Kabayan Exchange

Looking at the latest change from the world’s first social network, yes they came around first in 2003, the new “hip” and “trendy” Friendster logo sucks. I do strongly believe that the old logo had more sense and credibility and was in no need of changing if not for a minor facelift. Well I guess it may appeal to the Asians of the 16-24 age bracket and to those who have hoRriBlE tYPiNg skills according to their research but not to us “older” people. Yeah call me old, I’m in my 30’s now and yes, you can call me old. continue reading…

A lot of games have proliferated the pages of facebook but to my opinion, nothing has caught our hearts as much as farmville. This joyful and harmless game of planting, harvesting and caring for animals satisfy our need for immediate gratification and reward. Kids old enough to press keys and understand the process of farming enjoy the evolving small plot of land into an emerging plantation. Adults loose sleep over the countless animals, trees and friends they have to help. The constant battle for coins, FV cash and the purchase of tractors and more land arouse the green monster of greed. Others have tried to imitate this wonderful game but they could not overcome it’s luster.

Hi, my name is… I am a farmville addict…

Yes, the Mafia and Racing games have joined the battle for supremacy but they have not been able to tap the range of players the way farmville has. Other games have tried to compete but boredom creeps in at an early stage. Not to mention the unique opportunities and relationships forged at the marketplace. Honestly, I had to purposely quit cold turkey or this game would have take over the most productive and leisure times of my life. If you cannot pass a day without visiting your farm and checking if it’s time to harvest your strawberries, you need to join the support group of former farmville addicts and state… Hi, my name is… I am a farmville addict…

Facebook has done wonders in connecting us to people we may have forgotten long ago. The cravings of curiosity push us to search and click on profiles that normally we have tossed into oblivion. The proliferation of strangers requesting addition to our list of friends make it easy to conceal those we would be afraid to admit to a present romance. Secret conversations, deleted messages and private settings characterize these concealed visits to the past. Have we entered an era of virtual promiscuity? What repercussions have we allowed to creep into our lives? Does this strengthen or weaken our commitment to our present Beau? I suggest precaution, these virtual temptations pose as present day Pandora’s boxes that may invite evil we may be unable to control. The truth lies in the fact that time and seasons change people. What we have dreamed to have in the past and not attained is not guaranteed to be found when we try to reconnect or continue a lost flame. Most of what has been lost is lost for a reason. If we were meant to be, let the normal and natural course of events finds its way into our present. If it was meant to be, we need not make things happen. In the meantime, only if you know where you stand and are stable emotionally and intellectually, keep them for what you have added for…just friends…

Microblogging is Bitter Sweet -
Pinapaitan by Archon Digital

Pinapaitan is Archon Digital‘s latest project is a microblogging and social networking experiment which intends to explore the capabilities and limitations of such a publishing platform.

Powered by wordpress and a the Lifestream plugin, Pinapaitan displays a compilation of feeds from all of Archon Digital’s social networking activities including Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Last.fm, blip amonth others.

The much awaited username and custom url feature for facebook has now been implemented. Reports of around 300,000 registrations within the first two minutes and possibly running in the millions as of this moment. I just recently updated my Facebook account and signed up for my user name and was suprised as I was expecting a massive slowdown would take place due to the rush.

Choosing the user name was pretty straight forward and lasted less than a minute which was convenient as I really did not have time to spare waiting for a page to load. Media groups and branding people are probably the busiest people during this time as they go ahead and work on to secure their company’s or client’s branding.