In what was the first Facebook App development weekend, Weekend Apps hosted a handful of developers (final count unknown) and successfully launched 6 apps by the end of weekend. A quick rundown of what came to be the first of potentially more to come Weekend Apps…well, weekends.
- Deface A Baby – Draw on baby photos and share them.
- Pikipages - “drag and drop” photos, videos, text, html code into a canvas that you can share.
- Blogs I Read – Share the blogs you read, rank them, and post comments on it.
- Ad Exchange – Advertising exchange to cross promote your application with others in the same group.
- Matchtastic – “find your perfect match”
- Spring Break – Take your friends on a virtual spring break
While I defer to Nick for insight on which of these will be most successful and why, based on my view of Facebook apps and where they’re going, I’m going to say fun over function is going to prevail. Things like Matchtastic and a Virtual Spring Break are what Facebook users will grab on to. Nothing can be more fun than going through pictures of what spring break could be like if you could do anything.
I’m sure we’ll see more apps come that continue to duplicate existing functions on Facebook, but kudos to Weekend Apps for their first weekend. Even though they didn’t reach their goal of 20+ apps, the founders should be excited to have launched 6 apps in the first run. We look forward to seeing what they come out with in the future! Perhaps they’ll take Weekend Apps on the road (ie. Startup Weekend).
