by Rob Cottingham | Jun 12, 2010 | Social Signal
Tod Maffin noted recently that the ubiquity of Starbucks, with the chain’s next-to-worthless Foursquare offer, poses a serious challenge to the app’s usefulness. He calls it “location spam”:
I live in Vancouver. There are more Starbucks in this city th…
by Rob Cottingham | Jun 10, 2010 | Everything Else
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard our flight. Please pay attention to the following safety announcement. During takeoff and landing, you may find your thoughts drifting toward questions of your own mortality. Welcome this opportunity to assess... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 8, 2010 | Everything Else
The hot new restaurant in town is Air Canada Flight 166, but for the life of me, I can’t understand what the fuss is about…
by Rob Cottingham | Jun 3, 2010 | Everything Else
Underwater robots and giant shears come to BP’s rescue.
by Rob Cottingham | Jun 3, 2010 | Everything Else
David Eaves, who has spent a long time proposing cities band together to create open-source software for their own needs, has discovered another group that’s been doing just that.