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Jay replied on June 14, 2008 19:13 to the idea "Automatic Check-ins == You Win" in Brightkite:

Here's some interesting background reading on location-based services and how hard it is to work with the carriers:

http://tinyurl.com/69fyqr (Venturebeat written by Skydeck founder)
http://tinyurl.com/3hubjk (Techcrunch by Loopt founder)

Sounds like a tough job, guys. Keep chipping away at it!

Jay replied on June 13, 2008 22:41 to the idea "Can I comment on peoples pictures and posts?" in Brightkite:

Looks nice. I've been leaving comments for people, but they seemed to just sit there.

Hooray for making them more prominent- and I'd love to see that trend continue, e.g. by making them drop down from the original post without loading a new page.

Keep up the good work, guys. It's fun to see the progress.

A comment on the problem "Website photo posting down?" in Brightkite:

Thanks. It works great now – Jay, on June 06, 2008 19:46

Jay replied on June 06, 2008 17:51 to the problem "Website photo posting down?" in Brightkite:

Is there a maximum size for photos? I just tried to upload a 1.2MB photo from my "big" camera over the web and it looks like the upload hung.

Thanks!

Jay replied on May 12, 2008 22:28 to the question "Consolidate check in and notes" in Brightkite:

EVERYONE wants this. Versions of this request are all over this forum.

Near as I can figure, SMS just won't do that easily. I read somewhere BK is building a cross-platform phone app to check in (maybe even automatically, maybe via GPS and/or cell phone towers) and post simultaneously.

It's early days with Brightkite for sure. I'm still waiting to check in someplace and get a message back saying another user is there too. Lots of fun though!

Jay replied on May 09, 2008 18:34 to the idea "Can I comment on peoples pictures and posts?" in Brightkite:

Cool. I'll look forward to that. "Conversation" is definitely a big part of what makes messaging platforms fun.

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Jay replied on May 09, 2008 00:32 to the idea "Automatic Check-ins == You Win" in Brightkite:

I just started a new topic on this point and then found this one, so I am reposting here as well.

It seems like the privacy issues could be avoided if the location is part of a Note/photo sent. I.e. the Note is the checkin. If you don't want to be "seen" somewhere, don't post.

My phone has GPS and I'd love to see BK use that to update my location automatically based on where I am when I send the Note.

Jay shared an idea in Brightkite on May 09, 2008 00:20:

What's the outlook for phone-GPS and cell-phone tower auto-checkins?

Playing with Brightkite makes me realize how siloed all the technologies in my phone are. My Blackberry Curve has GPS, so theoretically I should be able to give Brightkite (or any other app) permission to use that data, and then automatically check in just by posting a note or photo. I believe cell-phone tower triangulation can be used much the same way.

This is a really broad question, then. Is this something you guys see as feasible in any kind of near term? That would be really cool, especially since the SMS check-in seems to require very specific types of information- like street name and number.

Thanks! I'm having fun with it.

Jay replied on May 09, 2008 00:10 to the question "Remove the brightkite link to text only x-posts on twitter" in Brightkite:

I think it would be super-duper awesome if the "from Brightkite" link for tweets sent people to my BK profile. Is this even possible?

Jay replied on February 28, 2008 16:54 to the problem "I'm not geeting any tweets via IM" in Twitter:

Things seem to be working for me now. Thanks, Crystal, for your extra-speedy response.

Jay replied on February 28, 2008 01:57 to the problem "I'm not geeting any tweets via IM" in Twitter:

I logged out of Gtalk/chat, removed and re-added my Twitter buddy and restarted Adium for good measure. Twitter shows as online, but no updates. I'll see if any come along in the next day or so.

Jay replied on February 27, 2008 21:48 to the problem "I'm not geeting any tweets via IM" in Twitter:

My username is park3. Also using Adium, also able to send updates, but twitter shows as offline in my buddy list & won't send me updates. Thanks for looking into it.