Hey guys, check out Jenna’s NYTimes piece about Foursquare. Emily (reblogged below) rallied a few of us up to help her with research; it was a fun night! I think this was taken in Iona in Willliamsburg, based on where we’re sitting. Great job Jenna, it sounds great! Thanks to Emily for arranging ♥
NYTimes journalist Jenna Wortham wrote a piece in todays nytimes online about Foursquare that will be in tomorrows paper (for me there is still awe and mystique attached to something being in people’s hands rather than in front of them on their computer screens or iPhones)!
Here is the article: Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post
and here is her accompanying Bits blog post in the technology blog section of the nytimes: Foursquare, Not just a Game, But a City Guide
ps. and FYI this is shameless self promotion. i am in both articles.
Tweeted by Jesse Camp. What do you guys think? I think this could be built upon…
Unboxing the Nokia Booklet 3G. They seem to have gotten much better with packaging. Also, the booklet itself is pretty beautiful. [via Gizmodo]
A conversation with my friend Zachary. Usually when my jaw drops to the floor about technology, it is about its advances. Subway has succeeded in making water run backwards for me today.
Really interesting article in Wired this month about the rise of touch and gesture-based computing… and what it will mean for designing intuitively. Roope Takala of Nokia has it exactly right:
People have to get it right out of the box. Otherwise, they’ll give up after two or three tries.
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