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Pets + Pixels (Life of a Designer)

Opinions on contemporary art, branding, corporate visual identity, fine art, web design, print design, illustration, art shows, and just about anything creative... by Claire Desjardins.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Praizing the Praized

Praize 'n Raize
Praize 'n Raize is gaining ground. It was started by some guys in Montreal, one of which is my blogger friend, Harry, an ideas guy. I recently decided to try my hand at this app, now nicely integrated into Facebook, cool graphics and all. It's a way to bookmark your favorite hot spots around town, and share this information with other users... Kind of a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" review, of sorts.

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Saturday, February 9, 2008

How to Block Facebook Apps

Handy. That's all I can say.

How many times a week, in Facebook, do I get asked to join a virtual snowball fight, or perhaps get involved in a Vampires chase, become a zombie, grow a garden, care for an aquarium, and on and on and on?... Most of the time, I add the applications, because I don't want to hurt the sender's feelings. I want my friends to know that I like them, and that includes their ideas. That said, every time I get another useless application sent my way, I cringe. Wouldn't it be nice if they just never came my way in the first place? Well, here's a useful "how to", on how to block specific Facebook applications, so that you NEVER have to see another invitation to "all these games that most people don't want to join", as narrator Jeff Lange puts it, so matter-of-factly. Right on.

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