#sxsw - 2012: Making the Real World Easier to Use
In this session, Dennis Crowley, Co-founder and CEO of foursquare, will have a conversation about how mobile technology is accelerating the social graph's move into the offline world, and how services like foursquare are taking this kind of augmented real-world exploration mainstream.
Making the Real World Easier to UseThe term "social media" is quickly becoming obsolete. The social graph is moving from our computers into the real world, and soon everyth...- The panelists on Twitter.
@parislemon - 23081 Tweets, 74838 Followers, 770 Following.Partner at CrunchFund, Columnist at TechCrunch. I roam the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws. A renegade.
@dens - 24620 Tweets, 41463 Followers, 832 Following.I like snowboards, foursquare and unemployment.- Highlights from the #easyworld hashtag.
>@dens: we thought we were going to be embarrassed. We were putting ourselves on the line. No idea it would take off like it did. #easyworld- Every time new Facebook APIs come out, we look to see if it's something that Foursquare wants. - @dens #easyworld
Making the Real World Easier to Use at SXSW 2012. #sxsw #EasyWorld with #crowley http://pic.twitter.com/xsXRNunq- "Making the Real World Easier to Use" w/ @dens & @parislemon. #sxsw #EasyWorld instagr.am/p/IAeRXvLBoI/
- The problem with radar stuff is that it consumes people's batteries. We'll wait for the hardware to get better. #easyworld
- Latitude is just dots on a map - you get more context with the fact that someone's at a bar with 5 other people. #easyworld
If not careful with the community and framing, location apps can create uncomfortable experiences for some users #EasyWorld
@Foursquare: Male / Female statistics - About 55% Male / 45% Female says, @dens at #sxswi #easyworld- Foursquare is designed well accidentally - i.e. we show the Who's Here list. My dad tries to identify the people there. @dens #easyworld
Foursquare, highlight, sonar, et al = technology as ice breaker. #sxsw #EasyWorld- Vision for Radar: help users guide through a location, The experience of friends recommending places to go in their cities #EasyWorld #SXSW
