Tag: ‘gowalla’
FourSquare vs Gowalla in Race to be Most Worthless App
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This morning at a meeting in the FourSquare offices a hot issue was the subject of debate. The very real danger of Gowalla becoming even more pointless than FourSquare was rearing its ugly head. Emergency measures needed to be taken. Some of the useless features that were brainstormed include:
- Anyone able to check in on the moon would get a “rapid decompression death imminent” badge.
- The first person to check in in Somali waters would be allowed to live by Somalian pirates.
- “Mayors” of particular locations could be challenged to a battle to the death. The winner would get a “savage blood letting” badge.
Satisfied that Gowalla would have to really put the hours in to compete with these essentially purposeless additions to the service, the staff immediately checked in at their local strip club while opportunist thieves emptied their houses.
SXSW Demos Daring New Direction
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TheTAPIR was proud to be present at SXSW Interactive this year, although there was a slight change of format to accommodate the feedback of previous attendees. The talks, discussions and presentations were relocated to a cubicle in the disabled toilet to make room for the barbecues, bars and parties that were made the focus of the event. Speakers danced on the tables at night, and gave lengthy discussions on their hangovers the following day interspersed with drizzled ribs clearly butchered from some kind of genetically altered yak.
Bruce Lawson and Christian Heilmann were spotted slow-dancing together and wearing policewomen’s helmets, fishnet stockings and a sign proclaiming “No through traffic”. Jina Bolton narrowly avoiding being tackled by Leo Laporte on his descent from a crowd-surfing extravaganza gone wrong. And the entire staff of Gowalla were caught with their arms around each other belting out a rousing rendition of “Man in the Mirror” (after which they burst into tears with cries of “but our app has no point!” and consoling coos of “I love you, man”).
Also, some people might have spoken about some web stuff.