Yep. That Yo. The app that you could install and send a “Yo” to friends with. The app/company that received a $1.5 million investment last July. It turns out that this little joke of an app is actually creating a wafer thin platform for smartwatches with which you can plug your services into. @orarbel the CEO of Yo announced this in a session I was sitting in at SXSW. Turns out this...
I tweeted the message below after downloading the new Taco Bell app. For those of you that don’t know, Taco Bell 0wns Twitter. They’ve created some of the best brand moments and I agree with HuffPo that whoever runs their account, deserves a raise. As you can tell from my Tweet, I was surprised that they didn’t allow users to login with their Twitter credentials. I completely...
I’ve been playing with the Starbucks app for awhile and I like some of the things it does. I especially like the geofences it creates when I select my favorite stores. (When you get close to one of your favorite locations, the app creates a push alert that essentially lets you know you’re close AND they are ready to charge you for a drink!) I like this because I’m a geogeek and...
I completely forgot to post this. It’s never too late! Welcome to Jettt! Jettt is the new mobile social network for business travelers! We understand your needs and have created a compelling service to help you take advantage of your on-the-go existence!!! To make this service as compelling as possible, we’ve partnered with the following companies. Companies you’re already...
This may be the longest post in the history of the Internet. It may break it. Ideally this would have been done the day I taught the class but this quarter was exceptionally busy. In fact, the last time I was that busy was during grad school while working a full time job. I was a human piñata this quarter. But below is an outline of what material I covered during the class. Intro – The first...
I arrive in Denver at 3:32pm on flight 1431.  I need to get to Boulder by 7pm for a dinner meeting. I get off the plane and make my way to the main concourse. I receive a text that Uber will be at door 8B on the west side as usual. I reply back; “I’m hungry but don’t know what I want. ” They message back, “We’ll take care of it.”  I make my way to the...
There is a comment in this video that I firmly believe and have been saying in my classes for the past 5 years.
Computer programing or coding is a like a new form of writing.
A new type of literacy.
This same sentiment came form @photomatt, founder or WordPress (amongst others) when he said that scripting was the new literacy.
Foursquare is splitting their company in half and the new half is called Swarm. This is worth watching and they nailed their issue. Takes guts to do something like this. Enjoy!
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I wrote about something similar back in 2012. Looks like they’re getting there. Enjoy!