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"One of the super neat things the internet allows individuals to do is connect with friends, family, and/or colleagues be they close in proximity or across the world.\u00A0 It goes without saying that Facebook, and to a lesser extent based solely on number of total number of users, Twitter, have helped facilitate maintaining connections in addition to generating new ones.\r\n\r\nFacebook and Twitter are easy to use on be it on the web or one's mobile device, as are other options such as Instant Tweetup, Foursquare, Gowalla, and a host of other mobile applications.\u00A0 The problem with all of these?\u00A0 Each is most effective for meeting up with others instantly, when you're already at a location and share it with your social network(s).\r\n\r\nA new app, Coloci, pronounced (kolo.kye) wants to simplify this process and &amp;quot;bring friends closer,&amp;quot; by allowing you to create and post future trips, activities, and more, for friends to view.\u00A0 This process makes it simple to connect without having to set up a specific meeting time and place days in advance or by hoping your friends see your latest status update, give you a call or send you a text, hoping that you'll invite them to join you on your outing.\r\n\r\nThe extremely great team at Coloci describes their mission as:\r\n&amp;quot;Coloci (kolo kye) helps you share your future location, trips and activities with your social network (selectively) and alerts you when your friends will be nearby so you can meetup with them. Meeting face to face is something that is under-appreciated in this age of e-connectedness. By helping you meetup, Coloci helps strengthen your social network.&amp;quot;\r\nSo why create Coloci?\r\n&amp;quot;Coloci grew out of the need to meetup with friends in an increasingly time-strapped life. It dawned one day that as we go about our daily errands, or take trips, we get many opportunities to meet with our social network, be it at the local coffee shop or while waiting in a transit lounge at the airport. Meetup with friends in the \u2018white space\u2019 time that we have! And the idea was born\u2026 Coloci can help us re-connect above and beyond our e-connect.&amp;quot;\r\nColoci is dead simple to sign up for and has some really slick features that should only improve with time.\r\n\r\nOnce you create your Coloci account, the first thing I recommend you do is invite friends and set up you alert rules.\u00A0 Why?\u00A0 Adding friends will make the service more enjoyable and setting alert rules will prevent notification fatigue if configured properly.\r\n\r\nOnce one's added friends and set up alerts, the fun really begins.\u00A0 Coloci allows users to view recent updates from friends:\r\n\r\nColoci also allows one to add trips, big and small, and view your trips, both in an easy to use manner:\r\n\r\n\r\nAll that said, the really neat thing about Coloci is the radar feature.\u00A0 Take a look:\r\n\r\n\r\nFor the socially active, the app aids one with strengthening  and expanding your network. For the                         super busy, it provides one with a chance to catchup  with your friends when you have the time, while going about doing the  million things that you have to.\u00A0 For the                         frequent traveler, it enables you to meet all  those friends who you had no idea                         are near your destinations.\r\nColoci is a grand way to keep those closest to you informed of what  you'll be up to in the future, controlled entirely by your privacy  settings.\u00A0 Try Coloci and let us know what you think."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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