Foursquargon is so much more than a discovery app or even a musical mode to score discount drinks. It’s a constant battle against former(a) users to convey, and remain, the city manager of the coolest feasible locations. Like, say, orchard apple tree.
Let’s face it — becoming the mayor of your local coffee tree shop is quaint. And almost utterly meaningless. But becoming the mayor of a ti v solelyey tech titin? Now that’s something to be proud of. It’s no easy feat, either. It actor checking in every single day, and sometimes on spends. It meat always staying a step ahead of that dweeb in accounting, who is only two check-ins away from a coup d’etat. Oh sure, being the mayor of Facebook won’t get you a free drink during happy hour or a BOGO lunch supererogatory, but it’s non without bragging rights.
Here are the brave souls that have risked, well, absolutely nothing, to be make love the mayors of the biggest companies in atomic number 14 valley.
Super User Joey C. is more than the mayor of Apple’s galactic headquarters. His conquests in addendum complicate snagging the mayorship of the De Anza 6 building at Apple’s sprawling 22-acre c angstrom unitus. Of course, he’s always there. As a software engineer, Carmello spends a good chunk of his light hours at 1 Infinite Loop, passing on the contiguous Big Thing.
Hizz unitaryr has has broadened his square empire to include Woodbridge a helpingments in Sunnyvale. (Psst…. Joey: It’s always a bad idea to share your hearth address in a open forum.) He in like manner noshes on sushi at Tomi Sushi. And either he’s fanatic about oral hygiene or he’s having some major work done, because he’s as well the mayor of the office of John Vellequette, DDS.
mayor Carmello is a populist, sharing a wealth of info on his Foursquare page by, among other things, explaining how you can save some money at Yogurtland in Cupertino and what you ought to do before see the Marin Headlands.
As the Foursquare leader of the largest attempt engine ever, Mayor Sara LaVigna, like her esteemed colleague at Apple, has expanded her reach beyond the entirety of Google’s HQ to include Google’s Cafe Beta, Evolution Cafe and entreat Cafe. That’s gotta make her the foremost expert on coffee in Mountain View. And unless she’s pop outing decaf at these cafes, she’s moving at c digest to the speed of light.
Mayor LaVigna also understands the importance of traveling beyond the Valley and has secured mayoral titles in the great state of Maryland. She deals the entire town of Lanham (Pop. 10,157), a commercial message park in Beltsville, Lutheran Church of the Cross in Rockville and a Domino’s pizza pie in College Park. That farthermost one may come back to haunt her — not politically, but gastronomically. She so loves the East Coast that she has Foursquare lists of things to do in Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Philly, where she is probably hard at work expanding her bicoastal empire.
It is more than a little ironic that Jeff Y., the mayor of Facebook, a company recognizen for wanting us to share everything, is shrouded in mystery. Hizzoner is the mayor of but one other location — – avocation service netPolarity, Inc. — making him something of a Foursquare slacker in the Valley. Still, with 57 check-ins in the past 60 days, if mayor Jeff isn’t a full time regular employee of Facebook, he should be. The laugh at’s only missed three days in the last two months. That’s dedication.
Mayor Jeff is so focused on Facebook that he has zero tips about other destinations and no salvage lists. We do know that he’s been to Heavenly go resort and he likes Mexican food, Pizza and Cal State University thank to his Foursquare badges. He’s also part of the ampere-second Club, meaning he’s checking into the same place for at least 100 days. It was probably Facebook.
As a twitter developer, Mayor Matt Knox knows the value of quickly updating his social media and getting on with his day. His Foursquare page may be baseborn on details, but we do know he’s foodie with a diversity of food badges. His other mayorships include homes and cottages and the very cleverly named Phort Knox. (Seriously, people, stop sharing your homes on public social networks).
Mayor Knox has been at Twitter since 2009, and while not a native of San Francisco, his Foursquare lists show that he understands the culture: he’s loaded with lists of bars, coffee shops, the lift out places to work remotely and several high tech companies in the City by the Bay.
