Brent Sordyl's blog

The inaugural Town Holler was exclusively for Foursquare players who had been crowned “mayor,” an honor awarded to a person who has visited a particular place more than anyone else. The agenda for the afternoon was to visit several different venues around Manhattan, racking up points for “checking in” online from bars and restaurants around the city.
(Link: The ‘Mayors’ of Manhattan Meet and Compete – NYTimes.com)

If time has proven anything, it’s that Brightkite is in danger of turning into something like FriendFeedFriendFeedFriendFeed. Great in every way, shape, and form but somehow just missing the mark. In fact, it may have taught us all one big bright lesson — that even though the technology and the idea are fantastic, we don’t really want to know where other people are in the world unless they’re our friends, or we’re at an event. Strangers meeting up with strangers is just strange.
(Link: Foursquare: Why It May Be the Next Twitter)