Daily Archives: March 17, 2007

Ah, the feeling of accomplishment

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I sent an email at 9:18 this morning to the developer of GPS Twitter suggesting an enhancement. At 10:09, I got an email back thanking me for the suggestion and asking that I give the fix a try. No change … Continue reading →

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The world’s atwitter about Twitter

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

You know you’ve made the big time when the Wall Street Journal writes about you. (Either that, or you’ve jumped the shark.) Twitter got a lot of love this week, both from the Journal and at the SXSW conference. Twitter … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, flickr, gps, instant messaging, lbs, mobile, social networking, twitter, web 2, web 2.0, where, wireless, wireless data | 11 Comments

WHERE in the world am I?

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I needed to get out my rant about carriers locking up location services before I talk about WHERE. (They refer to themselves in all caps, and because I like the service, I’ll do the same.) WHERE is a platform that … Continue reading →

Posted in gps, lbs, local search, mobile, mobile search, where, wireless, wireless data | 7 Comments

Set my location free

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’m a big believer in the power of location-based services. Everyday activities like local search, weather and communications can be greatly simplified by using automatic location. The biggest obstacles (and, to be fair, the biggest enablers) of location-based services, are … Continue reading →

Posted in gps, mobile, mobile search, wireless, wireless data | 5 Comments

Blogging from a coffee shop

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

It may be cliche, but this is my first time. As I sit here on a Saturday morning, I see more bad news for the newspaper industry: the ratio of laptop users to newspaper readers here is 2:1. And I’m … Continue reading →

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