Thanks to Melisa Kirkup (C'01) at Universal Marketing, for our DT October Contest, we will be raffling off a Forgetting Sarah Marshall gift package including a Forgetting Sarah Marshall DVD, beach bag, beach towel, cd and t-shirt!

To enter, all you need to do is "SUGGEST A (Penn) FRIEND " to me using the link on facebook.

How?

1. Click this link to suggest a Penn friend to me on Facebook 
2. Each suggestion will be considered one entry into the contest.
   

Get the contest details here...+/-

*Contest Details:

• Only Penn undergrads, alumni, staff and prospects can participate
• Each "facebook suggestion" email I receive (Facebook sends me an email when you suggest a friend to me) will be considered one entry into the contest.
  
• 1 winner will be chosen at random from eligible applicants to receive (via mail) the Forgetting Sarah Marshall gift package including a Forgetting Sarah Marshall DVD, beach bag, beach towel, cd and t-shirt.
• Contest ends on Friday, October 31, 11:59 pm
• How the winners will be chosen:
  To decide the winners of this competition, I will place each entry into a numbered list in the order the entrants' "suggest a friend" email from facebook was received. Using Research Randomizer, I will first select one random entry (according to their number) to determine who will win. I will contact the winner about his/her prize as soon as the draw is completed and will announce the winner on this blog soon after.
  
• Winner will be notified via facebook the week of November 1
  

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Okay, you've registered for Facebook.

You even added the DuelingTampons.com facebook widget to your profile.

Heck, you're probably in the "New York", "Los Angeles" or "Philadelphia" network. And if you're an undergrad, you may even still be part of your high school's network.

But you still haven't figured out how to officially add yourself into the 37,980+ person (as of 1/15/08) "Penn" (college) network on facebook.

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In my "Penn" related Facebook Widget countdown this week, I've covered widgets (what is a widget?) having to do with Penn basketball, ticketing, and videos.

And now today is the mother of all Penn facebook widgets.

Drumroll please...

Click here to see my #1 pick!

#1) "DuelingTampons.com" Widget
Of course it's going to be the DuelingTampons widget! As soon as I post the latest Penn Alumni and Undergrad news to my site, it automatically is updated into this news widget! Help me spread the word of this site by posting this widget on your profile. It would be much appreciated! :)

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So far, my 3 "Penn" related facebook widget picks (what is a widget?) have centered around Penn basketball, phone books, ticketing and now today, it's all about video.

Click here to see my #2 pick.

#2) "myTV" Widget
Penn Entrepreneurs Nat Turner (W'08), Zach Weinberg (C'08), Scott Becker (C'09) and Michael Provenzano ('08) have built a slick application called "myTV" for Facebook which allows users to search YouTube and save videos to a personal playlist.

The talented founders of Invite Media, Inc. have recently launched their tech start-up which focuses on online video optimization and monetization. Backed by two Wharton statisticians, the myTV application is a launching point for the creation of a video discovery and recommendation engine based on behavioral targeting.

Stay tuned because Invite Media also struck a deal with a major video publisher that will enable them to largely distribute their content recommendation engine to over 40 million users. With personal recommendations already available for the music realm thanks to discovery services like Pandora Radio, the inclusion of video content into the discovery engine will greatly expand the online video industry and possibly lead to better ad monetization.

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Check back tomorrow for my #1 pick!

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For the past 2 days, our #5 and #4 picks have centered around Penn basketball and phone books.

Today we've got a really useful widget (what is a widget?) developed by Penn alumni that will help all of you performing arts folks and party planners!

Click here to see my #3 pick.

#3) "Facebook Ticketing" Widget
Developed by Christopher Stanchak (W'03) and Iqram Magdon Ismail (Eng '05), this application allows users to sell tickets to their facebook events. I've already begun to see several Penn groups using this...

Click here to add this to your profile!

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Check back tomorrow for my #2 pick.

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Moving on from my #5 picks (a and b), our widget pick #4 (what is a widget?) is something that was developed by a Penn alum that is useful for the many Penn people I see on facebook who tend to lose their cell phones.

Click here to see my #4 pick.


#4) "Styky Phonebook" Widget
I've seen many people here on Facebook lose their cell phones and post messages to have their friends help them rebuild their phonebook.

With Penn alum Kunal Gupta's (C'04) Styky Phonebook application, you now can use your existing friend network on Facebook to quickly and easily build or rebuild a phonebook. This application puts a form on your profile which lets people give you their number or any number (your choice). This information is then given to you for approval and, once approved, it is added to your Styky phonebook!

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Yesterday we covered my pick #5.

I actually have another Penn widget (what is a widget?) which is similar to yesterday's #5 pick but a bit more robust. I am going to lump this widget under my pick #5 and publish my pick number #4 later this afternoon.

Click here to see my additional #5 pick.

#5b) "UPenn Basketball Fans" Widget
Check out all the latest discussion, trivia, top players, standings and photos.

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Check back later today for my #4 pick.

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Okay, if you haven't done it already, you'll just need to join facebook. Yes, it used to be just for undergrads gawking over the new incoming freshmen class (okay it probably still is), but over the past year it has expanded into something more powerful...for everyone of all ages. It's a much more powerful site than myspace or friendster has ever been.

One of the cool things you can do is add "widgets" to your page. And what is a widget? It's a self-contained application that you can add with the click of a mouse that acts almost like a desktop application and can be moved around mostly anywhere on your profile page. These widgets help someone decorate/personalize and add functionality to their profile page.

At this point there are thousands of widgets, but over the course of this week starting with #5 and counting down, I'm going to post my top 5 "Penn" related widgets you should add to your profile (if you haven't already). These widgets either have something to do with Penn or were built by Penn undergrads/alumni.

To start things off, click here to see my #5 pick.

#5) "Penn Quakers" Widget
Think you're a diehard Quakers fan? Show off what you know by making game predictions for the 2007-08 Men's Basketball season. This widget was developed by David Lei (C'10) and is brought to you by The Daily Pennsylvanian.

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Check back tomorrow for my #4 pick.

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Last night at 10:50 pm, Oren Lavie (C'11) became my 1,000th Facebook friend in the "UPenn network". (I didn't exactly hit my September 1 deadline, but I was close)

Thank all of you for adding me as a friend on facebook. Feel free to continue to email me with your story ideas and I'll do my best to feature you guys!

Click here to learn what you need to know to submit a story to me

If you're already a member of facebook, click here to "Introduce Me" to your friends.

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Hey Penn Alumni and Undergrads, I am hoping to get 1,000 alumni and undergrad friends on my Facebook profile by September 1.

All I ask of each one of you reading this now is...

Can you refer my facebook profile to at least one Penn alumni/undergrad friend who you think may be interested in http://www.duelingtampons.com?
-musicians
-actors
-directors
-producers
-writers
-photographers
-painters
-designers
-business owners wanting to promote themselves...
-anyone who wants to be entertained!

If you're already a member of facebook, click here to "Introduce Me" to your friend.

Click here to add me as your friend on Facebook!
(fyi, my profile can be found by searching "Matt Rosler" on Facebook)

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