I remember when Fred Willson first blogged about USV’s investment in Foursquare; I had one big complaint against the service then, where is the data!? It may have taken Foursquare a couple months but the data is now beginning to flow on both sides of the check-in. As a user, I now have a history page that not only shows more specific information about my entire check-in past, but also relevant data of which of my Foursquare friends I checked-in with. My birthday dinner at The Breslin now jumps out at me as I scroll down a list of 253 days and 796 check-ins because I instantly see who checked-in with me.
This linked story describes the future data revealing features for the “location” of the check-in. Giving restaurants, bars, museums, and anyone else wise enough to take advantage of this stream of customers power to better understand its users is an amazing step and one that will definitely convert many locations to become pro-Foursquare. Locations that appreciate and use Foursquare are more likely to offer check-in specials and promote Foursquare in their establishments, thus broadening the Foursquare user group even wider.
Foursquare is beating out its rivals not only in servicing its users, but also in empowering the locations themselves.
How on earth did they get such great talent involved in this? Check this out, you are sure to enjoy.
Great article on how the big boys decide how and when a tweet is important enough to display in search.
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This is probably a good opportunity to tell the Tumblr community about LoriTweet.com
Go check it out, I’ve built it 100% myself to this point. It is the first Twitter application that allows customization to tweets in your timeline. Give it a try!
For the past six months he’s been crawling public profile pages on Facebook. He now has more than 215 million of them indexed and updated about once a month.
Leaving our beautiful NY home. I love the Standard
In less than three years, the iPhone has grown to become Apple’s biggest business — up from zero. - Silicon Alley Insider
The Purpose of a Business is to serve a Customer…who creates customers
The best way to counter the Tea Party movement, which is all about stopping things, is with an Innovation Movement, which is all about starting things. Without inventing more new products and services that make people more productive, healthier or entertained — that we can sell around the world — we’ll never be able to afford the health care our people need, let alone pay off our debts.
Obama should bring together the country’s leading innovators and ask them: “What legislation, what tax incentives, do we need right now to replicate you all a million times over” — and make that his No. 1 priority. Inspiring, reviving and empowering Start-up America is his moon shot.
Volunteer community service this morning. Great time doing some habitat restoration
