I’m a FourSquare user.  Either you are thrilled about that, you have no idea what I’m talking about or you hate me because you use Gowalla.  Whatever your opinion of FourSquare or location based applications, I have three distinct examples of how FourSquare has impacted my life.

1. I’m a celebrity?

Some days I work from a Coffee shop in uptown Westerville (Ohio), called Java Central.  It’s quiet, comfortable, has free WiFi, great coffee and an attentive staff.  Besides, for some reason ever since college, I’ve been able to concentrate really well in coffee shops.  In fact, until yesterday, I was the “Mayor” of Java Central.  I just got publically ousted from this position by @ajlattimore!

Anyway, about a month ago, I “checked in” to Java Central on FourSquare and went about my business, face … Read More »