This is a graph from @compete that shows Foursquare’s website traffic. Foursquare’s an app isn’t it? (One that I love by the way.) 2.6 million uniques is quite amazing! I’ve been watching the site traffic for over a year and it continues to increase overall. To me this indicates that people are now using foursquare on the web to find places worth visiting. In my...
I was helping one of my students study for the final exam today. We were reviewing my slides and I define the mobile web as being informational while I classify mobile applications as being experiential. He then asked me for an example and I gave the following example. Business model: Boardlife Mobile site: The site would feature the address, store hours and phone number. If there were...
Yesterday I saw that one of my favorite companies, Forkly is up for sale. I’ve interviewed the founders Martin May and Brady Becker two times. The first time as founders of Brightkite and later at Forkly. Great guys and good at what they do. I knew that were looking for an additional round of funding earlier this year and it looks like they were unable to secure it. So what happened? They...
I’m currently working with a client (and a small army of students) on creating an app for their business. It’s been a great process and as we work through their models I realized that we’ve crossed over some conceptual threshold. From proactive to reactive. Now . . . most times when I say something like that, there is a slight groan that comes from the audience. I understand...
Before I start this post I don’t want anyone to think I’m picking on GetGlue. On the contrary. I like the app and even though I don’t watch much TV, I’d like to use the app more. As I was watching the #tourdefrance today I realized more than ever, I would like be to able to add images to my GetGlue checkin. As most of you know, the future of social is mobile + Â visual...
I posted back in early June (here) about my desire to be able to add unique/online video content into GetGlue’s application. The reasons for this are primarily selfish. I want to be able to discover new longtail content from my peers and promote real talent online. (If you looked through some of those videos, you’ll see what I mean.) Aside from that, does The Walking Dead really need...
I love GetGlue. I like the app and the sense of community it creates. My only issue with the app -more the data – is that it doesn’t address the long tail of “TV” watching. In other words, I don’t watch TV. (Except for Bourdain.) Instead, the majority of my time watching video is online: Vimeo, Tumblr & YouTube. I have been very fortunate to find some amazing...
Just in case you were confused: Facebook is an advertising company. Facebook used to be a social media company but now that they serve a different master – namely businesses that advertise – they’re an advertising company. Facebook is also a data company. They arguably know more about you that than the federal government. (In fact the CIA requested information so frequently...
My wife and I are pretty geeky and this app simply aggregates that geekiness into one interface. Couple breaks out media into formats similar to Tumblr. Text, images, video, audio, “thinking of you”, share location, create/send a sketch, sketch together and something called a Thumbkiss. (You put your thumb on the screen at the same time as your significant other and the screen changes...