Useful Facebook Applications

I've already written about all of the junk Facebook applications clogging up user's profiles. On the other hand, there are some useful and worthwhile applications to check out.

List of useful Facebook Applications:

• Where I've been
  Shows a map you can customize for states and countries you've visited, live in, and want to visit. Remember all those places you've been.
• Books iRead
  Displays thumbnail images of books you've read, are currently reading, and books that you want to read.
• Flixter movies
  Keep a list Movies that you've seen and want to see. Write quick reviews and rate movies. See the ratings/reviews from your friends
  
• del.icio.us (bookmarks)
  See a feed of your most recent del.icio.us bookmarks
• Digg
  See a feed your most recent Diggs.
  
• Top Friends
  Keep a list of friends that you contact frequently. (I wouldn't normally use this except it can be useful)
• Free gifts
  This is a good alternative to paying for Facebook's gifts.
• iLike
  Display a list of songs you enjoy.
  

Games and other entertainment (good timewasters)

• Attack
  Risk clone that allows you to challenge your friends in world domination
• South Park Character Creator
  Create your south park characters. A good timewaster.
• Chess
  

Send me an email with any comments on Facebook applications you've found useful

Facebook Application Madness

Since Facebook added the feature to allow custom applications to be added, many Facebook users have gotten out of control with adding these annoying and mostly useless applications to their profiles. I don't mind a few apps here and there, but when you have to scroll down through ten pages of garbage just to post on a friend's wall, that's getting ridiculous.

Also see my list of Useful Facebook Applications.

If you have a friend who litters their Facebook profile with every application they can find, simply click on this little green icon below their profile picture to be taken directly to their wall. (See the image to the right)

If you absolutely must have all of these applications, do your friends a favor and simply drag them to the left hand column so we can get to your wall quickly!

Note to Facebook admins: end this madness before you succumb to mass, trashy feel of MySpace. I wouldn't go back to Myspace, but I'm beginning to get annoyed with the junk accumulating on Facebook. What happened to that clean, unadultered Facebook we all knew and loved?

Here's a short list of the culprit, junk Facebook applications:

• Vampires
• Zombies
• WereWolves
• Happy Hour
• Harry Potter Magic Spells
• Booze Mail
• I love Dogs
• Kind of Eyes
• Superwall
  (It's cool that you can post photos, but then people end up posting junk like they do on Myspace.)
  
• Funwall
• Youtube skins
• Fortune Cookie
• X-Me
• Astrology
• Horoscopes
• Games
• Knock Knock Jokes
• Superpoke (can be mildly entertaining and good timewaster)
• Causes
• Honesty Box
• Emote
• Tarot
• Numerology
• Compare People
• Pirates vs. Ninjas
• Superlatives
• No Mercy
• What's your stripper name
• Double Dare
• Food Fight
• Magic 8 Ball
• Social Profile
• Spark
• Beer!
• I wanna get Leid!
• Scrapbox
• Advanced wall
• Naughty gifts
• My Aquarium
• Jack-o-Lantern
• My Solar System
• Beer Pong
• Are you interested
• Circle of Friends
• Inner Circle
• What flower are you
• What kind of eyes do you have
  

This is just a sampling from one profile. The list could go on and on, there's junk and advertising laden applications being developed every day. Oh Joy!

A note the high school kids, you can show some maturity by NOT adding 100 useless and space-wasting applications to your profile.

Cheers and Happy Facebooking!