An interesting point was made in passing by someone while on their Blackberry this weekend playing with the Foursquare beta. The person was checking in each time as everyone left the location. Instead of the way in. This prompted me to think about the reason for using the service at all and why even make [...]
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Tag Archive: location_services
Location Awareness – what service and who to share with
These questions came across my Twitter stream asking what location service should they use, why that particular one and who should they share intimate location details with as compared to general or no one at all. After pondering all the location services I use, who is on them and why I use them, it was [...]
Foursquare and restaurants – social media and in person traffic
As I became mayor of a local restaurant on FourSquare and it was sent out via Twitter I was asked what value I get from that? Well some of the restaurants are grabbing ahold of driving in person traffic and the game that FourSquare has become.
Let me explain further. A restaurant sees, sometimes accidentally, that [...]