Luke Razzell and I ran this as a guided discussion at the British Computer Society on 5th March 2009. Then I tried to run through it in 6 minutes at Mashup* Events Being Location Aware on 19th March 2009
8. “… Brightkite is a location-based social network. In real time you can see where your friends are and what they’re up to. Depending on your privacy settings you can also meet others nearby.…” weaverluke .com
9. “… Rummble is a location based social search and discovery tool, enabling users find recommended content for a location more easily, without a traditional keyword search. Instead, Rummble’s algorithm provides personalized results based upon a trust profile it builds for you and the content in your social network …” weaverluke .com
10. “… Dopplr is an online service for frequent travelers. It lets you share your future travel plans with a group of trusted fellow travelers that you have chosen. It also reminds you of friends and colleagues who live in the cities you’re planning to visit. You can use the service with your personal computer and mobile phone…” weaverluke .com
The thinking behind this talk started when I read a report by ABI Research predicting LBMSN would be a $3.2m market by 2013. Notwithstanding my doubts about the accuracy of the prediction, I was stunned at the potential that they saw and I wanted to find a bit of that opportunity. Credit Luke Razzell for the images and a share of the ideas