We’ve just launched with Facebook

So, it’s the 1^st of July.  You know what that means, right?

No?

Stand up.  Look around.  Choose a target.  Sneak up on them and give them a pinch and a punch for the first of the month (this works best if they’re holding a cup of steaming hot coffee).  I’ve been looking forward to today for the past few weeks.  It’s been 30 days since I’ve had a legitimate excuse to pinch someone mid-way through a meeting, and I can’t wait to do it again.

Okay.  I know what you’re thinking: why does this warrant a blog post?  And you’re probably right, it doesn’t.  I am excited for today, but the pinches and punches are only part of the reason.  Let me explain:

When we launched SendSocial back in November, we came out of the starting blocks with support for Twitter and email.  That was a fantastic place to start, but we were missing something pretty big: an integration with Facebook.  Yeah, that teeny weeny social networking site a few of my friends use.  You might have heard of it.

It’s a pleasure to be able to announce that, from today, you’re able to login to SendSocial using Facebook Connect, and you can link your SendSocial account to Facebook if you’re already a member of ours.  Essentially, what this means is that you can now send items to any of your Facebook friends by clicking on their name within your account.  When you send a request, it’ll show up on their wall and they’ll be able to deal with it from there.

This graphic explains things a little better:

I don’t know where any of my friends live, but I’m linked to all of them on Facebook.  I’m really excited about today’s roll-out because I finally have an easy way of sending them half-decent birthday presents.

Now, I just need to see who’s birthday is coming up next…