links for 2010-08-24

• The Era of Location-as-Platform Has Arrived
  The mobile location "check-in" is fast becoming the hot new status message type online. It was only a matter of time until "where you are" became a platform to build added value on top of just like "who you know" has on social networking sites like Facebook.
  (tags: lbs location-based platform news future)
• Will Foursquare be the new Twitter?
  (tags: foursquare twitter lbs)
• Yelp Says It's Not Afraid of Foursquare
  (tags: yelp foursquare location-based lbs checkin)
• Visualize your Foursquare check-ins | WeePlaces.com
  (tags: foursquare visualization maps)
• Where Do You Go – create a heat map of your Foursquare checkins!
  (tags: heatmap foursquare maps apps)
• ″A Foursquare egy hülyeség″ – Mediapiac.com
  (tags: foursquare lbs tips apps)
• A huge list of Style Guides and UI Guidelines » The UX Bookmark
  This list is going to be constantly updated (and will ultimately be a monster list, it’s quite modest for now) of publicly accessible style guides and UI guideline documents on the web.
  (tags: ui guidelines style list companies)
• Google Docs Templates for Web Designers and Developers :Speckyboy Design Magazine
  (tags: wireframe templates googledocs iphone)
• Beyond Foursquare: 5 Location-Based Apps for Your Small Business
  (tags: location-based service business smallbusiness)
• Foursquare and Gowalla: Who's Afraid of Facebook? | Fast Company
  (tags: facebook places foursquare gowalla location-based)
• How To Integrate Multimedia For Effective Learning: The eLearning Coach
  (tags: elearning webdesign interactive multimedia)
• Designing Data Tables
  (tags: webdesign data tables guidelines)
• Street Slide: Browsing Street Level Imagery
  (tags: map interactive microsoft)
• Making User Interface Elements Difficult to Use By Intent
  I can think of 3 main reasons for making an interface element more burdensome to utilize:
  – When using the interface element is costly to the user if used by accident
  – When there’s an overall improvement to the UI as a whole
  – When the cost of maintaining a feature is costly to the provider if used frequently
  (tags: usability ui webdesign)