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Re: foursquare - Hey hey - anyone notice our new “Places” screen on...

devinreams — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:03:06 -0000

Yeah! It took me a day to realize why I was getting such great results everywhere I went.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO

devinreams — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:33:47 -0000

Great article, Matt. Nicely done...

Re: Antifeatures: big mistake that location app developers make

devinreams — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:50:46 -0000

Right, but the past decisions are not reflective of the current sentiment. They've adapted and overall foursquare's "alternative was to trust the user".

Did you happen to catch Josh Williams' (Gowalla) response below?

Re: Antifeatures: big mistake that location app developers make

devinreams — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:09:44 -0000

Wow, what an amazingly abrasive public reply from a company that forces users to prove their innocence (whereas 4S assumes people are generally doing the 'right' things).

I think this post alone sums up the difference between Gowalla and foursquare. Not even interested in checking Gowalla out again now. Thanks, Josh.

Re: Antifeatures: big mistake that location app developers make

devinreams — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:32:51 -0000

Having read all the comments and yours, Dennis, I think the fundamental difference in perception is this:

- foursquare assumes people's intentions are all good
- Gowalla assumes people's intentions are bad

The difference is being forced to prove your innocence (Gowalla) or being assumed innocent until proven otherwise (foursquare).

Re: Stuck in the Next Step

devinreams — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:12:28 -0000

Fascinating. I look forward to seeing what else comes of this. Either way, I think you're a BAMF and wish the best in everything.

Re: Interesting Trends In Celebrety Twitter Accounts

devinreams — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:21:35 -0000

Well then call me the puzzle master:

- Would you pick a user account with numbers and hyphens on a social site? No, we usually pick 'cooldude' or 'firstnamelastname' or 'childhoodnickname' if its available, right?
- 20 is the default 'seed' as seen at 03:05 in your video
- Nobody has a picture since they just signed up, again, your examples were probably less than 30m old. I immediately create a Facebook account and don't yet have a picture, right?

Re: Interesting Trends In Celebrety Twitter Accounts

devinreams — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:50:32 -0000

Hehe, dude, I don't know about any 'sleuth work' here. The people you randomly selected were likely within half an hour of joining twitter and I think these celebrity accounts are perfect for the mainstream users.

Anyway, I randomly stopped your video at 0:52 and found breezesdancing who has fully 'joined' now and twittering: http://twitter.com/breezesdancing

I'm sure we could go find many others that followed these individuals, saw value, and stuck around. Cheers!

Re: Ten Tables of Four Please - A Modest Proposal

devinreams — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:31:20 -0000

I think you have some good points. When doing the CommunityNext VIP dinners we would seat people randomly (so you'd get to meet people you otherwise wouldn't). We would have them at small tables (so you get to intimately talk to them). We would also have drinks afterwards (so you can introduce your new friends to your old friends).

Re: I am Boulder, Hear Me Roar

devinreams — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:44:29 -0000

Just a quick 'apples to apples' point, not to entirely interrupt your valid points: Twitter doesn't rely soley on web page traffic. I still use instant messaging all the time. And I don't think that includes m.twitter.com.

Re: I Am Kalong - Perks for working at Strands!!!

devinreams — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:53:19 -0000

Does want!

Re: What would Facebook look like if it sold out to ads? Click here to see…

devinreams — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:16:43 -0000

Hah I remember doing some 'fuzzy math' on how over 1/4 of MySpace is ads. http://mindaverse.com/2006/02/08/myspace-ads-suck/

MySpace was my immediate response to this title, too. ;)

Re: Jake And Amir Dot Com - Vote!

devinreams — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:45:08 -0000

917-446-9701

Just saying.

Re: A Horse Head in My Bank Account

devinreams — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:12:22 -0000

Sorry man, I get upset when I make financial mistakes too... but they only cost me about $20. I'll multiply that feeling by 200 and try to feel the same way. :(

Re: New York Times syndicates VentureBeat

devinreams — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:05:38 -0000

Congrats to you and the entire team!

Re: Designing the New Ijustine Logo

devinreams — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:23:33 -0000

Slick work, man. I think the 'less i' version is pretty clever actually.