...from the brains of Greg North » Apple http://blog.gregnorth.com thought, sounds, images, and video Wed, 05 May 2010 02:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Be my friend on Brightkite… aka I have invites http://blog.gregnorth.com/2008/10/21/be-my-friend-on-brightkite-aka-i-have-invites/ http://blog.gregnorth.com/2008/10/21/be-my-friend-on-brightkite-aka-i-have-invites/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:03:56 +0000 Greg North http://blog.gregnorth.com/?p=86 Brightkite is an amazing social network with geo-tagged posts/photos/people. Although I found the site kind of useless through the browser and the mobile site just as lame (very annoying to email a photo to a site to post on the go). So you can assume I have been dying for a decent iPhone app. My prayers have been answered, the dev team @ Brightkite has developed an iPhone app and Apple released it into the wild last night. This application has received high marks in my book and blows any other related app out of the water....COUGH...loopt...COUGH.

I found something else cool that enhances the browser experience. There was a plug-in for Firefox that can guess your geo-loacation through you wi-fi signal and BrightKite harnessed that power to add a "Guess my location" feature to their site. Here's the story strait from their blog.

So if you're interested in using Brightkite, leave a comment. First five comments get an invite so be quick!

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Gas app Created by Jeffrey Grossman
This app can get really handy with gas prices these days. Quickly find the cheapest gas in your area by inputing a zipcode. No directions yet, but still awesome.

One Trip Created by Neven Mrgan
This a simple grocery list. Super useful. I can see a lot of people using this one.

Digg App -- Created by David Cann
Everyone loves Digg most people are Digg addicts. Why not have on your iPhone!? Now you can check it continuously!

iChat App Also created by David Cann
I just dont get why Apple didnt put in a version of iChat in iPhone... woohoo my SMS Messages look like an iChat conversion. This iChat app is filling in the gaps.

iTwittr Created by Dean Robinson
Twitter is a crazy social site that lets you update what you are doing from the website, SMS, IM. Instead of using your iPhone's SMS you can use this app.

My First Mac App Created by MyFirstMac.com
View the Article of the Day, Tip of the Day, and Link of the Day. Will this be used often...eh I'd rather check out the RSS feed with the Safari browser on the iPhone.

All of these apps work in Safari, some in Firefox (sorry IE, not!). Have fun, comment if you find new ones!

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