Smedresmania! http://www.smedresmania.com Hey, I'm Gabe, a developer and game designer living in San Francisco. This is what I've been up to lately. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:47:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 New Django-Foursquare-OAuth authentication backend http://www.smedresmania.com/new-django-foursquare-oauth-authentication-backend/ http://www.smedresmania.com/new-django-foursquare-oauth-authentication-backend/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:09:49 +0000 Gabe http://www.smedresmania.com/new-django-foursquare-oauth-authentication-backend/

I finished open sourcing the backend I used for django foursquare login on Meet Gatsby.

It’s available on github.

Posted via web from Gabe’s Development Log

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Gatsby introduces you to nearby people with interests you share, whenever you check in on foursquare. I built Gatsby with Will Tsui. My good friend Haan Lee drew the illustration of Gatsby.

Check it out at meetgatsby.com

Gatsby won Twilio’s SMS app contest!

Mashable: Connecting Foursquare Friends Who Like Cats and Circuses

CNet: Meet Gatsby, matchmaker for Foursquare users

PSFK: MeetGatsby Matches Strangers Through Foursquare

The Rundown: Link Foursquare to real life with Gatsby

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Path of the Monk is a three-player game of deception made in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam 2010. The Monk relies on chatting with two guiding spirits to make it through the maze, but one spirit is secretly hoping to get the monk killed.

Play the game at http://monk5.shrdwhtbrd.com.

Read a review at http://incrediblystrangegames.com/post/366416893/path-of-the-monk-global-game-jam-2010

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Visit the website at www.storysomething.com

Illustration by Little Pink Pebble

]]> http://www.smedresmania.com/story-something/feed/ 0 Scenic Route http://www.smedresmania.com/scenic-route/ http://www.smedresmania.com/scenic-route/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:04:56 +0000 Gabe http://www.smedresmania.com/?p=373 Many people are too busy for organized guided tours, and others don’t want to buy and lug around a thick travel guide just for a short business or family trip. And yet, most people still want to discover and learn about the cities they visit and inhabit. Scenic Route helps these individuals get more out of travel, on their own schedule.

Scenic Route is a mobile website that builds customized routes for urban walks. Given your destination and a time allowance, Scenic Route builds a meandering walking route to that destination, filling the available time with stops along the way. Each stop reveals a hidden surprise about the city: a short message left by a user or verified guide. At the end of your walk, you’ve explored new streets and uncovered a unique set of local knowledge through a fun, spontaneous activity that fits into the available moments of your day.

Visit my partner Catherine’s website at paradeofkites.

Visit Scenic Route at scenicroute.info!

SF Chronicle: Streets give up secrets on Scenic Route app

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There’s a whole ecosystem of different words. The English top 100 words (“the”, “and”, “or”, etc.) are the blue chip stocks of the twittersphere. Some words, like “dinner”, “#followfriday”, and “sleep”, have very predictable cycles. But you’ll need to follow current events to really know when the best picks, topical words like “ipod” or “lakers”, will hit it big.

This game hit it big on twitter and had several international articles written about it.

@louroboros: i love this so much. #pretweeting
@bdougher I want to buy shares of ‘pretweeting’, it’s gonna be huge! #pretweeting

IndieGamesBlog Browser Game Pick: Pretweeting

Mashable: Pretweeting gets a prediction market

Technology Reviews: Pretweeting- Virtual Twitter Stock Market

OnlyGizmos: Pretweeting is the new trend

WATBlog: Enough of tweeting and retweeting: it’s time for pretweeting!

TechCrunch: Can You Predict Twitter Trends? Use Your Skills For Virtual Cash With Pretweeting

Whytech.fr: Spéculez sur la fréquence des mots avec Pretweeting pour Twitter

MyFox Tech Tips: Predicting Twitter

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