Congratulations, guys! I know that you've worked very hard to get there, and deserve the success.

• 6 days ago

It's not well integrated, and will only show people's public location (since you're not logged in), but try putting

http://brightkite.com/people/<your username>/friends.kml

into your iPhone's Google maps app. You should get your friends on the map. We'll have better support for this in the native app.

Martin

• 10 weeks ago

If you want to check in at an address, you use the first form. If you want to check in at a business, you use the second form. If you want to look up a user (maybe you want to join them), you use the 3rd form. If you think that we can make this easier and have concrete suggestions, I'm all ears ;)

We have Google Maps integration, so I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "3D map". Obviously, in the generic mobile version, which doesn't use Javascript, we can't integrate the draggable maps. We have static map images, though.

Martin

• 10 weeks ago

Hey Andrew,

Thanks for the write-up :) Regarding your suggestions:

- Comments and @replies are in the works right now...expect them soon

- We're working on adding a 'status' to users that would take care of the 'joinable' idea

- Concerning the "fun" part, we have some "fun" stuff coming...I think you'll like it

- Checkouts are coming back (we used to have them). You can actually check out via SMS right now, by texting LEAVE.

Great observations...we really appreciate it!

Martin

• 13 weeks ago

Ed, can you tell us what you're referring to as spam? We hate spam as much as the next guy, and if there indeed has been spam, we will take the necessary steps to remedy the issue right away.

Martin

• 13 weeks ago