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By: Chris Peterson

Chris Peterson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:30:55 +0000

Hi David,
It’s a really wonderful idea. It looks new, fresh & growing thought.

By: David Lewis

David Lewis — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:18:37 +0000

Jimmy, that is exactly where this should be going. My Android phone can tell where I am within 3 – 6 feet. It showed me being 3 rows from where I was at Dodger Stadium. That is both exciting as a marketer and terrifying as a citizen.

By: Jimmy Daniels

Jimmy Daniels — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:06:10 +0000

That would be cool Pat, if they could create some hardware that interacted with the app, something that could say welcome when they came in and popped up any specials, coupons, etc when they walked in, that might be worth giving up such information. Can you imagine walking into walmart and getting an update on your phone with that stores specials and how far a walk it was to find it? Or walking into a bar that would let you know it was 2 for 1 draft night, the band is playing at 10, etc.

By: David Lewis

David Lewis — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:04:40 +0000

Pat, that’s a great way to put it. I hope that Foursquare is listening and planning some of this. It would be a shame to see it wasted.

Hmmm, I look forward to the ceremonial announcement of my entrance to Mahalo.

@markjeffrey shed some light on Foursquare’s (and its competitors’) place in time:

I agree with @thedavidlewis in this way: @foursquare means something important. But it is the Neanderthal, the Friendster, b4 Something Big

By: Pat Grady

Pat Grady — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:19:46 +0000

Very clever idea! Very good article! The points and Mayor / title thing have something deeply and innately attractive to many (if not most) personality types. Thanks for explaining it – I can see the back end mining and spin off leverage ideas it will surely spawn. I vote for gobbled up, and very soon.

They need to give the stores / restaurants a web page they can display. People sitting there waiting for their order… playing with their phone… seeing their name and points along with a welcome (welcome back) from the store… and seeing the announcement when the Mayor walks in…