Scraping Birthdays from Facebook
I used some hacky JavaScript to scrape my friends birthdays from Facebook so that I can put them in my actual calendar.
Creativity, curiosity, and code
I used some hacky JavaScript to scrape my friends birthdays from Facebook so that I can put them in my actual calendar.
It now seems that it's my responsibility to publish the fact that it's my birthday. This is a new piece of knowledge to me. I've always assumed that people put these things in their calendars anyway. What other assumptions that I have about the world might have changed because of social media?