaded to install it.

A nice future addition might be the option to customise the number of stories showing, and whether just headlines or body text are visible.

Also interesting …
http://education.guardian.co.uk/link/story/0,,2202291,00.html

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