If you’ve been reading here lately, you’ll know we have a crush on foursquare for a number of reasons: it’s fun and engaging to play, it’s a new shiny object, it applies game mechanics to solve a problem, etc. On Monday, they officially announced their API. I had heard around the way that there was [...]
If you’ve been reading here lately, you’ll know we have a crush on foursquare for a number of reasons: it’s fun and engaging to play, it’s a new shiny object, it applies game mechanics to solve a problem, etc. On Monday, they officially announced their API. I had heard around the way that there was [...]
So, we’ve got a lot going on lately, what with the move and all. We’ll try to keep the content rolling despite real work. Rich attended Startup School 2009 over the weekend, and although he didn’t find much to blog about, you could try to rally him into a post by commenting or pestering him [...]
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 [...]
Image from I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER I had a weird brain wave crossing with Robert Scoble last week. Basically, I’ve been trying to find value in FourSquare, the hot new web app on the block, that launched this Spring at SXSW, where any self-respecting hot web app gets its initial hotness. If you care, FourSquare [...]
Way back in April 2008, Paul remarked that Web 2.0 had jumped the shark, at least for him. Image from Wikipedia For the last six months or so, I’ve been feeling the same way about social, which is essentially analogous to Web 2.0, but more focused on applying social aspects to everything. I’m not alone [...]