@AmericanExpress Small Business Saturday #4sq Check-In
In an effort to help “The 99%”, American Express teamed up with Foursquare to promote Small Business Saturday for 2011. This is the second year AMEX has run this promotion that it seems to really be growing in popularity. With more than 2.75M Likes on their Facebook Fan Page, Continue Reading →
Mobile Computing with #Tablets in 2011
Well, 2011 is pretty much over as we enter the Thanksgiving week. The other day I was cleaning up my desk at home and noticed that I had four tablets mixed in between. It made me realize that that at the beginning of this year, I started with none. The first device I picked up was the Samsung Galaxy Tablet – 7 inch. IMHO it’s still a solid device, but somewhat lacking on screen size. Continue Reading →
#Foursquare Sense of Accomplishment – #Distance Traveled: #4sqmove
Thanks to (@jamesparton for mentioning this site 4SQ MOVE, a site that measures that distance you traveled, based on your Foursquare check-ins. Created by @BriBarthelemy, here are some highlights about what I was able to glean in using the site:
PROS
- Easy to login, using your Foursquare credentials
- Graphical overlay using Google Maps to show all of the locations you checked-in to
CONS
- Only calculates the last 250 check-ins. For the avid user, doesn’t seem you can get a “total sense of accomplishment in kilometers”
- It takes your complete set of check-ins, even the ones that are [off the grid] and shares those with people
Conclusion
There are plenty of ways to make improvements, enhancements and tweaks for a long while. It’s certainly worth your time to stop by, login and see how you fair.
For those who are curious, my last 250 check-ins yielded 1746km (1085 miles). How did you fair?