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pixelfreund. OnlyShenanigans? A GowallaHow-To Ralph Hutter www.pixelfreund.ch | www.twitter.com/pixelfreund
Whatthe heck isGowalla? LocationBasedSocial Network LocationBased Info Services Virtual GeoCaching Augmented Reality TwitterReplacement Just a (mobile) Game
Gowalla Clients iPhoneApp Mobile Website m.gowalla.com Website www.gowalla.com
The Objectives? Collect Bonus items (forlogins) Vault 100 hiddenitems Collectpinsfor check Ins, completingtrips, foundingspots etc. Tweet „I am here“-indication Create andfound Spots
Goodtoknow Youcan‘tcarrymorethan 10 items The listofmissingitemsischangingfrequently You‘ll find themissingitemslist In yourprofile on www.gowalla.com WithGowalla Tools Youcan‘tmove back accidentallyvaulteditems Youcanadjustthepositionofnewspots on thewebsite
Dos andDonts Do Share items Add anddescribenewspots (carefully ) Foundexistingplaces Adjust /edityourfoundedspots on Website Tweet relevant factsaboutthespot
Dos andDonts Don‘t Tweeteachandevery check-in Invitepeopleyoudon‘tknowasfriends Create spotstwice Set „Spam“ orfakespots
Phenomenons Thousandsofuser‘shomes With funny nameslike: HQ, home, kitchen, batch, mother in law, homebase Bloggers creatingvirtuallounges in highlyfrequentedplaces
iPhoneApp Tap, tap, schrabbel, schrabbel
GowallaPassport It‘slikeyour personal passportwithstamps in it. Vault Items here Check In Add new Spots
Nearby Spots Nearby Spot Browse byCategories Hint: Browse byCategoryif an item does not appear on thelist
Spots Check in  Foundspot Browse itemstoswap
People You will besurprised, howmanypeople will crossyourway
Items Swap missingitems (andvaultafterwards)
Check in Send a (spot-relevant) statusmessagetoTwitterorFacebook Userarely Don‘tspamyourfriends
Bonus Items Oh yeah! Bonus itemswon‘tdrop, ifyouhave 10 items in your pack Vaultandfoundoften Certainitemsdropaccordingto type ofspot (Slice of Pizza at an Italian Restaurant)
Items in Spots Check spotwhetherthereis a missing item youneed Swap withitemsfromyour pack
People in Spots Getfounderwheneverpossible Only a limited number per spotpossible
Mobile websitehttp://m.gowalla.com Klick, klack.
Mobile Website Web NOT iPhoneApp Use on all cellphoneswithbrowser
Gowalla Tools Klick, klack.
Web App www.gowallatools.com
Missing Items Check missingitemsbeforevaulting
WEBSITE / WWW.GOWALLA.COM Klick, klack.
Passport / Account Check edityourownspots Check missingitems Check popularityofyourspots
Missingitems Beaware: Missing Items changefrequently
Mytrips Create yourowntrips Trips must haveat least 3 spots Don‘tforgetto push thepublishbutton
Spots Edit yourspots Description Position on Map
Shenanigans? Youdecide!. Getintothegameandtryyourself. WhataboutForesquare? Not even half thefun… OnlyShenanigans?
Tools / Links http://www.gowalla.com http://m.gowalla.com http://gowallatools.com/ http://iphone.gowallatools.com/ http://erikschimmel.de/gowalla-handbuch/Gowalla Tools
pixelfreund. Thankyou! Go out and check in. Ralph Hutter www.pixelfreund.ch | www.twitter.com/pixelfreund

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