Foursquare: From King of the playground to Mayor of Chilis
This week I will be writing on Location Based Programs. Most of you will know about GPS, Yelp or the Facebook check-in process but today I will be talking about my personal favorite, which is Foursquare. Foursquare is an application that pulls your location from the GPS on your phone and lets you know what is going on around you. Like a GPS system it tells you where you are and how far you are from it. Like a Facebook check-in it updates your friends on your activities and accomplishments. And like Yelp it allows you to give your friends advice on what to do. If you want to find out more click on the link above or of course, Google it.
In this post I will share some of my thoughts about this service. Foursquare has gotten me free chips and salsa, a free carwash, a free drink, and even more followers on Twitter (I was the mayor of USU for a while). I also had places that were more of an inside joke between me and my friend son foursquare like the location, “VIP Wal-Mart Parking.” It is pretty easy to use and is very user friendly. My mother even, bless her, can use it while she is still figuring out Facebook and blogging. You have the ability to leave reviews on places but they are more like tips then reviews I guess... Little snapshots of what's good or bad about the place. If you are searching for more in-depth info I suggest Yelp. If you are just interested in specials that places offer you can search you area and see what people are offering. I feel like a lot of them are crap stuff that is either free anyway or not a good deal. Chili's is the bomb diggity and to spark interest I wont tell you what they give you but it alone is worth downloading the app for. You can also earn badges for doing certain things or going to specific places. Check this app out it is on both itunes store and android market. The ipad app is nonexistent but word on the street is that will be a while because foursquare is meant to be used on devices that are more mobile. (aka phones)
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