{"id":3956,"date":"2013-07-16T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T17:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=3956"},"modified":"2013-07-16T13:11:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T17:11:51","slug":"linked-the-gowalla-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/07\/16\/linked-the-gowalla-story\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Linked: The Gowalla Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Medium<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Listen to your users more than the press. Don\u2019t get sucked into the gravity hole between you and your competition. Ruthlessly run your own path, not someone else\u2019s.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Great article from Josh Williams, founder of Gowalla and currently at Facebook. I loved Gowalla. It was the best check-in service and beat everyone else in so many ways. I worked for one of the check-in players and while the product was good, it fell to 3rd behind Gowalla and FourSquare. I used all 3 of the top services but Gowalla was designed so beautifully and had gorgeous badges.I was very sad to see it go away and now I don’t use check-in services at all. I appreciated the quote from Josh. While their startup failed, they continued to be independent and not chase to closely to what the competition did.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Medium: Listen to your users more than the press. 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