I’ve noticed that a lot of the traffic that comes here, is focused are Foursquare questions. The most phrases appearing the most are usually something like “how can I cheat at Foursquare?” or “Can I check in at home?” This probably has to do with some of my previous posts. Since this is how a [...]
Each week I like to do a roundup of five article. There is no ranking and no “most important” articles, they are just five that I picked that I think would be interesting or informative to others. Normally I do this on a Sunday but wasn’t able to do so this week. There was however, [...]
Yesterday I stopped into Radio Shack to pick up a pair of headphones (or ear buds if you insist). I of course checked in via Foursquare, as I do most places and saw that I had unlocked a 10% discount. Upon checkout I presented the coupon on my Droid to the sales associate. And what [...]
It’s been said before, and I’m sure it’ll be said again…it looks like 2010 is going to be the year of location based services. Leading the pack are Foursquare and Gowalla (sorry BrightKite, Loopt, and others). As most people know, with most location based services, the main function is to check-in at a specific location. [...]
Five articles I liked/thought were important/found interesting this past week. A little NY Times heavy this week. Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not) by Jenna Wortham, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/technology/15locate.html Nestle mess shows sticky side of Facebook pages by Caroline McCarthy, cnet http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20000805-36.html How Privacy Vanishes Online by Steve Lohr, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/technology/17privacy.html Google and [...]
Earlier today I read a short post by Shiv Singh asking if society is going to become all advertising all the time. It included a trailer from “Logorama” where the whole world was covered in logos. Is this the world that we are heading into, a world where all we see are ads plastered on [...]
A roundup of online activity, mainly focusing on marketing, communications, social media, entertainment and more.