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Tim Van Damme

Gowalla - Keep up with your friends in the real world

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Gowalla makes it fun and effortless to keep up with friends IRL. ADD YOUR FAVORITE PLACES to the map CHECK IN when you go out FIND YOUR CREW in the real world A social map and messenger that reminds you an app can connect you with your real friends again.

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Tim Van Damme
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Howdy y’all! I’m a designer at Gowalla, and we’re thrilled to announce the new Gowalla is available today in the app store! It’s a social map and messenger all in one, and we hope it helps make it fun and easy to connect with your friends IRL: Add your favorite places to the map, check in when you go out, and find your crew in the real world. Speaking of the real world, we’ll be in Austin this weekend for SXSW. We’re hosting a gathering with our friends at Funsize on Monday, March 13. Details on social media. Hope we get to see some of you there!
Ryan Hoover
Gowalla's back! Of course, just in time for SXSW. @jw – Curious what the biggest changes or learnings you're bringing to Gowalla since its first launch 16 (!!!) years ago?
Terry Xu
@jw @rrhoover woah really?
Josh Williams
Maker
Thanks for hunting @maxvoltar! I'm on the way to the airport but will hop on here in just a bit to answer questions. I see you @rrhoover 😉 — and I can wait to see all of you in the REAL WORLD!
Timothy Achumba
Congratulations on the launch... relaunch? I'm really happy to see this product return, very excited for whats to come.
Carlos Pacheco
True story, Gowalla was instrumental in meeting my wife. I used it to plan our first dates and it really impressed her at the time. I hope it brings some of the original features back like the ability to leave designated messages to friends. :)
Tim Van Damme
Maker
@carlospache_co that's an amazing story! We're been hearing multiple of these since we launched, and they all make us feel warm and fuzzy inside ☺️
Ilya Yaroshevich
Hello! Congrats on the launch of Gowalla on Product Hunt! It looks unusual, I've never saw kind of app! But if someone wants to meet - they can just call or text in the usual messenger, I guess. Can you tell me your business idea (or something like that)? Thanks.
Matthew Smith
@maxvoltar so good to see your face on here. Congrats @jw and team. Can't wait to take this for a spin in Greenville. I desperately want better ways to connect with my real friends both near me and those who are far or traveling. I'm grateful you all have taken on the challenge.
Tim Van Damme
Maker
@jw @whale appreciate your comment my friend! It’s been too long, miss you!
Matthew Smith
@jw @maxvoltar you should be really proud of this work. I wish I could SXSW this week and be out there with ya like old times! Heading out to SF for a photoshoot, but again congrats on all this. Hope we can bump into each other before long.
Andrew Rich
I was a happy Gowalla user the first time around. When it ended, I moved to 4sq, who promptly let their product stagnate for years. I hope the New Gowalla can bring back the easy fun of social location sharing. Good luck!
Christian Alvarez
@andrew_rich Hoping with the public release of Gowalla, Foursquare will take notice and actually do something to revamp their stagnant platform since I've accumulated a decade of check-ins. But either way, I'm happy that Gowalla is here, and I get to experience it since I didn't get a chance to on the first time around!
dontgetrekt
Such a cool idea! Can you turn on and off sharing in the app easily? Just thinking what if I want to go somewhere I don't want others to see :D
Tim Van Damme
Maker
@thedontgetrekt Right now all your checkins are shared with your friends. (that's why we make it very clear to not "friend" everyone, but carefully select the audience you're comfortable sharing your checkins with) Later we'll add the ability to set the privacy levels on a per-checkin base.
Tim Van Damme
Maker
@thedontgetrekt that is correct! You choose what and when you want to share.
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
Wow, what a throwback! And launching at SXSW is 😘🤌🏻
Heleana Grace
It's my first time hearing of Gowalla and I'm intrigued. Sounds like a fun yet super useful way to quickly call your friends to wherever you are to hang out. Congrats on the launch!
LisaKim
Congrats on the launch! I haven't heard of you guys before but someone told me this app almost became a unicorn 🦄 What is a lesson that have you learned from past operations?
Tim Van Damme
Maker
@mycelebs_elle besides our experience with v1 (13 years ago now?), the entire team has collectively ranked up dozens of experiences at other startups over the years. I think we did a good job of learning how to pace ourselves, making though product decisions etc. Excited for the future, this is only the start 🙂
William Wong
Excited for this...but is there an Android version coming??
Tim Van Damme
Maker
@williamwong absolutely something we want to do ASAP.
Brett Hellman
So exciting! Congrats and well done. I've been using Gowalla since the early beta and love all the good vibes the app gives me.
Ian Hunter
One of the great apps of its day, super excited to have this one on the phone again.
flo merian
Launching soon!
welcome back, Gowalla!!1
DK Gebler
Welcome back Gowalla! Nice to see a familiar face!
Kai Gradert
Gowalla is back and I am here for it 😍🕺
Michael Silber
What a blast from the past! I'm not sure my sleepy suburb is going to be the target market for this, but let's see if I can make it happen.
Sarah Parmenter
Really happy to see the return of the OG social map and what looks like many of the original team. Can't wait to see where you guys take this! Congratulations!
Tim Van Damme
Maker
@sazzy Thanks Sarah 🙏🏻