Comments on The Mobile Location-Based Informant: Are Location-based services too early ?

I think the time is here now... we just need to fi...

2008-05-30T09:51:00.000-04:00

I think the time is here now... we just need to find the right mix of applications to build critical mass in enough locations.

btw, do you know who we have to bribe/beg/flatter to get a developer FireEagle access code?

Thanks

One value I'm accruing with using BrightKite is ac...

2008-05-24T11:14:00.000-04:00

One value I'm accruing with using BrightKite is actually connecting with old friends in far-flung places and keeping tabs on where they're going and what they're doing. It's virtual proximity that I gain value from so for me at least your point about an LBS system not working with a widely located user base isn't working. And I don't think your observation that the early adopters for Bright Kite came, looked, and went away is based on any factual information. BK (both of the founders I know personally and for which I've looked at the data) has strong pockets of avid users across the globe. They are in true beta and working on the key elements as you allude to (like already supporting Fire Eagle).

Mologogo was way ahead of the game and are still g...

2008-05-24T03:45:00.000-04:00

Mologogo was way ahead of the game and are still going strong. Perhaps their key to success was keeping away from Vulture Capital investment?!

Heri: I totally disagree with that. Because the se...

2008-05-21T10:27:00.000-04:00

Heri: I totally disagree with that.

Because the service is location-based, even a cool looking interface, will at first, be appealing, it will not on the long term provide the necessary force to overcome the fact that the network is not concentrated enough...

a cool iPhone interface is all it needs.

2008-05-21T09:55:00.000-04:00

a cool iPhone interface is all it needs.