In the thread about Santarchy, Langston mentioned the use of Dodgeball.com.
I won't bore you with a lengthy overview other than to say it would be an excellent tool for meeting up in the middle of a Point83 ride, wrangling folks that got separated duing same and also arranging spontaneous bike + beer activities. It works via Text/SMS over mobile phones and appears to be now owned by Google, so you know it isn't evil.
P.S. Derrick, I think you could meet a lot of myspace girls with this service...
joeball
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:35 pm
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Or we could just invite Roy Wilkie to the rides again.
lantius
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:36 pm
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yeah, i guess. i'm not sure i'd want .83 dodgeball notifications all up on my phone all the time though.
langston
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:38 pm
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It's fun, and you can turn it off when you don't want messeges bugging you. Not to be used if you get charged for individual text messeges.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:53 pm
Grumpy GreebJoined: 20 Aug 2005Posts: 5329Location: flavor country
text messages, in any form, can ride a pile of my steaming execrement straight thru the gates of hell.
Finn
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:19 pm
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Texting is like sayng, "I don't have the time to talk to you... but I do have ten minutes to type one sentence into my phone. Mostly, I want to tell you something, but don't really want to talk to you." I called my phone company and had the whole feature blocked. So nice.
lantius
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:25 pm
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the dreaded ben wrote:
text messages, in any form, can ride a pile of my steaming execrement straight thru the gates of hell.
zomg btah r u 4 rl?
Hayduke
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:28 pm
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We don't need dodgeball we have Joeball. Much easier to use.
langston
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:32 pm
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Finn wrote:
Texting is like sayng, "I don't have the time to talk to you... but I do have ten minutes to type one sentence into my phone. Mostly, I want to tell you something, but don't really want to talk to you." I called my phone company and had the whole feature blocked. So nice.
dodgeball is nice because it sends it to all the people you have specified at once, and it will also bleep back and tell you if other db users are nearby.
derrickito
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:14 pm
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i just got charged an extra 55 dollars in text message charges this month. 10 cents each message over 250 that im allowed
you do the math
ack
joeball
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:42 pm
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derrickito wrote:
i just got charged an extra 55 dollars in text message charges this month. 10 cents each message over 250 that im allowed
you do the math
ack
That's what you get for "Kiss and Texting" to half of .83 at 2:45 in the morning.
55$ that's pretty funny
lantius
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:44 pm
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derrickito wrote:
i just got charged an extra 55 dollars in text message charges this month. 10 cents each message over 250 that im allowed
Joined: 01 Feb 2006Posts: 677Location: Seattle, WA
what? Lee are you Okay?
derrickito
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:51 pm
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dont you worry lee williams! i have the fork, i just need to do some research to find out about his whereabouts and his diet and it's ON.
TrikerTrev
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:52 pm
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derrickito wrote:
i just got charged an extra 55 dollars in text message charges this month. 10 cents each message over 250 that im allowed
you do the math
ack
I'll warn ya now, ya texting cow, that if your a Cingular phoner the cost for your drunking finger banging will go UP to .15 cents a msg sent or recieved as of 1-21-07.
maybe ya need to find something better to do with yer fingers!
jamesw
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:26 pm
Joined: 18 Sep 2006Posts: 149
I am using dodgeball via email on a Treo so I don't get charged per text message.
I pay a flat data fee and that's it. Now, this only makes sense if you need mobile email in the first place, which I do.
Assuming more than three Point83 folks signed up, I was intending to group them.
That way, when on a ride you could hit
Point83 ! at the Taco Truck headed to Denny Blaine park
and everyone at various points on the ride would know.
I missed a ride last Thurs and would have jumped on if I knew where people were. I felt a little awkward ringing up the few folks whose numbers I have but thats on me, not you guys.
At any rate, I thought it was cool and had myriad bikes + beer applications (not to mention anonymous sex (derrick!)).
BtaH, when you're behind the Old Spaghetti Factory being a sex offender you can let us all know via dodgeball and if we're within ten blocks we'd be able to come and lend a hand or show up with pepper spray.
Cheers,
James
jamesw
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:33 pm
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langston wrote:
Finn wrote:
Texting is like sayng, "I don't have the time to talk to you... but I do have ten minutes to type one sentence into my phone. Mostly, I want to tell you something, but don't really want to talk to you." I called my phone company and had the whole feature blocked. So nice.
dodgeball is nice because it sends it to all the people you have specified at once, and it will also bleep back and tell you if other db users are nearby.
Yeah, Derrick, think of the leverage inherent in pinging all your ladies with one message and think of the group sex possibilities. After a couple months, you could afford another Wound Up fork based on the savings alone and that is without monetizing the the video you could shoot.
martin
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:05 am
Joined: 30 Jan 2006Posts: 712
Does it have the ability to setup a broadcast to a group, or just all your "friends". If this could be setup so that someone can broadcast the location of the .83 ride it might be worth while.
jamesw
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:33 pm
Joined: 18 Sep 2006Posts: 149
Yes, you can create groups.
I only envision using this for Point83 and also to arrange spontaenous pre-school playdates for my three-year-old. Gotta pimp for the little guy.
Without groups, we'd have all these soccer moms and their tykes showing up at all hours or BtAH (assuming he signs up) showing up at the wading pool.
James
henry
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:06 pm
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I still think this is a good idea. I'm on there. I've made a .83 set for myself. Make me your friend!! my name is Henry R. henryrose(near)gmail.com
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henry wrote:
I still think this is a good idea. I'm on there. I've made a .83 set for myself. Make me your friend!! my name is Henry R. henryrose(near)gmail.com
Orion friended me this morning. Then KEXP called about hiring me. Not sure which excites me more.
zuvembi
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:21 am
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henry wrote:
I still think this is a good idea. I'm on there. I've made a .83 set for myself. Make me your friend!! my name is Henry R. henryrose(near)gmail.com
Cell phones are the work of Stan [sic], so of course I've signed up for this dubious service.
_________________ When the revolution comes, we're going to need a longer wall
rlotz
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:48 am
Joined: 23 Jan 2006Posts: 311Location: Capitol Hill
All right, I can finally see some value in dodge ball, rmlotz --- gmail.com.
I still refuse to get a myspace account though.
joeball
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:51 am
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rlotz wrote:
I still refuse to get a myspace account though.
seconded
lantius
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:56 am
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joeball wrote:
rlotz wrote:
I still refuse to get a myspace account though.
seconded
both married? check!
joeball
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:02 am
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lantius wrote:
joeball wrote:
rlotz wrote:
I still refuse to get a MEATspace account though.
seconded
both married? check!
?
jess
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:23 am
Joined: 06 Feb 2007Posts: 8Location: Eastlake
lantius wrote:
both married? check!
It has nothing to do with rlotz's marital status, I assure you. He's just a snob. He throws a fucking fit every time I even mention myspace.
He just uses me to pick up chicks for him, anyway :(
derrickito
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:24 am
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you can pick up chicks on myspace???!!
ZOMG
henry
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