Author: karlbunyan

In Facebook, Investing in a Theory

In Facebook, Investing in a Theory

This article in the New York Times actually has a fairly level-headed view of the Facebook application market and how much money can be made from it. It’s quite a rare thing to find a level-headed opinion about an over-hyped subject in mainstream journalism, so quite refreshing. It also makes quite a few good points …

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Three years of blogging

Three years of blogging

I hardly noticed, but the 3 year anniversary of K! passed the other week. And I didn’t even get my blog a present or anything. The very first post is here. Happy 3rd birthday, K!

Moritz Stefaner is a genius

Moritz Stefaner is a genius

I was thinking about how to best represent connections between people in my Six Degrees of Separation Facebook application and Paul Crabtree recommend I get in touch with Moritz Stefaner as he had something that would fit very nicely indeed. And he most certainly did; the relation browser was exactly what I wanted to do, …

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Identifying slow blocking queries on SQL Server

Identifying slow blocking queries on SQL Server

This piece of SQL is perfect for finding which query is running at any particular time, especially if you want to find what it is that’s running very slowly. sp_who2 This should return a list of what’s running, including process ids (in the first column). Find out what’s causing all the trouble and enter it’s …

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The ‘Six degrees of separation’ Facebook application is 4th fastest growing app of the week

The ‘Six degrees of separation’ Facebook application is 4th fastest growing app of the week

Exponetic’s first Facebook application, Six Degrees of Separation is apparently the fourth fastest growing app over the past week, according to Adnomics. The full league table is as follows: Weekly Movers & Shakers 1 TextMeNow +7,031 users (86.8%) 2 Cartoonify Me +65,895 users (69.2%) 3 Gross Out! +130,448 users (31.2%) 4 Six Degrees +6,979 users …

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Facebook’s new ‘Invite friends’ tag

Facebook’s new ‘Invite friends’ tag

Everyone’s been either copying and pasting or writing from scratch some code to add “Invite friends” to their Facebook apps, but now there’s a simple tag that they’ve provided. It’s currently in beta and, knowing Facebook, is bound to change and break everything a few times, but it’s very easy to use: ” image=”http://apps.exponetic.com/itrust/ _img/iTrust-logo-magenta-small.gif”> …

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Exponetic’s first Facebook application passes 5000 users

Exponetic’s first Facebook application passes 5000 users

We’ve started developing Facebook applications at Exponetic and our first properly launched project, “Six degrees of separation” has passed 5000 users in under 9 days of live time. The growth has been quite amazing and still going. Next steps are to do a bit more development on this app and there are a few more …

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Feel the Zuzz!

Feel the Zuzz!

Exponetic’s first Ruby on Rails development project has gone live! Called Zuzzid it lets users post rants and raves about insurance products and experiences. Okay, it may not sound fascinating, but there’s no other outlet and it’s good to know who might actually pay out on a claim. Personally, I’ve ranted about how poor breakdown …

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