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Hi. My name is Dennis. I enjoy such things as snowboards, four square and unemployment. I live in the East Village, NYC. You can email me at: dens at teendrama dot com



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    Ha!  I don’t remember ever got any dodgeball halloween costumes back in the day :) foursquare: And the first of the foursquare halloween costumes :) Just saw this tweet from my friend @heathercapri: “Look! @elaineellis is a foursquare scout! Look at all those badges she’s earned! No wonder she’s mayor” More: http://brightkite.com/objects/1e84bec1f9fe3264109b724ca8b842d5?referer=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F

    Ha!  I don’t remember ever got any dodgeball halloween costumes back in the day :)

    foursquare:

    And the first of the foursquare halloween costumes :)

    Just saw this tweet from my friend @heathercapri:

    “Look! @elaineellis is a foursquare scout! Look at all those badges she’s earned! No wonder she’s mayor”

    More:

    http://brightkite.com/objects/1e84bec1f9fe3264109b724ca8b842d5?referer=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F

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    Oct
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    zachklein: oats: Settlers of Catan - Ore (Zach), Wool (Courtney), and Lumber (Matt) Courtney, Matt, me, and several others recreated a human-sized version of the board!

    zachklein:

    oats:

    Settlers of Catan - Ore (Zach), Wool (Courtney), and Lumber (Matt)

    Courtney, Matt, me, and several others recreated a human-sized version of the board!

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    caro: johncarney: … caseydonahue: Ran into these guys on the train. They win Halloween.

    caro:

    johncarney:

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    caseydonahue:

    Ran into these guys on the train. They win Halloween.

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    Oct
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    Team foursquare was here late last night working on this and 100 other fixes.  I’m finding this tiny tweak is already 100x better than before. foursquare: Hey hey - anyone notice our new “Places” screen on the iPhone? :)  We tweaked the way we show nearby places, so we can call attention to your favorites vs. your friends’ favorites vs. everything else that’s nearby. A small tweak, but this should fix the “foursquare never knows where I am!” bugs we’ve been hearing about.  We’re finding it’s also a great way to find out about places you’re friends frequent that you haven’t had a chance to check out yet. Anyway, play with it tonight and let us know what you think!   As we’re getting closer to our code re-write you should see lots more little improvements like this coming from us.

    Team foursquare was here late last night working on this and 100 other fixes.  I’m finding this tiny tweak is already 100x better than before.

    foursquare:

    Hey hey - anyone notice our new “Places” screen on the iPhone? :)  We tweaked the way we show nearby places, so we can call attention to your favorites vs. your friends’ favorites vs. everything else that’s nearby.

    A small tweak, but this should fix the “foursquare never knows where I am!” bugs we’ve been hearing about.  We’re finding it’s also a great way to find out about places you’re friends frequent that you haven’t had a chance to check out yet.

    Anyway, play with it tonight and let us know what you think!   As we’re getting closer to our code re-write you should see lots more little improvements like this coming from us.

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    Busy week here at 4SQ HQ!

    foursquare:

    Have you seen this video?  It’s from a subway station in Stockholm, Sweden where some designers were trying to create an incentive for people to skip the escalator and take the stairs.  Their solution was to turn the steps into a piano where each step would play a different musical note - basically creating a way to make the taking the stairs more fun than taking the escalator.  And it worked.

    I feel like this is also what we’re trying to do at foursquare - how do you make exploring cities / meeting up with friends / discovering new places more fun?

    Last week we announced a partnership with San Francisco’s BART (the mass transit system) that let’s foursquare users earn badges for riding public transportation, unlock tips about the interesting coffee shops, music stores, etc you can find near BART stations and even win free train tickets on BART trains for checking-in.

    … and just like the piano steps that make taking the stairs more fun than taking the escalator, we’re trying to make taking public transport more fun than being stuck in highway traffic.  :)

    We’re loving this and hopes it foreshadows the types of things we’re thinking about and the types of experiences we’re planning on creating.

    Official press release from BART: http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2009/news20091022.aspx

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    Garmin’s shares fell 16 percent to $31.45 on Nasdaq, while TomTom’s shares closed around 21 percent lower on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
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    Based on news that Google Maps on the new Verizon Droid has turn-by-turn directions (bringing the phone one step closer to replacing the stand-alone GPS)

    Also in this article:  “TomTom, based in Amsterdam, introduced a $100 navigation application for the iPhone in August.”

    … I know this is old news, but who thought it was a good idea to release a $100 iPhone app that is just a hair better than what you could get for free a few months ago and can get for free now…

    Google’s Free GPS for Phones Threatens Garmin and TomTom - NYTimes.com

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    Mr. Jha soon decided to axe the entire Symbian product line as well as phones using several other operating systems. He wanted to simplify product development to standardize on one or two core systems. It came down to a Microsoft Windows mobile operating system and Android. When Microsoft said that a crucial release of its mobile operating system would be delayed, Mr. Jha gave Microsoft the stiff arm and bet on Android.
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    Great quick piece in NYT on how Motorola’s new CEO is gunning for a comeback.  I wasn’t aware of the backstory - axing Symbian, axing Windows Mobile, pitching Verizon on Android..  hmm, I wonder how much of Verizon’s all-Android strategy is based on Moto’s all-Android strategy?

    New Chief Positions Motorola for a Rebound - NYTimes.com

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    whitneymcn:

    Hm. Microsoft’s “what people are saying about windows 7” tweets page is an obviously static fake. Kind of sad, really: http://bit.ly/3dHccr

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    “Coca Cola” screenprint by Zevs (Seen in the Electric Artist office): More:images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=zevs&a…www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=…
    “Coca Cola” screenprint by Zevs (Seen in the Electric Artist office):

    More:

    images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=zevs&a…

    www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=…

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    Love this - made from packing tape laid over a light box. By Mark Khaisman out of Philly (seen in the Electric Artists office): Marc says this is a pic taken from his daughter’s Facebook page. Small lines are scrunched up pieces of tape. More: www.khaismanstudio.com/
    Love this - made from packing tape laid over a light box. By Mark Khaisman out of Philly (seen in the Electric Artists office):

    Marc says this is a pic taken from his daughter’s Facebook page. Small lines are scrunched up pieces of tape.

    More: www.khaismanstudio.com/

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