Mobile social networking gets some wind called localization at its sails

Mobile social networking is continuing to wind it’s way toward something er other.  Dennis Crowley of Dodgeball fame is back with Foursquare…basically the same thing but better funded and involving native apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.  You can also use text for all you old timers out there.

I was first acquainted with Dodgeball when building Famplosion.  Dodgeball was truly a NY urban hipster app, but I thought it would be awesomely applied to parents heading toward the playground or zoo and wondering if there were other friends in the stroller class headed the same direction.

I got in touch with Dennis and chatted briefly over the phone.  He mentioned there was actually a group of parents in Boston using Dodgeball to coordinate playground time.  Never too old to be cool!

Anyway, I signed up for Foursquare, which went fine.  But then when I tried to book mark the BlackBerry URL and access the app, the browser went no where…me thinks there’s a broken link in there somewhere.

Regardless, I will remain undaunted and try again tomorrow.  I think the potential is awesome obviously for urban hipsters wanting to spend real instead of virtual time with their friends.  As for us parental types, well, it doesn’t hurt to explore the possibilities.  If nothing else, it keeps us young.