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

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 18/02/2026

Yeah, I've seen this (and it's trying real hard to be in that "best pals" space). I was thinking more like your casual, friendly neighborhood AI. (and maybe things like this don't exist and that's why people don't use them)

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 18/02/2026

Interesting! (you do this on each prompt?)

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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?

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 05/01/2026

Oh ha! I almost stopped here last night too! (it's the 1/2 way point between our drive from NYC <> Mount Snow, VT)

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 31/12/2025

Yes, I am paying attention, but I am but 1 of 7 board members. A lot of things that would be delightful for consumer apps and consumer use cases are no longer prioritized.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 23/12/2025

🎄 Dec 23 (skipped a few days!) – my last in this series of "@djbeebot.com's Advent calendar style pings" report. But the TWO I got today were rather delightful (even if not perfect). Both were audio msgs I heard on my walk to BeeBot World HQ. Getting better... Q1 2026 should be super fun for us.

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 16/12/2025

🎄 Dec 15 & 16 -> Today's @djbeebot daily recommendation (Advent Calendar style!), read to me when my AirPods went in. Both of these were good (!!), but I wish ice skating was framed thru the lens of "great for kids" and I already did the train thing (but BeeBot has no way of knowing that... yet).

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 15/12/2025

Ah, does your script stop at 200? (and then how/when do you restart?)

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 15/12/2025

How'd you handle the export -> import? Swarm will send you a rowdy ZIP file w/ all your data like 48 hours after you request it right?

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 11/12/2025

🎄 Dec 11 -> Today's @djbeebot.com daily rec (Advent Calendar style!) as read to me when I put my AirPods in: Today we used our Emergency Broadcast System style-ping 🚨 to tell all NYC BeeBot users about holiday drinks tonight. I X'ed out the info – want to swing by? Dnld app & listen for the ping :)

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 10/12/2025

🎄 Dec 10 -> Today's @djbeebot.com daily rec (Advent Calendar style!) read to me when I put my AirPods in: Today's is... meh. I went to Chinatown w/ 9yo to get dumplings like 2 wks ago & BeeBot used that to infer I want to go back for market. I get it, but this felt like a low quality match for me.

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 09/12/2025

🎄 Dec 9 -> Today's @djbeebot.com daily rec (Advent Calendar style!) read to me when I put my AirPods in... event seems pretty good, but description seems a bit lacking. I like that we'e looking out 1-2 days in future now too. Need event attribution tho (where did DJ find this event?). Solid B+!

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 09/12/2025

... works in cars too (via CarPlay). News about places that you've been to / places you'd be interested in, etc. (CarPlay doesn't work great.... yet... but it does work!)

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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 · 08/12/2025

🎄 Dec 8 -> Today's @djbeebot.com daily recommendation (Advent Calendar style!) read to me when I put my AirPods in. This one is ... below average (not the event, the ping itself). Rationale is low quality and event description is vague. We're getting better every day tho!

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 05/12/2025

Ha! USL-C will challenge MLS w/ D1 status (and USL has been building the infra needed for pro/rel for years now). If USL turns into a legit challenger (esp w/ appeal of pro/rel across 3 divisions & ~200+ teams) I bet you see MLS pivot not because they want to, but because USL forced their hand.

Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 05/12/2025

🎄 Dec 5 -> Okay, today's @djbeebot's daily recommendation (Advent Calendar style!) read to me when I put my AirPods in... today we did a human-created "Minipod" shared with all users to remind them about today's World Cup Draft. We do this when there's something particular zeitgeist'y going on.

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 · 04/12/2025

🎄 Dec 4 -> Okay, today's @djbeebot's daily rec (Advent Calendar style!) via AirPods... this one is NOT GOOD. It's an online auction (& we haven't pushed the code the double-check removal of "online" etc) "Contemporary art" matches my AI profile, so event was scored high enough to be read aloud.

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

🎄 Dec 3 -> Okay, today's @djbeebot.com daily rec (advent calendar style!) read to you via AirPods... this one was good! Pop-up sauna thing in East Village. We learn about these by reading Substacks (etc) & matching to your prefs (and we always give link/attribution back to the newsletter btw)

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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

Oh awesome. What kind of things *would* you automate? (weather?)

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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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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 16/11/2025

Oh jeez. We still have some outliers with crazy battery consumption (and you made it list). Delete and give us a few weeks to fix. Thx!

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

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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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This is hard for the AI / robot to do, but you (as a human) can "drop a pin" anywhere in the world and people will hear it as they walk over it! (look for the "drop a pin" blue UX in the app)

... still I LOVE LOVE LOVE that so many of you love it in it's v1 / super wonky form! Your feedback has been a real shot in the arm as this thing has been really hard to make! ❤️ dens.medium.com/say-hello-to...

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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...

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Dennis Crowley @dens.nyc · 06/11/2025

Lolz. No idea what caused this btw. (were you using using "Alex"?) Will share w/ team!

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PacManhattan was a the GOAT

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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

Much love buddy! ❤️

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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!

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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)

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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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👋 Hey, thanks for the love! My co-founder @maxsklar.bsky.social was my partner-in-crime at FSQ Labs too (where all OG Marsbot stuff was born!) It's still a bit half-baked, but it did feel like the right time to kick it out of the nest and see what people think!

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We have a small team working on this (👋 @hopscotchlabs.co) and today it feels like we've walked up to the starting line. And now, back to work... still lots to do / lots to build (but at least y'all know what we're working on now!)

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There’s a LOT in this blog post (and beta!) – “AI for the streets”, “social software vs. social media”, “apps you don’t have to use”, “tech with soul”. In hindsight, this post is as much a “product manifesto” as it is a “love letter about building the things you want to see in the world.”

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