We've launched a Facebook Application!

“Living through the 90s and not getting involved in an internet start-up is like living though the 60s and not smoking,” — so said Serena Doshi (one of my co-founders from Liv4now.com — a long, long time ago).

I reckon, to paraphrase Serena, that living through 2007 or 2008 and NOT launching a Facebook application is like living through the 60s and not smoking.

So here we go.

I wanted to put a picture of the phone I am mostly using on my Facebook profile. So I knocked up an application to do that.

“WHY?” yelled my other half when I told her I’d done it, “Who would want to put a picture of their PHONE on their profile?” she continued.

I did my best at a reply: “Er, well, it’s just something that appeals to me. People do it on forum signatures and that sort of thing. So I wanted to do it on Facebook.”

She rolled her eyes and carried on writing a message to a friend. Via Facebook.

Anyway, here’s what it looks like when you add to your profile:

And when you add the application and update, it puts these wicked little messages in your feeds:

And it’s using the SMS Text News icon.

No branding on the application. But I do plan to update the application of the week on the bottom of it — that’ll be a link to the relevant piece on SMS Text News. If I can get the weekly update to change everyone’s profile.

I’d be most grateful if you could put it on your profile, perhaps just for a day or so, in order that I disprove the doubts of my other half.

To install the application, go: here/a>.