January 2011
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Why Does foursquare Say I'm Too Far Away?
With the recent release of foursquare webOS v2.2 (and v2.2.1 today!), you may have noticed you’ve started getting a “You’re a little far away” messages when you check-in sometimes. This is expected behavior.
Using the old API for foursquare, they didn’t force me to supply your GPS position during a check-in. If foursquare’s servers don’t know exactly...
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The foursquare API and What It Taught Me
Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai asked me to give my perspective on developing against the foursquare API. I’ve been using the API since before it was fully public and I’ve seen it go from often inconsistent infant to a fast, secure, and predictable (in a good way) adult. I went on a poorly thought-out ramble in an e-mail to him, and he asked me to blog about my experiences so...
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The New foursquare webOS App and Notifications...
So, the new foursquare app is completed. Lots of new features, bug fixes, speed increases, UI tweaks, a whole ton of things. However, dashboard notifications of your friends’ check-ins no longer work. Here’s why:
Since webOS doesn’t have push notifications, the app has to poll the foursquare servers every 20 minutes to find out if your friends have checked in anywhere. It does...
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How I Fixed the GPS in the foursquare app on webOS
A few people have asked how I got GPS to be quick and accurate in the new foursquare, even for Verizon users. I’ll share my experiences here.
Firstly, you have to understand how I used to handle GPS. As soon as the app was launched, a custom GPS class would initiate a GPS tracking request. While the preferences were loading, login was happening, and other background processes were...
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On webOS, the Verizon iPhone, and Nintendo.
The official announcement of the iPhone coming to Verizon happened today, which was surprising to no one. I noticed a few people in the webOS community freaking out about this. Let me assure you again: nothing is wrong.
The iPhone is a nice device. It’s solidly built and has some great hardware in it. Personally, I’m not a fan of the OS or the UI. I’m a big fan of my iPod...
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ATTENTION FOURSQUARE: We need a Mardi Gras badge!
As you’re probably well aware, not only am I the developer of the webOS foursquare app, I’m a HUGE fan of foursquare and consider myself a heavy user. I’m a purist when it comes to earning badges, that is, I actually DO the thing required to earn the badge and don’t cheat, even if it’s a New York or Chicago-only badge.
As you may also know, I’m a New Orleans...
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Happy Carnival Season, foursquare Users!
I don’t have any King Cake or beads for you, but I’ve got some screenshots!
That’s how your friends’ check-ins will look(ish). I have a couple of tweaks to make, but here’s mostly what you’ll see. As you can see, if the user is using an app that uses the new foursquare API, you’ll get to see what app they used to check in. Below the timestamp and...
Gloss & Gradients: This Race Is Far From Over — an... →
Great talk about webOS and the like. Worth the read.
taylorcarrigan:
At this very moment, there are three devices on my desk running what I consider to be the most competitive mobile operating systems: an Apple iPhone 4 running iOS 4.2.1, a Samsung Nexus S running Android 2.3 (“Gingerbread”), and a Palm Pre 2 running webOS 2.0.1. While the Nexus S may be what one…
madthoughts asked: I'd love to see your take on a WebOS Tumblr app. #justsayin.
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foursquare for webOS Update Progress
Just want to touch base with you guys and let you know how the app’s update is coming. To recap, here’s what’s happening:
Moving to version 2 of foursquare’s API, which means faster, secure, and fewer calls to the foursquare servers, AND it means more features.
Moving away from basic authentication (the current way of entering in your username and password). This way...