In one of our favorite Valentine’s Day posts of all time, Chris Dixon posted about the “geo stack” – a model for how to think about the various layers of the geolocation ecosystem.  According to Chris, the stack looks something like this: lat long detection > lat long translation (into venues, addresses, etc.) > user [...]

This post was originally published on November 30, 2009 on Sexy Widget. In light of our recent claim that Google Buzz is unlikely to kill Foursquare due to the check-in process being significantly more complicated, we thought the discussion around ease vs. proliferation was worth another look. Conventional wisdom tells us that the easier an [...]

Six clicks, plus typing content into your phone. That’s what it takes to share your location with Google Buzz.  Here is the break down: 1 Tap on your Google Buzz bookmark2 Tap on “Nearby”3 Tap on the list of Nearby places4 Select a location5 Tap on “share what you’re thinking”6 Enter content (required)7 Click post [...]