ping.fm begging

I was interested in examining the ping.fm site features, especially tying this blog, my facebook and twitter together. Well, you need one of these beta codes to get in on the fun. The best part is that they encourage you to beg for one, which I thought was genius. So here is my begging effort:

I could write a long diatribe and divert all writing effort away from my overdue blog posting efforts, but I won't do that. I wouldn't waste your time with a long plea for a beta code. I mean, life is too short and we just don't know when the end will come, and I know I don't have time to sit around and wait for you to send me some sort of beta code like I'm a plebian and you are my centurion overlord. Who do you think you are, telling me that I can't use ping.fm? What makes you so special and me so pathetic? Listen, I'm the customer and the customer is always right, right? Give me a break already, this is going nowhere. I watch Adult Swim and I use Tweeter; isn't that enough basis to know that I'm part of the cool crowd? I'm going to The Cure concert tonight in Dallas, and if you need more proof than that to make you know how much I don't need or want one of your precious beta codes, then you just don't *get it*. Anyway, if you would send me one of those beta codes, I'll see what I can do to help you out.

I'll update with any results I acheive.

UPDATE 6/15/2008 Success!

BigCheese and Facebook

I've decided to maximize what Facebook has to offer in terms of organizing and promoting BigCheese. In addition to my Facebook Profile, there is now a BigCheese Facebook Page. Only very significant announcements on the BigCheese page will be duplicated here, so if you want the minutia of this project's progress sign up as a fan there.

I have to say that so far, I like Facebook. The interface is clean and the core features are super simple after just the briefest of interaction. A precious few of the applications I've encountered are very useful, however the overwhelming majority appear to be pure clutter.

[edit - I forgot the hyperlinks on my original posting]

Project Update: MiTunes

While researching the the particulars for my MiTunes project, I came to some interesting conclusions:

• I don't want to share my music nearly as much as I thought I did.
• facebook applications (i.e., Profile Music, iLike, etc.) can serve my spot needs adequately

So consider this project aborted.

P.S. I've included a link on the sidebar to my facebook profile