Foursquare Finale

As I say goodbye to my class, I feel like I will be also saying goodbye to Foursquare. I have to say, I did learn quite a bit about what Foursquare was about and where it is heading, but find it to be just one more thing to check or do in my day that has no time left in it. Although it has some good tools that are easily accessible regarding places to go, I probably will only refer to them when I am out of town or desperate to find a hip location to break up the monotony of school with a friend outing. I guess it is nice learning about Foursquare to know that I have an option to see what is out there when I need it.

Foursquare already had one strike against it as I pursued it as my community because I rely and depend on Facebook for my social and interactive needs. What Foursquare lacks though in the social aspect, it does make up for in it's applications of venues that Facebook does not offer. If Facebook had those apps then Foursquare would be obsolete to me.

I have realized that the web is about convenience and that shows in web communities as well. I feel that web communities are really based on peoples needs and personalities. If web communities do not offer a multitude of apps/options in their technology, they succumb quickly to those that do.

Technology is such a fast growing and moving thing, that developers are always "chasing their tail" it seems, to create a bigger and better version of their last design, to stay on top as a leader. As America shifts in social and cultural changes, needs, and desires, so must technology to be used as a tool, whether for need or want, in today's world.