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ancho replied on October 07, 2008 18:29 to the idea "fireeagle integration" in Brightkite:

There's no reason to have to poll FE for every user - you can use the /recent API call to find recent updates. It's still a little stupid because it doesn't block until something interesting happens, and it's limited in how many results it will return - but it's better than a complete poll!

petrocket replied on September 20, 2008 19:55 to the problem "Can't connect to Beanstalk from Eclipse" in Beanstalk:

I also get the PROPFIND issue in Eclipse and Versions. Should I store my source here? It is free right?

Dave B replied on September 19, 2008 13:48 to the question "Updates Via Instant Messaging" in Brightkite:

@Sean I do. Every day, shortly after I wrote this post. It's a great service. I love it.

Sean replied on September 19, 2008 03:36 to the question "Updates Via Instant Messaging" in Brightkite:

You could use our bots to achieve this.

A comment on the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

That's the email confirmation from GetSatisfaction, not a response from BrightKite. Everyone gets that when they sign up here. – Richard John, on September 09, 2008 10:45

greeneyedgirl replied on September 09, 2008 09:46 to the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

even better

this is the answer i got to why can''t i receive a cnfrmation for SMS set up - did you read it?

We’re excited to have you with us, greeneyedgirl!

A default password was set for you: XXXXXX

Can you help us validate your email address? Simply click on the link to confirm. This will also transport you to your Get Satisfaction dashboard. From there you can edit your profile and account details.
Confirm

-- The Get Satisfaction Team

evolver replied on September 05, 2008 21:39 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Although I can see how this new system works for many, it still doesn't work for me or anyone dealing with a mixed-use development with one street address. In my case I live in a large building with retail and restaurants on the ground level. I'd like to be able to check in publicly to a restaurant or gallery but not my actual residence. If we had actual private placemarks, this would work fine. Unfortunately, the setting of one (my residence) overrides another (a store) because we share the same address. I really hope this will be resolved in the future. This would seem a potential hassle for many folks. Thanks for taking the concept this far.

I would still really, really love to be able to toggle the Twitter feed easily *without* having to go into private mode. I don't actually care whether anyone knows where I live; I just don't want it pushed to Twitter every time I return home and dutifully check in. I also may go somewhere like a grocery store where I'd like to check in publicly but don't think the Twitterverse would care. In a perfect BK world, activity at certain placemarks could also be designated as being fed (or not) to Twitter (and perhaps future services), independent of privacy settings.

A comment on the idea "fireeagle integration" in Brightkite:

Thanks for the update Lesley. Looking forward to the announcement! – Balaji Dutt M V, on August 22, 2008 11:23

A comment on the idea "fireeagle integration" in Brightkite:

Balaji, we are definitely considering users like yourself in regards to this feature. We will make sure that you are able to pull this data across all of the interfaces and not just using SMS or mobile email. :) – Lesley, on August 21, 2008 22:05

Jeremie Lariviere replied on August 21, 2008 18:48 to the question "Updates Via Instant Messaging" in Brightkite:

i'm looking forward to it coming back

jon replied on August 21, 2008 17:28 to the idea "Automatic Check-ins == You Win" in Brightkite:

i want to be able to go to my Windows Mobile Brightkite app (a native app), and have it guess the vicinity for me.

if it's near a placemark, ask me--"you're close to [placemark name]", want to check in?

if it's not, give a general area name, and ask to check in

if that's not what we want, fall back to a normal search (however you want to implement)

i haven't messed with the Google API, let alone know if there's one for the mobile app, but the hoi polloi may be able to come up with this, now that i think about it--but i'd appreciate it more if it came from brightkite ;-)

j.

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A comment on the idea "fireeagle integration" in Brightkite:

Request for Brightkite developers - please consider other options for your international users as well.

For example, sending @FE via text or mobile email might seem like a good answer for your US users. But living in Asia, neither of those really works on a long term basis.

I understand that it's difficult for you to poll FE and am willing to put up with the hassle of having to update BK separately to pick up FE data. But please give us an option via the mobile site as well! – Balaji Dutt M V, on August 21, 2008 02:53

A comment on the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

Lesley, thanks for responding - you're already ahead of the game in terms of customer satisfaction there! Am enjoying getting to know the service. – jaxb, on August 20, 2008 19:59

A comment on the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

jaxb, 1) we were not made aware of this when we set up the number, so we are trying to resolve this. 2) We assure you that this number was not set up on the fly as a response to Twitter, we spent weeks setting everything up, the timing was mere coincidence. :) – Lesley, on August 20, 2008 15:48

A comment on the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

Agreeing with jaxb on reception of sms updates. If removal of that functionality wasn't important to us, neither jaxb nor I would be here right now! – notsheep, on August 20, 2008 12:45

A comment on the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

think that most ppl I know use the sms to receive updates - don't think that should be underestimated at all. – jaxb, on August 20, 2008 12:21

Guy Rintoul replied on August 20, 2008 11:00 to the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

OK, so maybe the Isle of Mann thing was a bit of an oversight. And yes, good to rectify it at this early stage if possible. However, in your defence, I've been using the Twitter UK number for about a year and a half now, and didn't realise until I read this thread that the texts are only included in my allowance because I'm on O2! So an easy mistake to make for a UK-based person, no matter US-based.

Also, would just echo the sentiments of @jaxb and suggest you make sure that it's feasible and you're not going to have to close down the number in a year or two's time. Having said that, I reckon the Twitter thing was quite a storm in a teacup - most people I've spoken to largely use Twitter's SMS number for updating their status, rather than receiving updates, and I suspect it will be the same for BrightKite. But just a watchout.

A comment on the question "UK SMS??" in Brightkite:

I am concerned 1) that I'm being charged for this although I'm in the UK - as with twitter this number ranks outside my calling plan and I get charged international rates 2) that this has been introduced so suddenly following twitters UK sms demise that this isn't planned or supported and will disappear just as suddenly. is there a long term plan to support sending SMS - especially given there don't appear to be any limits on how many can be sent? – jaxb, on August 20, 2008 10:45

A comment on the idea "fireeagle integration" in Brightkite:

I like the @FE idea. Until Fire eagle supports pushing. – jiltedcitizen, on August 18, 2008 14:18