In case you haven’t heard, Foursquare is the newest time-wasting but fun application to hit Vancouver. The company describes it as this:
“Think: 50% friend-finder, 30% social cityguide, 20% nightlife game. We wanted to build something that not only helps you keep up with your friends, but exposes you to new things in and challenges you to explore cities in different ways.”
In a nutshell…whenever you go to a place that you want people to know you are at, like a coffee shop, restaurant, or nightclub, you “check-in” via your phone, updating everyone with the name and address of the place you are at. Pretty simple.
For instance, this morning, I went to Shoppers on Broadway, and thought I would try out this Foursquare thing. I only have one friend on it at the moment (LittleMissN) because it only launched in Vancouver on Wednesday Sept 9th and no one really knows about it, hence this post…Anyways, I “checked-in” that I was at Shoppers, and 2 seconds later my cell rang, and LittleMissN said “Hey you’re at Shoppers! Can you pick me up a curling iron??” I said “WTF, how did you know that?”, and she said, “Foursqaure just notified me!” Easy as 1, 2, 3.
So its pretty convenient in some ways, also a little stalker-enabling, but what isn’t these days, Twitter is almost as bad.
As I sit here writing this I am listening to a little light Piano Jazz at this great little coffee shop on Broadway and Ash called Elysian Coffee, which I have also “Foursquared” that I am at. Its a great place, very “Main St”, but on Broadway which is my new hood, so I’m happy to have something funky around. Free Wireless, great coffee and cool staff. What more can a girl ask for.
Back to Foursqare. Get with the program people. Its the new Obsession. And I need more than one friend to stalk.
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