Comments on: Mayor of Simpleton

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:18:33 +0000

It definitely has potential, and I'm interested to see how it plays out, especially once Twitter releases their geo features.

You can only have one Mayor at a time, and it's over a 60-day period. So, it's possible no one at OOW will attain its mayorship. The BA is pretty heavy with early adopters, so that wouldn't surprise me. Maybe we should check-in by individual session rooms instead.

By: John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises)

John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:47:12 +0000

I joined Foursquare in a "blame Scoble" moment (he had written a post expressing the opinion that Foursquare might be the next big thing after Twitter). Although I'm not mobile enough to earn badges, I have become the Mayor of a couple of places in the Inland Empire that I frequent.

The test I'm looking forward to, however, is Oracle OpenWorld. How many Mayors of Moscone Center will we have during that week?

As for FourSquare vs. Gowalla, it depends upon your personal circumstances. If you live in an area that's not covered by FourSquare, then Gowalla is your choice. But if you don't have an iPhone, then you have to go with FourSquare.

My FourSquare user name, by the way, is Empoprises.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:59:20 +0000

I found that out about Pittsburgh when I was out your way. A bit surprised, but not really. It might actually be a good way to find stuff in a new city.

By: jpiwowar

jpiwowar — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:52:55 +0000

I was all stoked to try this when I first heard about it a while back, but discovered that Pittsburgh didn't even rate coverage. You think *your* life is dull.

Maybe I'll pick it up once my move to Vancouver is done, and see how un-hip I can be there.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:36:43 +0000

It's not iPhone only. They support a bunch of smartphones and have a mobile browser version of their site too.

I think it has potential, but as with other geolocation services, I have trouble remembering to update.

By: oraclenerd

oraclenerd — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:18:36 +0000

I don't have an iPhone...yet, so I can't play. I have been reading a lot about it lately however and it seems pretty cool. Can't remember who I was reading...but they became mayor of some hotel.

Back in my twenty-something days, I would have been Mayor of 20th Drive had this been around all those years ago.

I agree with you though...if anything, it would really just show how much I don't do anything.