When I read Louis Gray’s EVO review, something struck me as funny. Not only did he get his HTC EVO for free at Google IO, but he also got his iPhone 3G for free by winning a contest. Hmm, we here at the ‘Lab have benefited from free phones as well, and not just at [...]
Photo by jonbro from Flickr used under Creative Commons Earlier in the month, foursquare announced some changes to their game that would curb cheating. The following day, they posted an update, which said in part: First of all, I can’t tell you how psyched we are to see so many people passionate about foursquare – [...]
Photo by Arenamontanus on Flick used under Creative Commons You probably know we think a lot about games and game mechanics here. This is largely Paul’s doing, since he’s done a lot of thinking about what makes games fun and if/how the fun of games can be applied to other typically un-fun activities, namely work. [...]
I know I predicted that geo would be left at the altar 2010, but I think there’s huge potential in geo services. Dissecting my prediction, I’m forecasting gang-busting growth for the “where-am-I” use case. Along those lines, I give you Photocheck.in (h/t TechCrunch), which hits two of my favorite things: geo and APIs. In very [...]
I’ve been playing foursquare regularly for about a month now, and even though I was teased by several people (you know who you are) at OpenWorld last week, I’ll continue to play. /me thumbs nose If you’re not familiar, foursquare debuted at SXSW this Spring, and it’s currently the latest shiny object of the early adopter [...]
Lately, I’ve been playing with foursquare, the latest shiny object among early adopter types. Foursquare is another location-based service, but it’s also a game that encourages you to check-in when you go places to earn badges and the coveted mayorship of a location. The geo-geek in me likes the location bits, and the latent gamer [...]
So, we changed hosts last week, and now, Network Redux (@networkredux) in beautiful Portland, Oregon is handling our beloved blog. If you’re wondering, it’s pronounced re-ducks, not re-do. That one always gets me. Anyway, this move should clear up some of the issues we’ve had recently with downtime and running out of memory. There have [...]