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A comment on the idea "Future check-in" in Brightkite:

But the thing is, the post here says "you could put Dopplr out of business", and the other thread said "Dopplr does it just fine". But here, Brady is considering it, and doesn't say "use Dopplr for that" like the other thread did. So, not really. – Thomas, on May 28, 2008 19:46

Lesley replied on May 28, 2008 15:34 to the idea "Future check-in" in Brightkite:

Thomas, sorry for the confusion. We are considering the possibility of using future checkins for things like events, but that's about it. Dopplr and Plazes already do a great job handling the "where will I be" scenarios. Does that answer your question?

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Thomas replied on May 28, 2008 06:27 to the idea "Future check-in" in Brightkite:

On April 18, this idea was shot down. On April 29, the company is considering this idea? I don't understand, miscommunication?

Lesley replied on May 27, 2008 22:38 to the idea "no need for SMS check-in confirmation" in Brightkite:

We are considering the option to turn this feature on and off.

mightymendoza replied on May 27, 2008 07:48 to the idea "no need for SMS check-in confirmation" in Brightkite:

yeah this would be great if it was an option under settings. otherwise, if you check in at a certain cafe and it gives you a cafe in another state that might be a problem.

Jim J replied on May 26, 2008 16:17 to the idea "no need for SMS check-in confirmation" in Brightkite:

great idea. any chance we might hear something either way about this from bk?

benmarvin replied on May 13, 2008 20:46 to the idea "no need for SMS check-in confirmation" in Brightkite:

I agree. You can always send "whereami" if you want to make sure the check in went through. No need for confirmation.

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purly replied on May 08, 2008 02:19 to the idea "Integration with aim/google talk/sametime/etc." in Brightkite:

Brady, good to know.

Have you ever used sametime? Some of the location awareness things, sametime already keeps track of, so if brightkite could leverage that information that would be cool.

Brady replied on May 08, 2008 02:06 to the idea "Integration with aim/google talk/sametime/etc." in Brightkite:

We will at some point have chat integration. Its a little hard to give an ETA when though.

purly shared an idea in Brightkite on May 07, 2008 19:43:

Integration with aim/google talk/sametime/etc.

I would like brightkite to send my location updates to my away message on my various chat clients. I think lotus/sametime also has a concept of location awareness such that if you try to contact someone, it will call them at whatever phone they are at (their voip connection if they're in the office, their cell if not, etc) -- would be great to integrate with that as well.

yaauie replied on May 07, 2008 19:34 to the idea "Future check-in" in Brightkite:

Revisiting:

It would also be great to include 'in transit' to a location, although I am not quite sure how this would be implemented. so I'm leaving @home to go to @work, and expect a 15 minute travel time.

This would give people at my @work node notification that I'm on my way and give them a chance to respond accordingly.

yaauie replied on May 06, 2008 21:26 to the idea "Future check-in" in Brightkite:

absolutely second. This would be huge, and allow brightkite to swing into the mainstream of event-planning and people-discovering.

Also, I like the idea of last.fm integration, but am not sure how open their API is on the events side of things, perhaps yacobucci should suggest this to the last.fm devs as the brightkite API goes public.

A comment on the idea "Future check-in" in Brightkite:

What else would be cool is some kind of integration with last.fm. In last.fm I select that I'm going to see Tapes 'n Tapes at the Bluebird on May 17th. That show comes rolling around and I could get checked in via Brightkite so people interested can see I'm rocking to some tunes. – yacobucci, on May 06, 2008 19:02

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Brady replied on May 04, 2008 00:34 to the idea "Brightkite could also be used for event planning." in Brightkite:

Viewing public/private events in real time around your current location is a great idea. We are planning some level of event support. With the release of the API we might see some interesting things happen involving events. There is some additional discussion around events in this thread: http://getsatisfaction.com/brightkite...

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purly shared an idea in Brightkite on May 03, 2008 14:34:

Brightkite could also be used for event planning.

I think it would be cool if you could view a list of events by location.

So for example, say Dick plans a flash mob pillow fight at Union Square, then when I check in at Union Square and it's close to the date/time of the flash mob and I send a request for a list of local events, I would get notified of the flash mob.

There could also be private and public events. Public events being seen by all people, private being available to your friends.

It would be a good way to find cool things to do when visiting new cities, or to quickly see what parties are going on that night in your neighborhood.