NextGenGeek

I wrote a small app for facebook to keep up with the schedule and scores of the World Cup.  Check it out: http://bit.ly/9hcXnf

After seeing a couple of Lego iPad stands, I decided to make one myself.
This is my first generation version, look for second generation in the coming  days…
Link to photos

Seems to be a decent update, has a number of interesting features. I encountered a couple of quick frustrations with it:

1. I had to re-enter my credentials. Seems to me they could have converted this themselves.
2. My direct messages that I have already read were marked unread, and the only way to mark them read again was to tap on them to read them. All 250 of them. Should have a mark all as read feature.
3. Tweetie had this issue too, but I wish it would show in your timeline the tweets you retweet. (this is of course a feature request seeing as it didn’t have this functionality before)

Apart from these 2 things, I like it ok. UPDATE: Although I do miss the little broken barrier that indicates that the current update began here. Makes it easier to catch up after having quit the application.

I do love the search features, and trending topics, and the nearby tweets. These are all welcome additions, all in all a great job, only a couple of annoyances that could have been avoided pretty easily. I am looking forward to future features!

Hmm, looks like facebook and diaspora* have some competition.  These guys are using openfire and the XMPP protocol to create a social web that allows you to control your privacy and your data on your own computer instead of relying on a centralized server model like facebook.  The guys are desperately seeking the same kind of recognition as diaspora* has received, and they are much further along.  Go check out their site and get involved if you can help out.  They have even suggested that the diaspora* guys come and spend the summer working with them since the projects are so aligned already.  I’d love to see this kind of coordinated effort bring down facebook!

Original article on techcrunch: OneSocialWeb: We’re Ahead Of Diaspora In The Creation Of An ‘Open Facebook’