Recently created topics in Brightkite tagged with checkin

I appreciate the ability to set placemarks, but have found that browsing through multiple pages of saved placemarks can be a hassle and adversely affects the likelihood that I follow-through and check-in at my destination. My suggestion is to take the convenience of stored placemarks one step further.

I typically post to BrightKite using my iPhone, and to facilitate that, I have set up a Bookmarks folder with subdirectories containing links to BrightKite pages for my most frequently-visited places. Following is an example of how I have this set up on my phone:

BrightKite
• Restaurants
☉ Al Fresco
☉ Abe & Louie's
☉ Rio Brazilian BBQ
☉ KickAss Cupcakes
☉ Wild Willy's Burgers
☉ Not Your Average Joe's
o Arlington
o Burlington
o Everett
o Lexington
o Watertown
☉ Zaftig's Delicatessen
• Shopping
☉ Apple
o Boston
o Burlington
o Cambridge
o Chestnut Hill
o Hingham
o Holyoke
o Natick
o Peabody
o Providence
o Rockingham
☉ Stop & Shop
o Arlington
o Brighton
o Lexington
o Winchester
☉ Target
o Everett
o Natick
o Somerville
o Watertown
o Woburn
☉ Burlington Mall
☉ Cambridgeside Galleria
☉ Cambridgeside Galleria
☉ Chestnut Hill Mall
☉ Natick Collection
☉ Watertown Mall
• Entertainment
☉ Showcase Cinemas
o Burlington
o Woburn
☉ Agganis Arena
☉ The Orpheum
☉ Fenway Park
☉ Gillette Stadium
☉ TD Banknorth Garden
• General Locations
☉ Boston Garden
☉ Davis Square
☉ Harvard Square
☉ Porter Square
• Quick Check-in
☉ Home
☉ Work

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Now I realize that the above may seem excessive - and you're probably right. I do tend to compartmentalize more than some people do. That's just how I have my BrightKite bookmarks set up on my iPhone. This feature suggestion isn't meant to replace the search functionality; rather it's a customizable directory of frequently-used addresses that is merely an extrapolation of the existing placemarks feature providing organization capabilities.

I'd like to see a feature added where you could say that you are with another Bright Kite user. When one of the paired users checks in or out it would do the same for the other user until they had separated from each other.

It would be useful to add a timestamp to the "You checked in ... ago" message in the page heading.

Check in from the website should be streamlined

I don't use SMS so there is often a lag in my check-ins. It would be really nice if I could nudge the timestamp on a check in by a couple of hours