Patrick Powers

There’s a scene in the 1983 classic “Mr. Mom” when new stay-at-home dad Jack Butler attempts to drop off his kids at school. It’s a simple task, really, but as his kids and others are quick to point out, he’s doing it wrong. When it comes to location-based services and how we employ them in [...]

There are five location-based social networks loaded onto my iPhone, but the days may be numbered for all but one of them. Who wants to check in five times anyway? Gowalla last week unveiled a version of its location-based service that allows users to check-in with Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Tumbler — all through the [...]

There are more than half a dozen location-based applications clogging my iPhone as I’ve spent the past year trying to figure out which one, if any, would take hold in a university setting. Facebook Deals changes everything. Facebook Deals, announced on Wednesday, would allow vendors to offer deals to those who checked in using the [...]

A post I authored in January suggested location-based social media networks would be “the next big thing.” I stand by that statement — especially since in the past week both Foursquare and Gowalla (my preferred location-based social media networks) have launched updated applications offering greater functionality and utility. But this week I also discovered Fourwhere. [...]

Here’s what I imagine to expect the next big thing when it comes to social media in higher education (and really social media in any industry): location-based social networking. Yeah, I know, I’m a bold prognosticator. Twitter, to some extent, is already starting to embrace the idea by allowing users to attach a location to tweets. [...]