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• A Day's Outing - Find a great Day Trip, Weekend Getaway, Local Event, Things To Do
  Liking the way they're approaching the "find things to do" problem. I need to play around a bit and see what the data quality is like.
• There is something different about Foursquare friends, methinks | TrisHusseyDotCom
  Nice post on why "friends" on inherently mobile + social networks like foursquare are different.
• 100 Uses of RFID
  Nice comprehensive list of different ways people are using RFID. Now if only it could go mainstream.
• Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications... - ...ifindkarma...
  So much good stuff in here about what it takes to design and build compelling social applications and why Google hasn't been able to pull off any of them.
• data@beta
  betaworks rocking a blog highlighting insights pulled from their copious data. Love it.
• Twitter Media
  Great showcase of people doing interesting stuff with the Twitter platform.
• Get your brand started on foursquare today using the tools they already provide
  Nice post about how brands can leverage the foursquare platform using tools that are out there.
• World Cup, through quarter finals: Foursquare and gowalla checkin totals @ Ozzie Sport
  Cool analysis of foursquare and Gowalla World Cup checkins.
• Some Career Advice - Continuations
  Some great tips here, particularly if you're interested in working at a startup.
• The Hidden Persuader: "Net generation"
  Great list of 8 norms that today's generation consider (implicitly and/or explicitly) when making a purchase.
• Science Fiction: Nokia goes Android | Monday Note
  Smart fiction piece on one way Nokia could turn things around. I thought this was a good idea 2 years ago.
• Qrcheck.in | Check-in your foursquare By QRCODE
  Neat.
• Infographic: How Teenagers Use Mobile Phones | Digital Buzz Blog
  Great data here. Bonus for being nicely visualized.
• New Panera location says pay what you want - Food Inc.- msnbc.com
  It surprises me that this wasn't a bigger deal when it went down.
• Pharmaceutical Companies
  A nice visualization of how totally wicked awesome Big Pharma is.
• A doctor’s review of rounds with an iPad « MedCity News
  Really interesting to read a review about how the iPad fits into a very specific everyday, professional routine.
• TweetEffect- When did you lose or gain twitter followers?
  Twitter tool to see how your tweets affected your follower count.
• Anti-Competitive AND Potentially Creepy - @drbarnard
  Great background on the whole situation.
• 2010 MTV Movie Awards Twitter Tracker
  Really sweet visualization tool from the folks at Stamen.
• 2010 MTV Movie Awards Twitter Tracker
  Really sweet visualization tool from the folks at Stamen.
• Foursquare Style Guide
  Nice superuser-created Style Guide for editing venues on foursquare.
• Foursquare Is Awesome For My Small Business
  Nice, though painfully laid out as one tweet at a time, walkthrough of how a small business is successfully using foursquare.
• The iPad Web Design & Development Toolbox | iPhone.AppStorm
  Every tool you could possibly need to design an experience on the iPad.
• A VC: The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering
  Great FRed Wilson jam on the importance of the relationship between Product and Engineering at a startup.
• The iPad Web Design & Development Toolbox | iPhone.AppStorm
  Every tool you could possibly need to design an experience on the iPad.
• A VC: The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering
  Great FRed Wilson jam on the importance of the relationship between Product and Engineering at a startup.
• Nokia's bike-powered phone charger - Core77
  I recently got to work on a project where we researched and pitched something like this. Good times.
• You Are What You Carry: Photo Series Shows the Gadgets in Our Bags | MobileBehavior
  Love stuff like this.
• iPad vs iPhone User Experience: Square at Sightglass on Vimeo
  Awesome side by side comparison. Love what Sightglass is doing but would also love to see other businesses used as an example.
• The simplest way to find great web design inspiration - Pattern Tap
  Beautiful design pattern browsing experience.
• 21 Unique Location Case Studies from Foursquare, Gowalla, Whrrl, and MyTown
  Nice collection of foursquare + brands case studies.
• 21 Unique Location Case Studies from Foursquare, Gowalla, Whrrl, and MyTown
  Nice collection of foursquare + brands case studies.
• What | Edenspiekermann
  In what has become an arms race of creative spec work, it's refreshing to see this approach to pitches.
• OffMaps
  Definitely going to give this a go next time we travel internationally.
• Experience Location-Based London History With Streetmuseum | MobileBehavior
  Awesome idea. (ps: I totally love their branding)
• GeoLocal: The Rise of Consumer Location-based Services
  Purty.
• ReclaimPrivacy.org | Facebook Privacy Scanner
  Love this. Gives you both information and tools to deal with it.
• Android’s Massive Growth In Perspective [Infographic]
  Some good Android numbers for your decks.
• Let's Get Physical: WeReward, Loopt, Others Push Users Into Real Stores | Fast Company
  Good primer on companies pushing real-world rewards via mobile.
• DC Rainmaker: Withings WiFi Scale In Depth Review
  Unbelievably detailed. If you're thinking about getting one (and you should) read this review.
• iPad + Velcro on Vimeo
  Love the playful (and occasionally dangerous) exploration of the a world where the iPad & Velcro are BFFs.