I played it for a couple of months when it first came out. Then when everyone caught on to it, I quit playing. I have that app (along with all the others like it) completely blocked now.
- Jason Huebel
I've blocked all those apps in facebook, so I can have a readable stream with a low s/n ratio when I go in there. I'm not miserable, but I spend enough hours at a computer as it is, without trying to waste more time!
- Ian May
I played Farm Town for about two weeks. It was too much work for a "game," so I gave up. I never got into Farmville. My "friends" still send me all kinds of stuff from both games, though.
- Curtiss Grymala
I don't play games. Just don't like to. Every so often I post an announcement that I won't respond to your game invitation so don't take offense. People still hit me with "pillows" and "food" and whatnot. Have they MET me?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I love Farmville....there I said it. If ya don't like it, tough squat. I also play Cafe World, Pet Society, Farm Town and Mafia Wars, even though Mafia Wars is bugging me lately. I know people get sick of the apps, but they are fun time wasters. :P I guess I like Farmville because I am bringing out my inner farmer, since I'm from the country originally. :P
- Mol, Time Warping
I don't play farmville, but I do play Enchanted island (nice passive rpg that doesn't really annoy your friends) and the Backstage games (did the artwork for a charity prize set in Scratch & Win). And Bejeweled Blitz kind of grabs me every once in awhile when I get really bored. Come to think of it, I don't really have an interest in facebook beyond those few games.
- April Russo (app103)
I don't play any games on facebook. I avoid most apps like the plague.
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Me neither. I've got so many invitations to play it, it is not even funny :P
- Claudia Petrilli
I personally don't get the app craze on FB - I have a hard enough time just keeping up with people...tried at the beginning - lost interest.
- Robyn Hawk
Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging people who play the games. I used to play the trivia games on there, like the one about the TV show Arrested Development. I even played that infernal Lil' Greenpatch one cuz I found out they really do donate to environmental orgs. I just happened to see this abundance of notices about the game Farmville and it struck me as this huge craze. I'm glad I know how to hide those notices now.
- Laura Norvig
No Facebook games at all. In fact, I was somewhat appalled to find one of my AdGabber friends playing Mafia Wars. Although I suppose I shouldn't take it so hard - he's an agency type - not a geek.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
In Italy we use to say: "Two good arms hijacked from Agriculture" and that's a very good reason NOT to play Farmville!
- marcoscud
Farmville won't show me all the screen, not just on my TabletPC, but on my desktop (widescreen) w/ Firefox. People tell me I can, er, was it resize or pop the screen out, don't remember? However, that icon doesn't make it into what little of Farmville shows. I prefer Farm Town, anyway. I don't want to be bothered with fertilizing and watering and all that stuff. If I want to do all that, I'll switch to real life. I don't even play Farm Town anymore; I like Castle Age. I SMACKED THE CRAP OUTTA THAT HYDRA!
- MiniMage, sheeple of FF
I see that all the time, and have ever since I activated the Experiment. Whenever they modify it, it goes offline for a little bit and that pops up. What the hey, it's "experimental". :)
- Otto
I had an experience with Google search yesterday that really opened up my eyes. It should be a no-brainer, but I'm sure so many people don't realize this. I was trying to see how well our project, which has the very unfortunate nondescript name "The Resource Center" was coming up. I logged out so my results would be clean, and our project came up really high. Then I realized it was...
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- Laura Norvig
Laura: I wouldn't be so sure of that. http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/ comes up second on my searches for "resource center". I'm certainly not in your local search, I'd say.
- Otto
Second in my search with IP=New Zealand, too.
- Deborah Fitchett
Cool, thanks guys! I attribute much of the googly goodness to Drupal.
- Laura Norvig
This post is so important. The platforms need to work, the postings need to be quality, and the orgs need quality people managing volunteers. It has to come together as a perfect storm or thw whole experience of volunteering suffers.
- Laura Norvig
I favorited this for Josh. Ever since I listened to the Ffundercats episode where he talked about this song and played it, it has been in my head. I don't even know if I knew this song before that. Never a big Journey fan.
- Laura Norvig
Bummer you haven't been a Journey fan all this time. But it's never too late. :)
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Huh. I'm on 25 lists. Friendfeeding and librarianating seem to be the dominant themes.
*elbow bump* (it's my wife's name, so I'm in the club)
- Micah Wittman
*fist bump* LauraCon was sparsely attended but nevertheless awesome this year at #IL2009 Also met Lori Reed. What do you think, Ladies? Are Lauries and Loris LauraBrarians?
- Laura Norvig
As long as I don't get called Laurie/Lori, Lauren, or Laurel, I am down with having them on board.
- laura x
it was good to meet another of the Laurabrarians! Botts, you are just about the only one left ;)
- holly
laura x, my Laura could not. agree. with. you. more (re Laurie/Lori, Lauren, Laurel and other imitations ;)
- Micah Wittman
Feel free to include all the others! Yes, I'm going to have to get to one of these meetings at some point.
- Laura B coughin'
Well, we didn't really have a meeting. I introduced myself to ellbeecee and Laura Harris and that was the extent of LauraCon. Still, it was awesome.
- Laura Norvig
Yay for Lauras! I get called Laurie or Lauren by patients all the time. >.<
- The Bohemian Penguin
That makes no sense. Penguin sounds nothing like Laurie or Lauren. :-)
- Bruce Lewis
Wow, are you one of us, Penguin? I've never known you by any other name!
- Laura Norvig
Yep! I started going by Penguin online a while back... I feel so ashamed sometimes for hiding my Laura-ness! ;)
- The Bohemian Penguin
Names are weird. I don't know that I've ever truly owned mine. I don't love it and I don't hate it. I'm very indifferent towards it, really. Do you think there are people who love their own names?
- Laura Norvig
I love my last name, and I like the way my full name scans.
- laura x
I like your last name too! Your name could easily be a character in a novel.
- Laura Norvig
I'm not sure I knew you were a Laura, Penguin! Yay!
- Laura B coughin'
Coming ... later tonight. He's not wearing it yet. We're getting dressed in about an hour.
- Laura Norvig
OK, here's a pic.http://www.flickr.com/photos... Sooo pathetic, I know. I couldn't cut the damn garbage bag with a clean line. But he LOVED his costume and we had an amazing time. They close down the downtown and all the stores have candy for kids to trick or treat, instead of going door to door. He made out like a bandit. Every single store, after we left, he...
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- Laura Norvig
Oh, what a cutie! I think you did a great job. :)
- Rochelle
Thanks! Originally he wanted to be a garbage truck and I had seen a really cool video about how to make that out of a cardboard box. I took a cute video of him trying to make it ... http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Laura Norvig
Best Halloween ever. First we trick or treated on the downtown mall. Perfect Santa Cruz gorgeous sunny day. Then we stopped and had margaritas and lemonade. Then we went to the Santa Cruz wharf, where the merchants also do a kids trick or treat thing. We met our friends and their daughters - we have been doing Halloween with them for five years, ever since the kids were born. After that, one more round of margaritas with dinner - cuz that's how we roll on Halloween. Then home to let the kidlet stare at his giant bucket of candy.
- Laura Norvig
Watching ANTM Cycle 13 on YouTube. I totally forgot about it so now I get to watch 3 episodes in a row. Not the best season so far ...