Comments on: Will Brightkite Succeed Where Dodgeball Failed?

By: Italian Restaurant

Italian Restaurant — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:50:15 +0000

I didn't know about both Brightkite and Dodgeball. I guess my knowledge in this field is limited. Thanks for sharing.

By: Have We Reached the Brightkite Tipping Point?

Have We Reached the Brightkite Tipping Point? — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:52:52 +0000

[...] in May I wrote about Brightkite and asked whether or not Brightkite would be able to overcome the hurdles that Dodgeball [...]

By: Jennifer Van Grove

Jennifer Van Grove — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:56:18 +0000

I’ve written about Brightkite a few times already and have had the opportunity to communicate regularly with Martin and Brady, Co-Founders, via Twitter and Brightkite. These guys are pretty darn smart.

A few things…

They launched the private beta just a few weeks ago, and it’s already spreading like wildfire. They told me that they wanted to launch now to get feedback immediately, but that they’re planning on introducing all types of new functionality in the coming months, including GPS support.

I’m actually one of a few people beta testing the iPhone app, which is pretty awesome and I’ll blog about it as soon as I get the okay from them. They’re also working on mobile apps for other phones too, including Google’s Android.

The SMS commands are cool, but there are a ton. One trick, “? business name” returns all businesses/addresses near your last check-in (and you can then check-in using the results returned). I use this all the time, sometimes to cheat and just find the address of a business for other purposes.

My interview with Martin May is here:
http://www.startupsd.net/137/brightkite-localized-social-networking

It should be interesting to see what happens in the next few months

By: Jennifer Van Grove

Jennifer Van Grove — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:56:18 +0000

A few things…

They launched the private beta just a few weeks ago, and it's already spreading like wildfire. They told me that they wanted to launch now to get feedback immediately, but that they're planning on introducing all types of new functionality in the coming months, including GPS support.

I'm actually one of a few people beta testing the iPhone app, which is pretty awesome and I'll blog about it as soon as I get the okay from them. They're also working on mobile apps for other phones too, including Google's Android.

My interview with Martin May is here:
http://www.startupsd.net/137/brightkite-localiz...

It should be interesting to see what happens in the next few months

By: Jennifer Van Grove

Jennifer Van Grove — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:56:18 +0000

I've written about Brightkite a few times already and have had the opportunity to communicate regularly with Martin and Brady, Co-Founders, via Twitter and Brightkite. These guys are pretty darn smart.

A few things...

They launched the private beta just a few weeks ago, and it's already spreading like wildfire. They told me that they wanted to launch now to get feedback immediately, but that they're planning on introducing all types of new functionality in the coming months, including GPS support.

I'm actually one of a few people beta testing the iPhone app, which is pretty awesome and I'll blog about it as soon as I get the okay from them. They're also working on mobile apps for other phones too, including Google's Android.

The SMS commands are cool, but there are a ton. One trick, "? business name" returns all businesses/addresses near your last check-in (and you can then check-in using the results returned). I use this all the time, sometimes to cheat and just find the address of a business for other purposes.

My interview with Martin May is here:
http://www.startupsd.net/137/brightkite-localiz...

It should be interesting to see what happens in the next few months

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:06:01 +0000

For me it’s more… *sigh* just one more app that I have to use.

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:06:01 +0000

For me it's more… *sigh* just one more app that I have to use.

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:06:01 +0000

For me it's more… *sigh* just one more app that I have to use.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:07:48 +0000

The expectation, of course, is that it will very soon be commonplace to have phones with gps, and of course that will be supported as much as possible (the native iPhone application already uses the phone’s location features). But when getting into this space, it is a smart move to start early with the technology everybody already has in their hands. And that is SMS.

It’s also surprisingly easy to do the common tasks once you set up some placemarks for yourself. You send a message like “@work” when you arrive at work, “@park” when you stop by your local park for some frisbee after work, etc.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:07:48 +0000

Nick, what is it about wide-spanning cities that makes them such a problem? For a network growing virally through personal contacts, I would expect to see pockets of people relatively close together using the service. Any dense downtown-type area is great for this.

The expectation, of course, is that it will very soon be commonplace to have phones with gps, and of course that will be supported as much as possible (the native iPhone application already uses the phone's location features). But when getting into this space, it is a smart move to start early with the technology everybody already has in their hands. And that is SMS.

It's also surprisingly easy to do the common tasks once you set up some placemarks for yourself. You send a message like "@work" when you arrive at work, "@park" when you stop by your local park for some frisbee after work, etc.