{"id":2423,"date":"2012-05-20T11:41:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T08:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2012-05-20T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T08:47:13","slug":"introducing-fakebook-animated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/introducing-fakebook-animated\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing “Fakebook Animated”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fb\"One of the most popular applications I’ve developed in the past couple of years has been “Fakebook<\/a>“, a Fake Facebook Profile Generator<\/a> that students can use to create engaging narratives of people, places and concepts. I’ve been working on developing the code over the past fortnight so that the application is much quicker (for example at finding pictures) than it was in the past.<\/p>\n

A brand new addition to the application is what I call “Fakebook Animated”. With this new feature, which can be accessed from the standard menu at the right of the screen, you can now watch your “Fakebook Timeline” slowly unfold before your eyes.<\/p>\n

Sample “Fakebook Animated” Creations<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Edgar Allen Poe<\/a>
\nHamlet<\/a>
\nBenjamin Franklin<\/a>
\nAbraham Lincoln<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the most popular applications I’ve developed in the past couple of years has been “Fakebook“, a Fake Facebook Profile Generator that students can use to create engaging narratives of people, places and concepts. I’ve been working on developing the code over the past fortnight so that the application is much quicker (for example… <\/p>\n

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