Practicum 1-Foursquare

So this is my first post for the practicum assignment. I wanted to have a few weeks to try it out before posting anything about it. My experience with the locative service Foursquare has been an interesting one to say the least. Let me first tell you all about the Internet service first. Foursquare is a locative service that lets you “check-in” to any place that you are. You can see where your friends are, explore new places, and even get discounts and specials at certain places. Although this service has a lot on it and may seem to be useful to some, I do not yet feel this way. I only have 2 friends on Foursquare and both of them do not use it on a regular basis, so really I am just checking into places for no reason. Since none of my friends are actually on Foursquare it really has no use to me because I cannot see where they are or meet up with them somewhere. So I guess the only use it has for me is the discounts and specials that “checking-in” to a place will get me, yet so far I have only received one special and that was 20% off at bar in Chicago. Hopefully more of my friends will join and I can really experience all of what Foursqaure offers.