First Step: Shout Out About It (even if others don't care)
People keep pontificating on the “check-in”, and what it means for most people, whether it will be relevent enough to stick around, or if it will fall into shadow like so many past “darlings of the moment”. Well… I commented first *HERE*, and saw that consumers might think they are *not* a winning proposition here, and even Read Write Web claimed the death of the Check-In in 2011, and it was supposed to be a simple sentence. In fact, I started by saying, “Here, I will make this simple…”, which is not only a bit grandiose, but sort of pompous as well. I will try to relate my opinion with logic, instead of emotion… but it is still just an opinion. I am just sharing a few thoughts on LBS (Location Based Services). I would love to know what you think?
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I imagine this is one of the first mash ups of a live-twittered conference? If not the first, one of the only ones because this was massively, overly, insanely, time-consuming. I do think what came of it was worthwhile, and I hope this sort of serves as a testament to all we spoke about and considered during Eye for Travel SM SF 2010. First thing: I am not going to list contributor names here – I assume this is mostly for those who (more…)
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