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When Should I Visit? - A 24 hour hack I made, what do you think?

#1

Post by danw » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 1:54 AM UTC

When Should I Visit? - A 24 hour hack I made, what do you think?
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#2

Post by gtb » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:02 AM UTC

Good idea. One suggestion: vary the colors of the columns. Green for quiet days, red for busy days.

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#3

Post by shib71 » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:07 AM UTC

gtb wrote: post #2

Good idea. One suggestion: vary the colors of the columns. Green for quiet days, red for busy days.

The size of the columns already indicates that. I think varying the colors as well would be confusing.

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#4

Post by seancron » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:07 AM UTC

Very nice job. I don't have a use for it since I'm not in London, but I like your implementation and design. A comparison feature would be nice, so if you're uncertain where you want to go one day, you can compare activity.

You might also want to take a look into incorporating Spotrank data (http://www.skyhookwireless.com/spotrank/examples.php).

SimpleGeo is one way to do that (http://simplegeo.com/).

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#5

Post by guynamedloren » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:18 AM UTC

gtb wrote: post #2

Good idea. One suggestion: vary the colors of the columns. Green for quiet days, red for busy days.

The problem with that is that it forces a negative opinion on busy days. What if people like to go where other people are?

Here's my suggestion: ditch the black borders on the columns and add very subtle shadows.

I really dig the idea, by the way.

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#6

Post by zck » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:18 AM UTC

This is pretty cool. If I were in London, I'd use it.

You could integrate Google Maps to show you the least busy places in a certain part of London, so it could be used for "I've got an afternoon to kill. I'm over here; where can I go?"

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#7

Post by rodh257 » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:27 AM UTC

Any reason why this couldn't be expanded to a vast range of places, seeing as it reads the same Foursquare API?

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#8

Post by rrival » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:35 AM UTC

Cool idea - is the % of foursquare users in a sample population consistent? What if Tuesday is "bus in the foreigners/elderly?" - valuable info regardless, but I'd be curious to know how that holds up.

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#9

Post by grandschema » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:42 AM UTC

very nice clean use of raphael.

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#10

Post by citricsquid » Mon, Feb 07, 2011, 3:43 AM UTC

rodh257 wrote: post #7

Any reason why this couldn't be expanded to a vast range of places, seeing as it reads the same Foursquare API?

Yeah, make it a smart phone app, charge $2.99 for it and include everywhere that foursquare supports, money to be made! Although maybe foursquare could just release a similar feature.