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From the monthly archives:

August 2007

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$5000 prize

The NFL season is only two weeks away, and the action at Pro Pigskin Pick’em is really heating up! With over 580 users, the application is poised to “go platinum” this week, so I figure now is the perfect time to raise the stakes.

And what better way to do that than by giving away a wheelbarrow full of money, right?

This season’s grand prize is $5,000 in cold, hard cash, and if you want to win, you’ve gotta out-pick everyone else on Facebook. Think you’ve got what it takes? Somebody does, and they’re gonna go home with the booty.

Oh, and lest I forget, there are weekly prizes, too! If you’re the top scorer on Facebook for a particular week (there are 17 of ‘em!), then you’ll get a nice prize for that as well.

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Facebook applications

Ever since May 24, 2007, the blogosphere has been abuzz with news about Facebook opening its platform to developers. The buzz is completely justified, though, because unlike other APIs, Facebook’s allows developers to take advantage of an existing base of over 30 million active users.

Anyone who understands the power of networking will immediately recognize the fact that being able to offer an indispensable service to the Facebook community is a juicy proposition. It’s no secret that if you can hook half a million users on an application that they use repeatedly, then you’ve got yourself an extremely valuable commodity.

But what really defines a valuable Facebook application?

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