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Jeff started following the idea "Item Drop History" in Gowalla.

Jeff marked one of Lindazilla's replies in Gowalla as useful. Lindazilla replied to the idea "Item Drop History".

Jeff replied on December 05, 2009 19:26 to the idea "History of my old items" in Gowalla:

Mapping the items' travels is a great idea. It would make both the "story" and "network" parts of the game more real. Also lends a sense of accomplishment that an item I "created" has gone off to be part of other people and places. How cool would it be to get an e-mail in the middle of the day that one of "my" items was just picked up halfway around the world?

See: www.wheresgeorge.com/

Jeff started following the idea "History of my old items" in Gowalla.

Jeff marked one of Aaron Bronzan's replies in Gowalla as useful. Aaron Bronzan replied to the idea "History of my old items".

Jeff replied on November 03, 2009 07:18 to the idea "Get rid of the chains please" in Gowalla:

Good discussion. I LOVE finding a great new store, coffee shop or museum because it's a Gowalla spot. I don't like scrolling past Costcos and Arbys to get to a truly special spot. When I visit a new city and look at the spot list, I want it to be full of special spots, not chains I can find at home or anywhere.

I think Gowalla should be about discovering more than cataloging. Banning certain spots probably is too harsh, but some guidelines about what makes spots special will help. Of course, it all depends on the rules of the game and they're still being written...partly by us. So here's one Gowallaby's vote to discourage the generic in favor of the special.

A comment on the problem "App crashes intermittently" in Gowalla:

Well-described, Ben. I've had the very same experience with the same phone and OS. I also wonder if this little hang-up around the items screen is part of the reason I haven't found any new items despite creating and checking-in at many new spots. I'm now out of items completely and I wonder if there's something wrong with the way they should be awarded on check-in to a newly-created place. – Jeff, on November 03, 2009 06:41

Jeff gave praise in Gowalla on November 03, 2009 06:38:

Now we have bowling

Thanks for adding a bowling alley category in entertainment! Now work your magic on the icon.

A comment on the question "Where are the instructions?" in Gowalla:

I agree! It's fun to be in discovery mode rather than competition mode. I'm excited for new features to come, but for the moment this app is so well-designed that I can just sort of figure it out on my own without reading a long list of rules and regs. – Jeff, on October 26, 2009 02:32

Jeff replied on October 26, 2009 02:22 to the idea "Dedicated icon for state capitols" in Gowalla:

I see the category on the site and made the edit. It just wasn't on my app when I created the building. Thanks!

Jeff marked one of Lee Nixon's replies in Gowalla as useful. Lee Nixon replied to the idea "Dedicated icon for state capitols".

Jeff replied on October 26, 2009 02:14 to the idea "Please add category for Bowling Alley" in Gowalla:

This is a great idea. I thought about tagging my bowling alley as a "bar", because it (like most bowling alleys) has one. But that didn't seem right. If people are using Gowalla to discover new places, I want them to know the BEST reason to go to a place.

Jeff started following the idea "Please add category for Bowling Alley" in Gowalla.

Jeff shared an idea in Gowalla on October 22, 2009 04:06:

Dedicated icon for state capitols

I think there should be an icon for state capitols. There are icons for city halls, courthouses and some other government buildings, but capitols shouldn't just be stuck in "historic sites".

Jeff replied on August 15, 2009 00:38 to the idea "MOVE BREAKING NEWS TO TOP OF SITE" in Chicago Tribune:

Nice job on the redesign. I'm glad the classic ChiTrib font is back...it reminds us of the history of the institution. Thanks for getting rid of the rotating photo slot and putting more headlines back on the main page. I'll come back more often now to scan the headlines. Only design complaint is the long "breaking news" bar just below the "fold", which breaks up the page in a weird way. I didn't expect to see more news below it, but then there was.

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I like the redesign..

Jeff gave praise in Chicago Tribune on August 07, 2009 18:56:

I like the redesign.

Nice job on the redesign. I'm glad the classic ChiTrib font is back...it reminds us of the history of the institution. Thanks for getting rid of the rotating photo slot and putting more headlines back on the main page. I'll come back more often now to scan the headlines. Only design complaint is the long "breaking news" bar just below the "fold", which breaks up the page in a weird way. I didn't expect to see more news below it, but then there was.