I’m excited that the error catching that I put in place helped me identify the problem and ultimately helped me fix it. Getting back into the code over at Overrated-Underrated always pulls at me to devote more time to it and make it what I want it to be. I haven’t been able to do that recently but the pull is definitely still there. And I’m glad.

Clearly the site needs to be smarter than it is. I need to be able to look for a particular date, navigate days, check out yesterday’s scores and see tomorrow’s matchups. All of that will come (and was in the plans already). I was just surprised at how quickly and obviously those flaws came out.

The fun part about this was how quickly it came together. I started yesterday and today there is a live application. Like I said, it’s not full featured, but it’s working and I really wanted to get it out there. Hopefully other people will think it’s useful as well. Check it out and let me know what you think.

I don’t know what it would do yet and I guess thats not the point. I think it would be fun. If anyone has any suggestions or tips… I’d love to hear.

I downloaded the iPhone SDK so I’m all set and ready to go. All I need is about 10 more hours each day and an idea. I’ll keep you posted on the idea. I think I’m probably out of luck on the extra time.

It’s not super difficult, I am just having to learn where to look for the answers I need. Facebook has done a great job with documentation and developer tools. So I have been using those to my advantage as much as possible.

Looking ahead, I see more data rigmarole. Once the data transfer is ironed out I’ll have to start answering interface questions. Thankfully Facebook has some solid standards and conventions that I can take advantage of. If anyone out there has experience building a Facebook application, drop me a note in the comments, I’d love to commiserate.

What I’d like to do here, is document the process and let other people know the relative ease or difficulty in putting together what I hope is a successful Facebook app. Things that I think we’ll run into along the way are:

• What is success?
• What resources are needed to pull this off?
• Who wants to use an app like this?
• How do we get it in front of their eyes?
• And a ton of others.

As we ride this roller coaster together I’d love feedback and thoughts along the way. If you can think of any roadblocks, or issues along the way, please share them with me. I think that the more input and help I can get, even if it’s just a word of encouragement, the better.

Recently we have teamed up with MidMarketer to develop their web presence. We’re really proud to work with such an outstanding organization and feel that the final product is a great launching point for their organization. Below is a snip from a MidMarketer press release.

MidMarketer believes there are a growing number of mid-sized organizations that need help focusing marketing strategies, executing the right marketing tactics, deploying creative campaigns and measuring change. MidMarketer has answered this need by launching MidMarketer.com – the only online resource dedicated solely to the marketing efforts of mid-sized companies.

We are also part of MidMarketer’s Certified Resource program which “engages potential marketing resources in a certification process and only certifies certain marketing products or service organizations that demonstrate a tailored offering to mid-sized organizations.” We’re really excited about the opportunities that will arise because of this distinction. We wish MidMarketer all the success in the world and will continue to work with them to improve and enhance MidMarketer.com.