I’m joining team foursquare

by Alex Rainert on April 15, 2010 · 23 comments

in foursquare,Thoughts,Tinker

I’m happy to announce that as of this week I’ll be taking on a full time role as head of product with foursquare.

As many of you know, foursquare has always held a very special place in my heart. The opportunity to work with this absolutely kick-ass team in a space I adore, building a product I believe in to my core is something I’m incredibly excited for.

I’d been working part time with the team over the past two months and I’m fired up to now be able to focus all my energy on the product, work closely with some good friends again, as well as continue to build out the Product team here. We’ve got a bunch (a ton?) of things we want to do, some of which you’ll see pretty soon.

This doesn’t mean that Tinker Studios will cease to exist. I’m wrapping up my current projects and will not kick off any new partnerships for the forseeable future. While this means passing on a few projects and potential partners I was really excited about, I know that when I’m ready to get going again, I’ll be better for it.

everydayUX is going to keep on cranking (despite the recent calm related to important life events) so I hope you stick around.

In the meantime, why not give these Twitter links a gander:
- foursquare (@foursquare)
- the team foursquare Twitter list
- me (@arainert)

Stay tuned!

.alex

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  • http://www.malcolmong.com Malcolm

    Awesome! Congrats to you and the foursquare team.

  • http://learntoduck.com/ micah

    I knew it was only a matter of time until the band got back together!! Congrats to both you and foursquare!

  • http://somerandomdude.com P.J. Onori

    Congratulation man – it's a great product. I wish you the best of luck.

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    Wow, that's awesome news. As Micah said, it was only a matter of time. Go do great things!

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    congrats…all the best

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    WOOOOHOOOO! Congrats!

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    Good for you and good for FourSquare. …. My first time at your blog, off you go on to my blogroll.

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    Congratulation. I love Foursquare but it has a serious problem of accesibility with Vodafone and Blackberry (problem connecting to the network). It´s a pity.
    Perhaps your new role could help to solve it ;-) Good luck!

  • Dan Parham

    So psyched that a seasoned interaction designer will be taking the lead product role at foursquare. Chalk up one for the designers !

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    Looking forward to it. Congrats.

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    Cool! What's the first thing you're going to do to the product? I'd be really curious to learn of the UX problems you guys identify and try and solve.

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    We've got a lot on our list and you'll hopefully see some of the fruits of those endeavors sooner rather than later.

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