Technology As Innovator

Facebook launched their new design. You can access with this URL: www.new.facebook.com

2 things I like best about this new design

1. Tabbed Profile

One profile is now broken into different tabs like that of iGoogle.

Wall, the major communication channel of Facebookers, is displayed right in the profile. Other applications are moved away so load time is saved.

Info and Photos deserve their own tabs. This makes it easier for users to track follow the information of their friends.

2. Full-width expansion

Comments

Relevance of Content and Time Saving are the 2 keys to success in the social media industry. Facebook is well on-track with their new design.

An explanation on Social Media and how Business should catch up.

From Marta Z. Kagan

Tai Tran's Lab: Technology As Innovator

Apart from built-in functionalities, these are my favorite applications so far:

Information Integration

Blog RSS Feed Reader

This is the nicest RSS reader application in Facebook. Though it doesn’t replace a professional reader, it’s nice to have in your profile since you can check the title quickly and let people see what you’re reading. Integrating this with RSS mashups like Yahoo! Pipes is a good idea.

StumbleUpon

To share cool websites that you Stumble.

del.icio.us

To share cool websites that you saves on del.icio.us.

Gifts

There are countless of gifts applications, but these 2 are very cute and the concept is nice too: to wait 4 days for the gift to grow/hatch.

Growing Gifts

Select a plant (or an object) and send to your friends. It will grow in 4 days.

Hatching Eggs

Select a cute creature (or an object) and send to your friends in the form of an egg. The egg will hatch in 4 days.

Exploration

Birthday Calendar

Although Facebook provides a birthday reminder, this application layouts all your friends’ birthdays so it’s easier for you to plan your celebration and/or presents ahead.

My Personality

The main test is based on the Big-5 traits. It also explains typical horoscope psychology and test you against it. The good thing is that it compares you with your Facebook connections.

My Types

A MBTI test with percentage. It gives you the results of your Facebook friends too.

Testimonials

You can write testimonials for your friends and receive ones from them. Testimonials give you flexibility in assessing than with mere adjectives.

How about you? What are your favorite applications?