Phil Burns of ProvoLabs mentioned this again at last night’s (sweet) geek dinner, so I had to find out more.
I found this review of the software, but still no download link, yet:
A pair of tech-savvy twentysomethings named Dennis Crowley and Alex Rainert created a solution to [the problem of finding friends and interesting people to meet up with on the fly]. They call it Dodgeball. The service is a mix of social network tools (� la Friendster), simple cell phone messaging, and mapping software. Dodgeball has a playful, hipster veneer, but the underlying premise behind the service gives a fascinating glimpse of the way mobile wireless computing promises to transform city life. [Discover.com, September 05]
Tweaking my search query revealed that Google bought the company back in May. Cool. Google describes the service as “a networking service that helps coordinate location-based social interactions between mobile users.”
From there, I clicked the link (”huh, dodgeball.com, I hadn’t thought of trying that…”) only to find out that it isn’t yet available in Salt Lake City. Hmmm… what’s up with that?
Oh well, the sleuthing was fun anyway…
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