Posts Tagged ‘gowalla’

Posted on October 12, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Screencast: How TriOut plans to help solve check-in fatigue with Foursquare and Gowalla

Guest Post by Lawrence Ingraham @lawpower, Founder/lead developer at TriOut. This is the tenth in a series of posts detailing the history, design and features of TriOut v2 for iPhone.

We’ve shown you how you can see your friends recent activity of Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook. Now we’re going to share how you can use TriOut to check in with Foursquare and Gowalla. Here’s a screencast I took today at lunch showing it in action.

Now, to make things clear, I’ve checked into Jimmy John’s using TriOut, Foursquare and Gowalla before. If this were a new location which nobody has ever checked into, it would take a bit longer to associate the Foursquare and Gowalla locations. However, it’s still multiple times faster than any other solution out there.

Posted on October 11, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

TriOut 2 Dev Journal: You can see your friends check-ins on Foursquare, Gowalla & Facebook too.

Guest Post by Lawrence Ingraham @lawpower, Founder/lead developer at TriOut. This is the ninth in a series of posts detailing the history, design and features of TriOut v2 for iPhone.

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. We’ve been absolutely slammed trying to get the app complete in time for the NC State Fair. (If you’re in North Carolina, plan on coming by the State Fair on Thursday to take part in the TriOut scavenger hunt and say hi while you’re there!)

We submitted the new app to Apple last Monday and hope to see it approved later this week. I thought I’d review some of the main things we’re focusing on this week so you know what to expect. We’ve done a lot of thinking about user habits for Location Based Services since launching TriOut in November of last year. Features are great, badges and coupons are great, but what people really care about are their friends.

Of all the users we’ve asked, the biggest reasons to use any service are:
1. Tell my friends where I am
2. See what my friends are up to.

TriOut 2 makes your friends the priority. The first thing you see when you launch the app is where your friends have been recently. Not just your TriOut friends, but your friends on Foursquare, Gowalla or Facebook too. If you’re already a Gowalla, Foursquare or Facebook user, signing up with TriOut is just a few clicks.

We show you your friends last 3 hours of activity. With most services (not Gowalla just yet), we can also filter it down to just your friends who are local to you. Since I live in North Carolina, I’m less interested in Jeff eating at St Johns in Sunnyvale, CA than I am with Branson having a cappuccino at 3cups down the street.

Friends are the core of TriOut 2. It doesn’t matter what service you use, or what service they use, your friends are what’s important.

We’re really excited about TriOut 2 and looking forward to seeing everyone outside of North Carolina using TriOut. TriOut version 2 has been submitted to the app store and we’re waiting for Apple to approve it in the next few days.

Posted on September 20, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

This Week in Location: 30 must read location-based articles from the past 7 days

Videos

@schneidermike and @EricLeist check out SCVNGR rewards

Social Media Tulsa What is Whrrl

Blog Post

1. The real Facebook burglaries story
2. Pros And Cons Of Mobile Marketing
3. How Local Businesses can use Facebook Places
4. Plan and share your trips with Tripline
5. The U.S. is Catching Up to The World in the SMS Marketing Race
6. Nick’s Crispy Tacos offers free taco via mobile challenge
7. SCVNGR Debuts Web-Based, Self-Serve LBS Rewards Platform For Businesses
8. PlacePunch Co-Founder Discusses The Future of Location-Based Marketing [Interview]
9. Comparing Check-In Apps: the Location-Based Check-In and More
10. Skyhook Adds Location Engine to Layar App for Android
11. Sorry, But McDonald’s Did Not See a 33% Increase in Foot Traffic Because of Foursquare
12. Foursquare Gets Down To Business With Insights
13. Indoor Positioning and Navigation – The Next LBS Frontier?
14. Gap Taps Foursquare Cofounders for Holiday Ad Campaign
15. Today in Location Based Services and Apps
16. Retailers find value in location based services Shopkick, WeReward and SCVNGR
17. Local Social Media Marketing: How Your Peers Use Twitter, Facebook, And Blogs
18. WeePlaces adds Gowalla and Facebook to visualize check-ins
19. Stickybits at the Zoo
20. Skyhook: Google forced Motorola to drop our location service, delay the Droid X
21. Bravo celebrates their newest show with the Just Desserts Badge — and free desserts
22. Facebook Places Propels SCVNGR to 100,000 Downloads in 48 Hour
23. Why Geo Location Matters and Why You Should Attend Geo M
24. The Panthers Purrsuit is On — A Social Media Challenge!
25. You Can’t Beat the Location
26. 10 Ways Touring Bands Can Leverage Location Apps
27. 10 foursquare secrets worth making ‘public’
28. Case Study: McDonald’s ups foot traffic 33% on Foursquare Day
29. Fan Appz Integrates With Facebook® Places to Enable Location-Based Marketing
30. 5 Important New Trends in Location

Posted on September 15, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Video: GEOChat Live from Gowalla HQ with Jonathan Carroll

GEOChat Live from Gowalla HQ with Jonathan Carroll

Posted on September 13, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Join me for #GEOChat live from Gowalla’s HQ in Austin, TX, Tuesday at 2pm. Have your LBS questions ready.

A few weeks ago I launched #GEOChat a weekly location-based twitter hashtag conversation about all things location. #GEOChat is just one out of three location-based twitter hashtag chats. There’s @4sqchat and LBSChat that take place on Monday and Thursday night at 9:00 P.M. EST. #GEOChat takes place every Tuesday at 2:00 P.M. EST and the response has been great so far with various individuals from marketing agencies, media outlets, and location-based services participating. Today I’m pleased to announce that I’m taking #GEOChat on the road as I travel to Austin, TX tomorrow for an OnStar event (more on that later). #GEOChat will be streamed live from Gowalla’s HQ with a spacial guest host from Gowalla. I’m still going to use the Twitter hashtag #GEOChat but adding video to the mix.

How can you participate? Be ready tomorrow at 2:00 P.M. EST with questions for team Gowalla about their future plans, past and present location-based promotions and the entire location space. You can also leave questions in the comments below. See you Tuesday and one more thing… you can watch it live here: http://socialwayne.com/live