Here is my question: Is there a service that allows for messaging based on location? Like Twitter, but with anonymity and coordinates.
There was a post on a 'Show HN' thread that seemed very close to implementing this idea, but didn't. That post pointed to http://rround.me. This project looks great and ended up getting quite a few people excited. However, it's not what I had in mind.
I've spent some time implementing this idea. After several iterations, I like my prototype. However, I know that this kind of application (if popular) would require a stronger backbone and would completely destroy my shared host. I thought this idea would be great to implement by myself so that one day I could show it off on HN, but I think that that day may be too far away. I've decided to try and lead a team for my final software engineering course to develop this idea. I wrote an article today detailing more aspects of the project as well as my concerns about sharing the idea. If you want, you can read it at http://cameronbriar.blogspot.com/2012/01/sharing-original-idea.html
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