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Happy Groundhog Day, Grab your Foursquare Badge

Jeff Esposito

You heard me you can get your hands on your very own Groundhog Day badge. All you have to do is follow VisitPA on foursquare and then according to Aboutfoursquare , check into any venue with the word “groundhog” in it and you will get the swanky badge commemorating the day. What, What, What you say?

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Stop being a bitch, it is winter

Jeff Esposito

Over the past few months, the popular hashtags Snoloko, Snopacalypse, and Snowmageddeon have been very popular in the social space ( editors note, while I hate them, I tagged into one for a foursquare badge. I am an addict I know). The TV news has been on snow watch and schools were cancelled.

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The Massachusetts Gubernatorial Social Straw Poll

Jeff Esposito

And if you tell the world via foursquare, you’ll even get a shiny new badge. Without voters, we have no real democracy so I urge you to hit the polls in your given state and make your voice heard.

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Five tips for SXSW Virgins

Jeff Esposito

Instead of saying what sessions to attend or parties to hit up, I wanted to offer five tips that I picked up while having my Austin cherry popped (as this badge from foursquare points out ) a year ago. The event is something that I am looking forward to and hope to meet some of you at in my second trip to the conference.

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MLB Introduces Social Layer to Online Viewing

Jeff Esposito

Similar to collecting badges for check-ins, people logged into the Gameday platform can receive virtual tokens of players. You see Social Pulse was cool and showed the social buzz going on throughout the game. It was cool but it lacked a hook to keeping you coming back day after day.

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What if there was a sex version of foursquare?

Jeff Esposito

This is a great video from the folks at CollegeHumor.com, while its not real, it can be applied to the mindless quest that many of us have towards collecting badges on foursquare.