Phamper Module Content and Data

Hometown Throwdown

Purpose

Facebook only allows One hometown in user's profile. With Hometown Throwdown you not only get to save multiple hometowns, you get to select a rap star name and "throwdown" a story (or rap) about the place, choosing its display colors. You can Judge your friends' throwdowns, from 1 (knit cap) to 5 (bomb diggity). Plus, you can view all throwdowns per a Town or per a MC.

Features

Facebook user data, Ajax, Jscript Color Selector, Rap Star Name Generator, Notifications of 'Being Served,' News Stories of Votes Given and Received.

Platforms

Hipster Approval

Purpose

Show that you care what hipsters think--and that they DO approve of you (or your page). At install, user must take a short quiz to gain approval. In Facebook, user's music favorites are 'analyzed' and receive comment. Upon passing, user gets a Google Map listing dive bars in her area.

Features

Google Maps; Facebook user data: regional network, music; RSS feeds from Cool Tool and Pitchfork; Quiz, Javascript validation, FB News Feed.

Platforms

Tigger or Eeyore?

Purpose

To honor Professor Randy Pausch by letting people decide (as he suggested) whether they belong to the Eeyore or Tigger camp. The FB app includes inspiring words from the professor, as well as a suggestion to donate to fight pancreatic cancer.

Features

Images of Eeyore and Tigger, Professor Pausch, and links to his web site and that of the Pan Can Org.

Platforms