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Re: Today, we sold Engauge

Courtenay — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:19:02 -0000

Congrats, Jeff! How exciting!

Re: Making A Few Big Changes: Going Gonzo And Proximal

Courtenay — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:23:15 -0000

Keep us posted on this! I love the idea of replacing the iPhone with the iPad MIni, but I need to see someone else do it first :)

Re: Caterpillar Cowboy: courtenaybird: Inside an Amazon warehouse (via...

Courtenay — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:22:56 -0000

That's so cool! I wish they gave tours :)

Re: http://courtenaybird.com/post/22520882212

Courtenay — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:03:35 -0000

I didn't read through to the original source of the data they used, so I can't answer that for you. good question!

Re: Infographic: 40 Years After Its Creation, the History of Email - Nicholas Jackson - Technology - The Atlantic

Courtenay — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:20:55 -0000

They couldn't think of anything worth noting between 1989 and 1997?!

Re: 12 Days Of Christmas: Roku XDS streaming player

Courtenay — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:47:45 -0000

Gossip Girl. We all have our guilty pleasures :)

Re: Six Social Media Trends for 2011

Courtenay — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:39:46 -0000

Nothing about social gaming? Solid list otherwise :)

Re: Stewart's Sanity Rally Biggest Foursquare Event Ever - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

Courtenay — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:52:10 -0000

25,000 might not be impressive for a rally in DC, but that's pretty impressive for Foursquare. Considering the hard-to-get Super Swarm badge only needs 250 and the new Epic Swarm badge requires a measly 1000... yes, 25,000 is impressive.

Re: Here Comes the New Twitter.com

Courtenay — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:38:31 -0000

It's no longer a sidebar... it's dual pane.

Re: Zynga%26%238217%3Bs+Smashing+Real+World+Mafia+Wars%26nbsp%3BCampaign

Courtenay — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:09:34 -0000

It's all over Hayes Valley in SF as well -- http://pegshot.com/p/c94l41afq/ I'm not sure if that's MC's neighborhood or not.

The real question: who's going to clean it up?

Re: The+Cloud+Is+Nice+For+Music%2C+But+Vital+For%26nbsp%3BVideo

Courtenay — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:23:35 -0000

I get great HD results streaming Netflix (and Amazon On-Demand) to my Roku.

Re: fflick%E2%80%99s+Sentiment+Engine+Turns+Twitter+Into+A+Crowdsourced+Movie%26nbsp%3BCritic

Courtenay — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:43:23 -0000

I want a movie app that integrates Netflix's API as well and tells me (1) friends' sentiment surrounding items in my queue and (2) when my friends have shared titles in their queue.

Nice design but the tweet indexing does some like a potential problem...

Re: Hugo Chavez Joins Twitter As "The Devil"; Immediately Follows Castro

Courtenay — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:18:09 -0000

I wonder what the punishment is in Venezuela if you don't follow him....

Re: Mopho.to+Blends+Location+Based+Check-Ins+With+Photo%26nbsp%3BSharing

Courtenay — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:48:49 -0000

Sounds very similar to Pegshot... except Pegshot includes video, a points system, and integration with Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous, etc.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/20/pegshot-puts-you...

Re: Antisocial Location Apps

Courtenay — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:32:44 -0000

I was also, like Jim, an early Foursquare user (beta team ATL!) and I use Foursquare very actively when traveling. However, as I responded to a TC post about check-in fatigue, I rarely ever use Foursquare in my day-to-day life. Why not? Well, my day-to-day life is, relative to traveling, pretty boring... home, work, grocery store, bank, etc. There's no purpose for me or interest for others in me checking into those places.

That's problem 1 -- sure Foursquare is great for organizing SXSW flash mobs, but it has no utility for daily existence for most people. Problem 2 Jim addresses... the action of having to check-in manually everywhere. Perhaps a compromise to the battery drain would be a 1-click check-in app (perhaps http://check.in will eventually do this?).

But going back to problem 1. I agree with what you're getting at... the key to mainstreaming location-based services is in the B2C/brand loyalty realm. The example I always use: I would take a moment to check in at CVS if Foursquare would then tell me that I can get a better deal at RiteAid on my favorite usual purposes as determined by Blippy.

That's an invasion of privacy that I would welcome.

Re: http://juliaroy.tumblr.com/post/468549925

Courtenay — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:08:01 -0000

Have you seen Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs and Ford) selling Precious Moments? It's one of my fave YouTube clips ever http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Check-In+Fatigue.+Or%2C+Why+I%26%238217%3Bm+Rooting+For+An+All-Out+Location%26nbsp%3BWar.

Courtenay — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:47:34 -0000

This is the most thoughtful comment I've seen. I completely agree with you, Alexa, on the loss of interest in and lack of relevancy of these apps back in "the real world." Sure, Foursquare is outstanding for organizing a 2am flashmob, seeing who else I know is where I am, and figuring out where they are all heading in droves next... but day to day? Eh. Even on the weekends at home, I'm much more likely to text a group together at a specific location and check in as an afterthought.

So what will be, as you put it, the trigger for launching these apps into day to day life? My money is still on marketing-to-the-individual/B2C scenarios. I would take a moment to check in at CVS if Foursquare would then tell me that I can get a better deal at RiteAid on my usual purchases as determined by Blippy. Or even if I could just check in at an intersection and have a Scoutmob-style coupon pop up and entice me to try somewhere new for lunch.

Great post, MG.

Re: Ben Folds Plays Chatroulette Live in Concert [VIDEO]

Courtenay — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:12:20 -0000

Haha, love it. Though, I must say, all these videos really romanticize the ChatRoulette experience... or maybe I just have bad luck!

Re: Do we need a new tech literacy? (Behind the “big data” services like Twitter, Facebook use)

Courtenay — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:42:39 -0000

This post reminded me of a great piece by Henry Jenkins for the MacArthur Foundation -- "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." While he isn't talking about literacy in terms of hardcore coding, I think a lot of his points still apply to the importance of tech literacy for upcoming generations.

http://digitallearning.macf...

Re: Social Media 101

Courtenay — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:06:28 -0000

Congrats, Chris! You rock! :)

Re: Atlanta Turns Out for Brian Solis for Book Signing

Courtenay — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:22 -0000

Thanks for bringing the big cameras and getting some great interview footage. Brian was astounded at the huge turn out -- upwards of 180 people!

WTG ATL!

Re: Scoble Packs House at Rackspace-Jungle Disk Tweetup

Courtenay — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:19:20 -0000

My video debut... turned out nicely!

Re: The State of the Twittersphere 2010

Courtenay — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:20:16 -0000

This kind of in-depth research is why I <3 you, Brian! :)

“120 is the new 140" is a mantra I tweet by... but now 120 has become more like 100 to allow for a RT of a RT and/or commentary. Obviously, the new "official" RT changes this too, should you choose to use it.

Re: Hawaii Tsunami Warning Coverage [LIVE VIDEO]

Courtenay — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:30:13 -0000

I'm watching that one, too. Much better... but they can't embed it on here :)

Re: Coming to SXSW? Add Yourself to Austin Realtime!

Courtenay — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:03:25 -0000

I contacted @cliqset on Twitter and asked them to delete/merge the second account (courtenaybird1). Now it's just under courtenaybird. Thanks for the offer of help, Pete!