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Danke Thomas Schaaf

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:04:44 -0700

Danke Thomas Schaaf

Did Foursquare secretly become my social hub?

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:55:00 -0700

I have always been rooting for Foursquare, but the latest update bummed me out as it didn’t improve anything for me and felt more like the opposite. Yes, discovery, search and lists are nice, but there is a lot of labor needed on my end (the wrong end) and others already do most of that already fairly well (as @TEK describes here). However, after over 11,500 checkins I’m still a heavy user. Checking in has become a habit.

I don’t participate much in the practice of browsing tips as they usually are in the hundreds here in SF and too often completely outdated which renders them useless and simply become noise. (Who cares if a diner had a special last Thanksgiving or didn’t take credit cards back in 2011?) I also don’t travel that much so I don’t require a tourist guide.

Since I was so bummed out about the latest update I tried to figure out why I’m still using Foursquare so frequently and noticed that quite a few times during the day I’m opening the app just to see what the people I’m connected with are up to.I believe that really started for me when Foursquare added picture support and included them beautifully in the stream. It was like going from black and white to color TV. (Tweetbot, my favorite Twitter client, has done something similar last month.)

Basically any app these days is tapping into Foursquare’s location database with the effect that almost everything gets automatically posted there as well. Hence no need anymore for me to open Instagram, Path, Soundtracking, Flickr or Eyem — which I hardly ever do anymore to simply consume. Granted, content from Facebook and Twitter isn’t there, but that is a good thing as that content is of different nature in my eyes.

At this point Foursquare is practically my social hub. I catch most of the pictures my “online friends” are taking, what music they are currently listening to, which concert they are at and what movie they are watching. And I’m interacting with that content. Lots of times I would ask others about a specific posted (e.g. “How was Iron Man 3?” or “How is that concert venue?”). And they do the same. All the time.

Interestingly enough that is exactly what Path (which I ultimately fell out of love with when they added stickers) is striving for, but Path is the app where everything has to start while Foursquare is where everything ends up now. I feel like what Path set out to do Foursquare somewhat — accidentally or organically — achieved.

Blendie: a voice controlled blender

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:39:58 -0700

Blendie: a voice controlled blender

Summer mixes (on a cloudy) day from Hamburg

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:06:02 -0700

Summer mixes (on a cloudy) day from Hamburg

‘Thunder Road’ by Tortoise & Bonnie ‘Prince’...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:09:10 -0700

‘Thunder Road’ by Tortoise & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
Best version of that song.

Purchase “Glimmer” in The Ghostly Store: ...

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:40:15 -0700

Purchase “Glimmer” in The Ghostly Store:
http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/jacaszek-glimmer

“Glimmer” repressing on Beat Delete:
http://www.beatdelete.com/releases/Jacaszek/glimmer

Thought via Path

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:58:07 -0700

After having had it for 3 weeks I’m finally getting around to setting up my OUYA. – Read on Path.

Too bad

Thu, 02 May 2013 23:06:32 -0700

Too bad

screenshotsofdespair: “everyone is a winner” via joanwatson

Thu, 02 May 2013 23:05:14 -0700

screenshotsofdespair:

“everyone is a winner” via joanwatson

Photo

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:05:40 -0700

http://blog.digitalaudioservice.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hen...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:12:48 -0700

http://blog.digitalaudioservice.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hendrix.jpg

#fromwhereirun (at Dynamo Donuts)

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:47:08 -0700

#fromwhereirun (at Dynamo Donuts)

explore-blog: Vladimir Nabokov’s United States immigration ID,...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:21:42 -0700

explore-blog:

Vladimir Nabokov’s United States immigration ID, from the fascinating story of how he became an American.

at Tree Monument

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:03:30 -0700

at Tree Monument

tastefullyoffensive: [via]

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:59:28 -0700

tastefullyoffensive:

[via]

Zeiten waren das…

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:14:12 -0700

Zeiten waren das…

Photo

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:07:58 -0700

#fromwhereirun (at East Beach)

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:47:09 -0700

#fromwhereirun (at East Beach)

A few minutes ago. (at Fort Mason Green)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:18:10 -0700

A few minutes ago. (at Fort Mason Green)

Just saw the new Louis CK special…

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:19:32 -0700

Just saw the new Louis CK special…