January 2012
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“When you look at those two videos [2010 vs 2012] side by side, it almost appears...”
– “New foursquare intro video distances them from the check-in” sur AboutFoursquare (January 26th, 2012)
My favorite part of running this company is seeing people “get” the transformation from “game mechanics and checkins are cute” to “with 1.5bn checkins, we can change...
I LIKE IT HERE. - M.: i have the sensation, as do... →
texturism:
i have the sensation, as do my friends, that to function as a proficient human, you must both “keep up” with the internet and pursue more serious, analog interests. i blog about real life; i talk about the internet. it’s so exhausting to exist on both registers, especially while holding down a…
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“Really? ‘Nerds’? You know, actually, I think the word you’re looking for is...”
– JON STEWART, on members of Congress considering the SOPA and PIPA bills exasperatedly calling for “nerds” to help them understand SOPA and PIPA, on The Daily Show.
Why does Congress bother convening at all? (via inothernews)
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In other games and maps news...
mapstalgia:
Here’s a fun tangent: Maps In Games, a blog by Gemma Thomson that looks at the maps that appear diegetically in games (i.e. a map on the wall of a police station, not a minimap in the corner of the player’s user interface).
“The mismatch between Silicon Valley and Congress isn’t just that Silicon Valley...”
– Tim O’Reilly (via bijan)
“The way I see it, there’s a lack of need for any legislation at all. As a...”
– Tim O’Reilly
Tim O’Reilly: Why I’m fighting SOPA — Tech News and Analysis
(via fred-wilson)
WatchFound this on HarryH’s Alex’s Tumblr. foursquare packed up and moved out of our old / original offices yesterday.
Our new Soho HQ opens on Monday.
#36coop4eva
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Why I Love foursquare (And How You Can Too)
Great piece on foursquare. I love seeing foursquare users starting to “get” the bigger idea of where we’re going.
matt-kiser:
I resisted foursquare for a long time. I didn’t really care about badges or mayorships. It didn’t strike me as a particularly interesting way to record the places you’d been, and too difficult to extract that info at a later time. There wasn’t a rich...
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