Jeff Croft

I’m a digital product designer and developer in Seattle, WA. I currently work with nGen Works, and recently co-founded Lendle, a Kindle book sharing service.

Some of my clients include Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Copious, The New York Review of Books, The Lawrence Journal-World, and the University of Washington.

I’ve authored two books on web and interactive design and spoken at dozens of conferences around the world.

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  • Blog entry // 03.08.2010 // 9:48 AM // 27 Comments

    Foursquare versus Gowalla, round two

    A year ago, two exciting location-based social games launched at South By Southwest Interactive, the annual geek-fest that is something of a mecca for web nerds. After playing with both down in Austin, I wrote a blog post entitled A look at Foursquare and Gowalla. Although the post didn’t generate a ton of discussion, it is still consistently near the very top of my most-viewed-posts stats. A year ago, location-based social games were something of a novelty — now, they’re the hottest thing going.

    So, I thought I’d post a follow-up, letting you know what’s changed, why these two games may not be as similar as you think, and which I personally prefer.

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  • Link // 10.20.2008 // 7:51 PM // 0 Comments

    Brightkite: Sneak Peek At Our iPhone App at Brightkite

    Took them long enough, but I gotta say: it looks damn sweet. The place snapping is killer.

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  • Link // 07.10.2008 // 5:48 PM // 3 Comments

    Where is the Native Brightkite iPhone App?

    The Brightkite team says their native iPhone app will be out by the end of the month. Great news, because so far, I’m not very impressed with Loopt or Whrrl. Brightkite’s iPhone web version defeats both by a long, long longshot.

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