Comments on: Cafes, Twitter and Foursquare

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By: marcus

marcus — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:14:04 +0000

Never really heard about it until tonight. One of the people I follow was nearby and it sparked my interest. Really interesting concept.

gonna sign up and check it out tomorrow.

thatnks for the info!

By: DuBose Cole

DuBose Cole — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:56:00 +0000

Having been anticipating the release of Foursquare over here in London before it arrived and having had enjoyed it since, its good to see its moved beyond what could have been a media/marketing industry toy. I can’t wait for more users to discover it here though, as I wish there were more mayor based business specials.

By: Ryan Boyles

Ryan Boyles — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:54:06 +0000

Foursquare is definitely on the rise. It's really picking up steam down here in the south since the expansion to cities like Raleigh, NC. Here is a recent blog featuring the story of a local BBQ restaurant using twitter and foursquare to connect with fans and customers. I think this is just the beginning.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:42:04 +0000

Funny you should mention this now James – having observed from a distance for some time, I signed up to Foursquare somewhat reluctantly this week but with the intent of seeing how many coffee related places were already listed in Sydney and the level of activity it’s getting and the type of venues available to ‘check in’.

It’s only recently opened up in Australia and will be interesting to see if it takes off. Twitter has had limited use here – I see far less than in the USA or UK, but in the last week alone I’ve found a nice range of places I might otherwise have never seen or visited. I also see huge potential for retailers to list their own venues and perhaps use it as another form of online promotion.

By: thompson

thompson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:23 +0000

at first i thought foursquare might be something hatched up by Four Barrel Coffee in SF and Squaremile Coffee in London for world domination. Then I actually read and understood the post – it is an interesting idea. I downloaded the iphone app and was proud to say Sweet Maria’s and Taco Truck La Perla were the only businesses in the vicinity. That’s interesting. I understand the taco truck, but we are basically a warehouse with no “shop” per se, except locals can pick up their orders here. Anyway, I will check it out on this next trip, a stop in Chicago, a stop in Amsterdam, then off to Africa. Do you think many businesses will be listed in Entebbe Uganda? Yirg Alem, Ethiopia? Karatina , Kenya? We’ll see. Thanks for the 4square tip.

By: Mike White

Mike White — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:30:41 +0000

Foursquare is great. I use it every day. Not just to track my friends and be awarded badges or mayorships, but often just to locate a venue i’ve never been to before. It’s great for finding addresses (in NYC). It’s also great to see where friends whose opinions I respect are eating and drinking.

Along with expanding into new countries and cities, they also just opened up their API to developers. This means there will soon be tons of new apps and websites that use foursquare to do interesting things.

There’s a new startup, unreleased so far, called Hot Potato that takes it one step further. It lists the most popular venues in town, at that moment. So if Akron Family is playing and everyone in town is there, it shows up. Or, you know, that flash mob outside of 273 Poyser Street.

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[BLOCKED BY STBV] uberVU - social comments — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:43 +0000

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By: Glenn Watson

Glenn Watson — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:18 +0000

Last week I took a walk around London’s East End cafes and carts and checked-in at each and created places that had not already been listed.
The week before I did the same, in Brockley and also central London.
Although only 2 of the spots had recommendations or nearby offers I found them useful.

The mapping can be a little off (user input error) but the concept is good.

There was even another FourSquare user at a cafe I visited (they had chosen to display there whereabouts) so I made myself known and had a good chat about coffee and other related interests.

Through creating a FourSquare location for my business I have received 2 enquiries for people wanting my services, so there are those types of spinoffs too (they had previously not realised I existed)

FourSquare is definitely more than just a game, it is a useful index of what’s ‘nearby’ in an unfamiliar city.

I used FourSquare on a night out in Manchester recently to decide my restuarant and bar choice based on tips / location and tweets of people who had been there (the Mayor of the establishment)

Hopefully FourSquare catches on…