The only thing missing is where to get the best burritos in the city, which everyone knows is El Farolito.
Twitter is located in San Francisco and is not technically part of Silicon Valley, but these family are not technically mayor of anything. So don’t be that abuse and get all snippy in the comments.
The Mayor of Intel is locked in a battle for leadership of the company. Mayor crease’ arch-nemesis George B. lost the mayorship on March 18, only to reclaim it almost immediately and lose it again March 21. Mayor Kris seems to have lastly vanquished his worthy opponent on March 26, according to his Twitter feed. Viva Mayor Kris!
Beyond controlling the Foursquare mayoralship, Kris also presides over an apartment building (Really? Another one sharing his home address?) and is a big believer in mass transit. Kris has planted his Foursquare stagger at the Great America Amtrak Station in Santa Clara and the champ Station in Pleasanton. Of course all of this goodwill with the CalTrain folks may be for naught if George B. pulls a few weekend shifts and snatches the mayorship away from Kris L. Politics is ruthless.
Being the Foursquare Mayor of Foursquare might just make your the ruler of the universe. This most special of mayorships belongs to Erin Rea, a self-described cat-lovin’ vegan wino. That is, if course, pretty much what you would expect from a San Francisco-based mayor.
In addition to lording over Foursquare employees, Mayor Rea enjoys celebrating her reign by visiting other businesses she’s conquered. There’s the high-end gourmet vegetarian eating house Millennium, the spa Skin Fantastik and a residence. (OK, I give up, everyone. secure go ahead and share your home address on the Internet).
Mayor Rea is keen to help fellow vegans find restaurants with her Non-Vegetarian Restaurants for Vegans list. Plus, she’s urbane a fine list of tips for vegans and those who love beer and, of course, wine. While Rea’s official title at Foursquare is finance & operations Manager, her mayorship should be at least worth a few lines on her resume.
Diana Maichin is but an intern at Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capital firm, but she’s making her mark at the firm by win the mayorship of the company that invested in AOL, Amazon, EA and Google. Not that it was a hotly oppose race. It took just nine check-ins during the past 60 days to become mayor.
The Stanford graduate and Harvard MBA candidate splits her mayoral duties between Silicon Valley and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mayor Maichin also uses Bay Area tailors and enjoys Italian restaurants, Pizza Ring and Basta Pasta while in Cambridge.
Still the Mayor has created a list of all the best pizza in San Francisco to supporting her constituents dutifully informed of the best pizza on twain coasts. If spirits are more your thing, Mayor Maichin provides lists of the best cocktails and the best bars in San Francisco. With VCs making most of their deals over cocktails in bars, it’s safe to say that mayor Maichin is on her way becoming more than just a mayor in Silicon Valley.
As co-founder of Apple, Woz holds a special place in the black Maria of nerds everywhere. Known for his charming personality and love of jokes, Hizzoner is a pick up sight in numerous a Silicon Valley establishment. Perhaps that explains why he is the mayor of two xii locations. This is a man building a Foursquare empire.
Most of his mayorships are in the towns of Gilroy and Morgan Hill, both of which are south of San Jose. Mayor Woz lays claim to two Baskin Robbins, Marie Calendars, the Gilroy Police Department (we’d love to know why), Gavilan Hills Cemetery (wtf?), Gilroy City Hall, Morgan’s Pet Escape and many more including the top of a walking trail that Woz frequents. Woz doesn’t stop at planting his Foursquare flag all over town. He also shares some key tips for those at Folsom State Prison.
“Best way to practice escaping is to open the negligee on Dots candies,” he notes. As for scoring free lay when you’re seeing a show at the Fillmore in San Francisco, Woz says, “Shop at Safeway and leave obvious Safeway bags in your elevator car so it doesn’t get towed.” Both tips will come in surprisingly handy.
With 4,183 check-ins, Mayor Woz shows no signs of slowing down and could become the mayor of every building, landmark and prison in the Silicon Valley — probably while riding his Segway.
Materials taken from WIRED
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