Gowalla 4.0 – A Social Travel App That Bears Little Resemblance to the Previous Versions

by Rich Whitaker RSS 10 Comments
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With geolocation based social networks moving towards combining check-ins with deals and rewards, which was never part of their vision, the team at Gowalla recently sat down to dream it all up again.

The question Gowalla CEO Josh Williams posed to his team was, “How do we create something more akin to a social Lonely Planet that gives people recommendations on where to explore, whether locally or abroad, but with a social aspect layered on top Continue Reading

Stop Sending Us The Wrong Sort Of News!

by Alastair McKenzie RSS 13 Comments
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Six years after my old radio station moved from London’s Camden Lock down to Oxford Circus I ran into the receptionist who had guarded the old building’s lobby.

“Oh hello, Alastair. Do you know, I still get more mail for you than anyone else at the radio station. More, for that matter, than many of the people who work here now!”

I sort of did know. He’d been faithfully forwarding it all those years.

Unlike the next but one owner Continue Reading