Posts Tagged “Gowalla”

Checking out of checking in

By Dave | July 26, 2010

Last week I read a short post on Gigaom by Om Malik, who admitted to Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley to getting bored of checking in so often. The grand vision aside, I told Dennis that he has a problem – even hardcore users and fans like me are getting bored with Foursquare and finding it [...]

10 comments • location
Tagged as: bookcrossing • Brightkite • Check.in • Dennis Crowley • Foursquare • Gigaom • gnomedex • Gowalla • LBS • Om Malik • SXSW • Yelp
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Location Based Conferences

By Dave | March 18, 2010

The insanity of the South by Southwest crowds and popularity of location-based services (LBSs) such as Foursquare and Gowalla have me thinking about the future of popular conferences and unconferences. Do we still need the confines of a massive convention center? SXSW has already outgrown the Austin Convention Center, spilling sessions into neighboring hotels. When the [...]

3 comments • events
Tagged as: barcamp nashville • Foursquare • Gowalla • podcamp nashville • sitby.us • South by Southwest • SXSW • sxswi • The Cadillac Ranch • vicarious.ly
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Location, location, location

By Dave | January 17, 2010

I’ve been using three location-based services recently on my iPhone. They are Gowalla, Foursquare and Brightkite. All of them have there differences, but all are pretty neat too. Gowalla The user interface is beautifully designed Works like geo-caching, except you’re discovering and dropping virtual items Using my 3GS iPhone, it pin points my location using [...]