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When Will I Be Mayor - 2.0!

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Well, I've listed to your feedback and I've put myself to work build you a better way to check how when you'll be mayor next. In this release we've added brand new features such as:

OAuthentication: - Now you never have to share your foursquare password with When Will I Be Mayor again! This also allows for faster processing times with getting your history. However, this does force you to create an account with When Will I Be Mayor. I hate making new accounts too - however it's the only way. I'm sorry.

Pagination - Some people requested the ability to paginate through their results. Since we only display 10 results per page (due to API limits), you might want to see other checkins at later date. Now all sort options have paginate enabled so you can paginate forever!

Venue Monitoring - This is another cool features that allows your "monitor" venues within When Will I Be Mayor. Every week, we will check to see your progress on getting that Mayorship at your favorite place. We'll inform you of how many more checkins you have to go and the current mayor via email. Just click the binoculars icon at the top right hand-corner of the venue listing, and you'll be all set! You are allowed up monitor up to 5 venues at a time. It's that simple! This way you'll never forgot your mayorship challenge.  

New Mayor Algorithm  - We've developed a much better algorithm on detecting how many actual check-ins you make actually count toward the mayorship total. That way you'll know exactly how many more check-ins you need!
 
Real Maps, Yo  - We now have real-true, Google Maps in the feed. This was you can move around the map and see where the place actually is! It beats having static pictures!
 
We also have a brand new theme curiosity of my good friend Tim Mather who redesigned the venue pages to make them look awesome. I'd say it's a big improvement - and I have to tip my hat to him for making this website 100x better.
 
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Go ahead and check the new version out, sign up and let me know what you think! 
 
One more thing - remember to follow When Will I Be Mayor on Twitter at @mayorplease.
 
Please send all feature requests, bug and defects to @mayorplease on Twitter.
 
Thanks,
Greg

Introducing: When Will I Be Mayor?

 
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Sometimes an idea for a stupid website starts when you wake up. For more of you, you know what foursquare is. For those you don't, I'm not going to waste your time. I was on the this morning, checking into the station and seeing that I had still not taken over Mayorship from my local train to my job downtown. I wished there was an easier way to find how many more times it would take you to take over your favorite spot.

 
And thus - When Will I Be Mayor was born. It allows your to sign with your foursquare credentials (OAuthentication coming soon!)  - and it pulls in your most recent checkins and see how many more checkins it will take to overtake the throne.
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So next time you want to see if you will be mayor at your favorite spot - head over to whenwillibemayor.com to try your luck! Are you up for the challenge?