if historical events had facebook statuses

“Paper” Makes Facebook Look Amazing

Most news from Facebook makes users squirm. Changes to your news feed and new ads aren't exactly met with open arms. The latest announcement from Facebook, however, should be. "Paper" is Facebook's new reader app for iOS that combines stories from your feed along with content it curates and delivers…

More Facebook Changes We’d Actually Want To See

When Facebook announced their latest changes the world let out a collective "FML."  Users apparently like changes to be "beneficial" and not "confusing as crap."  We decided to help by sharing some Facebook Changes We'd Actually Want to See.  We quickly realized that, even though we covered a few, there…

Facebook for iPad

Facebook is revolutionary. The iPad is revolutionary. Actually, if you count the whole "not graduating college" and "worth gazillions of dollars" things, Mark Zuckerberg is a lot like the late, great Steve Jobs, but that's not the point. Everyone spends time on Facebook and if you have an iPad you…

A History of the World According to Facebook

Towards the end of last year, I found myself up against an article deadline for this website while a few cocktails deep. This is not a great place to be, because a) you’re short on time, b) anything you write seems totally awesome, and c) it isn’t. You submit it…

Doane Paper Leather Works

We can't pinpoint precisely when it happened, but our memory just isn't what it used to be. If Facebook didn't keep track of history and Foursquare didn't keep track of where we were, we'd have no idea what happened last week - let alone years ago. We've discovered that there's…

If God Were on Facebook

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L.L. Bean 1947 Field Coat

History should teach us a lot of things. We would probably pay a lot more attention if it had a Facebook status, but there are still things we can learn. Your dad will always be better at fixing shit than you. You can (and will) hug and kiss your grandmother…