Introducing my 1st Facebook app, Platypus

For those of you who were wondering about the Facebook application that I wrote about yesterday, you can now see it live on Facebook. If you don’t want to install it, you can click here to see a screenshot from my facebook profile.

As I mentioned in my last post, Platypus isn’t what I’m working on this summer. If it takes off, great! If not, it’s not going to hurt my feelings. Platypus was just something I threw together in a few hours to explore the capabilities of the new API.

I must say that I’m already intrigued by the viral nature of these new Facebook applications. I just released the application this morning, but every time I log on to Facebook I find 3 or 4 more strangers who have added Platypus to their profiles. I have no idea how so many people are finding it! It’s going to be interesting to see what happens once the application gets approved for the public directory.

Don’t worry. I’ll be posting lots of insider statistics along the way as more people keep adding my Platypus to their profiles.

Comments

  1. "Pilgrim" (that's all I am) said at 10:57 am on June 15th, 2007:

    I can’t get the links to open to anything meaningful. Is the problem on my end? Has something changed? Suggestions?

    I’m enjoying your blog. Keep it up!


  2. joshfraz said at 2:00 pm on June 15th, 2007:

    Can you tell me more about your problem you are having with the links? Are you experiencing this problem with all of them?


  3. noah kagan said at 7:00 pm on June 16th, 2007:

    Thanks for the mention. I am pumped for what you guys are doing and ready to help where available.

    Cheers,
    noah


  4. Justin said at 1:06 pm on June 17th, 2007:

    Yeah, the “see it live on Facebook” link is broken: https://joshfraz.wpcomstaging.com/wp-admin/%20http://apps.facebook.com/apps/platypus%20


  5. joshfraz said at 8:02 am on June 18th, 2007:

    Good catch Justin. It should be fixed now. Thanks for pointing that out to me.