iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 18/02/2026

Anyone just casually chatting w/ LLM (ChatGPT? Claude? something else?) about how your day is going? Kind of like how'd you text a friend? (if you can't tell, I am searching for real people who are treating these things as friends/pals vs. Q&A/assistants/employees)

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 04/02/2026

Is anyone regularly chatting with any AI bots over text / iMessage / WhatsApp? If so, which ones and for what?

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 09/12/2025

Okay, amazing @djbeebot.com ping from yesterday! Lemme explain: (1) BeeBot read an email newsletter & lears about tree lighting. (2) BeeBot knows I passing thru WSP is part of my routine (3) BeeBot detects my change in neighborhood & uses moment to tell me about the event. 👍 IRL + context-aware!

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 05/12/2025

“Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.” — 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Pennan Brae @pennanbrae.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Mural on a closed storefront in Chinatown. #vancouver #murals

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 03/12/2025

Had a cool @djbeebot.com moment last night... was walking past a building near Madison Square Park that had this cool exhibit inside. I was looking thru the windows trying to figure out what it was and then BeeBot perked up in my headphones...

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 03/12/2025

We've talked about @djbeebot.com as an Advent Calendar – put your AirPods in and we'll tell you *ONE THING* happening in your city we think you'll be into. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn't. Since it's December (um, Advent!) I'll post what I get each day this month....

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 24/11/2025

Anyone here work at Vestaboard? Actually, anyone have one of these in their homes/offices? What do you use it for? I got my eye on the MINI!

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 18/11/2025

Had a magical @djbeebot.com + NYC moment this morning – put on my AirPods and BeeBot tells me about this PacMan pop-up event at Macy's. (AI finds the event, AI matches event to me, AI writes the copy, AI speaks the text... it's magic when it works!)

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Her: Have you watched Nobody Wants This? Me: No, is it about AI?

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betaworks @betaworks.com · 11/11/2025

The BeeBot team and @dens.nyc have been hard at work building the perfect "proactive, ambient, and context-aware" AI companion that chimes in conveniently to share the best intel about your city. It's finally time for everyone to experience the magic of DJ BeeBot 💖

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 10/11/2025

Yo @djbeebot.com, I think it's raining in the Meatpacking District. #testing

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 08/11/2025

I'm not sure who in the Republican Party thinks 42 million people with absolutely nothing to lose hitting the streets is a good idea, but what is their plan exactly? Trying to arrest 1/6 of the country?

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

what stage of capitalism is this

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 07/11/2025

To all the peeps testing BeeBot – thank you, appreciate you. The product is in it's ROUGHEST shape that it'll ever be (dup content, rambling, stuff that is not personalized to you) BUT we have a bunch of fixed coming...

dens.medium.com

Say Hello to DJ BeeBot

Building proactive & context-aware software for cities and sidewalks.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 06/11/2025

Whoa, lots of BeeBot love so thank you! If you're using the app, make sure to ADD KEYWORDS. Keywords are what make it go from "it works" -> "it's pretty good".

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/11/2025

Mamdani hasn’t even been mayor-elect for a day yet and @dens.nyc is bringing back the peak-era Foursquare energy of NYC innovation and city exploration with @djbeebot.com: dens.medium.com/say-hello-to... I’m excited to check it out!

dens.medium.com

Say Hello to DJ BeeBot

Building proactive & context-aware software for cities and sidewalks.

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Karissa Bell @karissabe.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

As an OG Foursquare fan, I'm reallyyy intrigued by this new project from @dens.nyc ... it also reminds me a bit of the very-much under-appreciated Foursquare app Marsbot which also attempted proactive recommendations (and was low-key one of my fave ways to find places to eat when I was traveling)

engadget.com

The Foursquare founder's new app is an AI-powered 'DJ' for neighborhood updates

Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley has unveiled his latest venture and yes, it's another location-based social app: an AI-powered "DJ" called BeeBot.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 05/11/2025

👋 We’ve been working on something new & we’re finally ready to let people play with it. It’s an “app for AirPods” called BeeBot – think of it like a social city guide emceed by an AI-powered radio DJ. I wrote a loooooong blog post (manifesto!) about it here: dens.medium.com/say-hello-to...

dens.medium.com

Say Hello to DJ BeeBot

Building proactive & context-aware software for cities and sidewalks.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 29/10/2025

via @nytimes.com – www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

1 in 2 cars sold in China today are EVs.

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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I love this guy.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 13/10/2025

I think it’s more Fox News tho? It’s a modern day Death Star.

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Sue Tyler @styler.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I’m enjoying the retaking of frogs. I always felt incredibly sad for the original illustrator of pepe who had his creation stolen and exploited

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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tweety fish @sifu.tweety.fish · 24/09/2025

it's going to be like when we got rid of smoking in restaurants and on airplanes and within a matter of maybe a year everybody was like "we allowed WHAT?"

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This was very clever: After collecting fines from speed cameras, Stockholm ran a lottery where non-speeding drivers could win the money. www.wired.com/2010/12/swed...

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 09/09/2025

iPhone SSBB (Same Size Beefier Battery) > iPhone Air

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 09/09/2025

I always explain ChatGTP to my 9yo as “you know that one friend that pretends to know the answer to everything, even tho they don’t? …”

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 07/09/2025

Anyone here got any REI discount codes? I am about to order a boatload of stuff for a camping trip w/ my daughter. xo! (I missed the big sale by like a week, ugh)

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 26/08/2025

cue: scene of baseball game getting cancelled in Inception

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter. Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting. #art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 20/08/2025

I, for one, am excited to see USL D1 challenge MLS D1 for mindshare / market share

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 11/08/2025

Taking kids on an RV trip this week (!!) – we're going to Niagara Falls (both 🇺🇸 + 🇨🇦 sides) and doing waterpark and aquarium. Staying at KOA + Letchworth. If you have advice / suggestions, please do share!

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Ted Han★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net · 02/08/2025

You might ask, how would Elizabeth Spiers be so prescient? Well, one part of this is that she's from Alabama.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 02/08/2025

re: Trump vs Labor Statistics

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 27/07/2025

Headed to this show tomorrow upstate… bringing the kids! Guster will be Sammy’s first concert :) // @guster.bsky.social

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

where is that dude who is terrified of the subway

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The only accurate framing

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 23/07/2025

Everyone in East Village NYC ran to St Marks Place. Someone moved speakers onto the fire escape of a 2nd floor apt and started playing MJs “Wannna Be Starting Something” and the street tuned into a giant dance party. I remember someone dancing on the hood of a cop car.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 23/07/2025

Sammy 3.99999yo: “Dad, tell me a story with your mouth” (aka: don’t read me a book, tell me a story…. about Paw Patrol)

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