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Bryan Collick marked one of bunny's replies in Brightkite as useful. bunny replied to the question "The "Check In" button on the Placemarks screen of iPhone app is (mostly) broken?".

Bryan Collick replied on November 30, 2008 05:29 to the question "The "Check In" button on the Placemarks screen of iPhone app is (mostly) broken?" in Brightkite:

I get no response from the placemarks page, which is a lot easier to use than GPS find + Pick a place + search. :/

Bryan Collick started following the question "The "Check In" button on the Placemarks screen of iPhone app is (mostly) broken?" in Brightkite.

Bryan Collick replied on July 29, 2008 22:38 to the problem "Give us one way to find places!" in Brightkite:

Absolutely.

My thinking is that Placemarks and Places Visited are my two most active areas, in that order. I don't travel around enough to constantly use search; My heavy traffic is covered by the former, and those occasional but recurring visits are covered by the latter.

Since Placemarks actually are Places Visited, I'd assume that "times visited" would be the best scenario. They are two totally different things, though; good luck with the brainstorming! :)

Bryan Collick reported a problem in Brightkite on July 29, 2008 21:22:

Give us one way to find places!

Placemarks are sorted alphabetically. Places visited are sorted by the number of times visited. Both are good and valid methods of organizations, but can we have just one?

This is a problem on the web also, but it is particularly acute on the iPhone...

Bryan Collick asked a question in Evernote on July 29, 2008 01:14:

Saving data to iPhone

Does evernote for iphone allow for local storage of data? This is the dealmaker for the other clients; the fact that I can access my items when offline. If I wanted to review a list of names while on a flight or wanted to read from a pre-written statement in a place with low/no signal, it only makes sense to have this available.

There's obviously an issue with data charges, so perhaps this should be off by default but able to be changed.

Bryan Collick replied on July 05, 2008 21:03 to the idea "Handling Twitter crosspost-created 404s" in Brightkite:

Totally jazzed to see this happen today! When I suggested it, I totally missed the opportunity to invite that person to BrightKite... good eye guys!

Bryan Collick replied on June 22, 2008 03:12 to the discussion "Marking Temporary locations" in Brightkite:

Good point. Looking forward to these new developments.

Bryan Collick replied on June 22, 2008 03:08 to the idea "webshare to evernote" in plasq:

The drag and drop works, but Skitch is already set up to send to other web applications that could use similar methods: drag to flickr uploadr, for example.

My reasoning is probably just a preference, but in general, clicking a button beats drag'n'drop every time. Also by uploading to web first, character recognition is performed before it hits the client side. Small but noteworthy difference.

Bryan Collick replied on June 16, 2008 02:05 to the discussion "We're here to help!" in Brightkite:

Thanks for being accessible to your beta testers and investigating suggestions and concerns. I have high hopes for Brightkite.

Bryan Collick replied on June 16, 2008 02:02 to the discussion "Marking Temporary locations" in Brightkite:

Thanks for the reply, Brady.
Will there be a customizable attribute for placemark length? Say I'm organizing a conference in Denver (which I am); can I mark the location of that event as "Bryan's conference" for the next week?

This would be cool for expiration of public placemarks, but might run into trouble if two public placemarks have the same location (say you're having a Brightkite Ball in the conference room next to mine).

BTW, is the offer still open to see BKHQ? I'd love to stop in and say hello! :)

Bryan Collick marked one of Brady's replies in Brightkite as useful. Brady replied to the idea "Can I comment on peoples pictures and posts?".

Bryan Collick marked one of Lesley's replies in Brightkite as useful. Lesley replied to the idea "Can I comment on peoples pictures and posts?".

A comment on the problem "Riding the subway with Brightkite" in Brightkite:

Lesley, can I do this via mobile email? – Bryan Collick, on June 16, 2008 01:52

A comment on the problem "Riding the subway with Brightkite" in Brightkite:

Yes, via sms.
Also, see recently submitted discussion about Temporary locations (artomatic). – Bryan Collick, on June 13, 2008 21:58

Bryan Collick started a conversation in Brightkite on June 13, 2008 21:49:

Marking Temporary locations

This weekend i attended a two-week long annual event. Held in an unfinished building that will soon be office space, it was 12 floors of artists, musicians and performers. Thousands of people checked out the free event.

As Brightkite is THE location-based social network that places people meeting in locations first, I just wanted to know how to mark temporary locations like this. In my head I can already think of a few more locations where temporary marking might be useful:

DC and Atlanta's summer Screen on the Green outdoor film series
Summer festivals and carnivals
Pecha Kucha nights

These are important because 1) they are excellent social outings and 2) when the event finishes they no longer retain that identity (often, the location may be completely different at the next event). How should these places be marked to maximize meeting people that attend?

Bryan Collick replied on June 13, 2008 21:36 to the problem "Riding the subway with Brightkite" in Brightkite:

Hi Lesley. Yes it is a bit inconvenient, but even more frustrating is that it doesn't seem to be working. Let me make sure I'm doing this right:

1400 1st st NE, 20002 [artomatic]
or
East-West Highway and Colesville rd, silver spring, md, usa Silver Spring Metro station

both of those failed for me. I'm assuming I don't need th brackets, but without it failed as well.

Bryan Collick shared an idea in Brightkite on June 11, 2008 14:55:

Handling Twitter crosspost-created 404s

using the @ symbol with usernames has the same behavior in BK and Twitter. Not everyone is using both applications, though.

Perhaps an alternate USER 404 page could be utilized that says "sorry, that person is not yet on BK, perhaps they're on twitter?" with the word "twitter" going to twitter.com/username.

I'm not sure if any other web apps use the @username method

Bryan Collick reported a problem in Brightkite on June 11, 2008 14:09:

Riding the subway with Brightkite

brightkite seems to have trouble with DC metro [area subway] stations. A few of them show up, but many are not recognized.

Part of the problem could be that a single train line can (and often does) go through Maryland, DC and/or Virginia. I know that causes trouble with finding locations, requiring a user to LEAVE before searching for a business in a new location.

A comment on the problem "Using introductions as a matchmaker" in LinkedIn:

Thanks for this, Sheilah.
I was hoping to make a mutual introduction, so Steve's comment solved my problem. Your suggestion, however, solves another problem I hadn't asked about. :) Thanks! – Bryan Collick, on May 29, 2008 17:39