Social networking for restroom breaks
Ijustwenttothebathroom.com is a new Google map mashup about to launch with backing from the likes of Sequoia capital. The new mapping Web 2.0 site invites users to log in and post when they went, where they went and how it all came out.
“I think we can collect some valuable data that’s just wasted now,” said the site’s CEO.
Users in the secret alpha have already identified such trends as the Kansas afternoon flush, and the New Jersey midnight dump. Beta launch users will be by invite only, building up to the official launch sometime after the first of the year, 2008.
Real time maps will be available to all visitors from launch and are mapped by zip code and color coded on a yellow-brown gradient.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Will it be called Poople?
April 25th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
I hear this startup is flush with capital.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
It was only a matter of time.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
I’m guessing you have to use google’s tisp for this
April 25th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I think Merlin already came up with the idea: http://www.bowelmovr.com
Maybe you can work out a merger or acquisition deal.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
I want 24/7 video streaming a-la-Justin.tv
April 25th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
It could be worse…could be a Flickr mashup I guess. Now that I think about it the word “mashup” should not be used with this idea at all, it conjures bad mental images.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Next will be the flush heard round the world.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
When that bubble bursts, well let’s just say I don’t wanna be around…
April 25th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
This site sounds great! I think I ‘smell’ the next YouTube or MySpace!
Oddly, I’m getting a 404 when I try to visit them and apply for the beta test. I hope they get their servers in order soon.
;)
April 25th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Will there be a special icon for toilets that flush counter-clockwise?
April 25th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
The funny thing is that I’m actually considering registering that domain and doing exactly what you posted.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
You should have saved this for an April Fools joke, and then post that with a straight face, and then late at night you say, PSYCHE!
April 26th, 2007 at 12:01 am
BTW, the domain is unregistered.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:47 am
i wonder if they’ll have a jupelo-like spin-off?
April 26th, 2007 at 8:35 am
Hmmm, if we use this with the RFID chips injected into people, then maybe I can figure out who keeps forgetting to put the toilet paper on the roll.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:29 am
What is this…a post…whow. But im saddened cause I thought of all this toilet stuff years ago at college and I knew I should have acted on it when I thought of it :(
April 26th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
I actually tried going there. Thanks for getting my hopes up! LOL.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Brilliant. if only you could mash it up with flicker i think you might be on to something
May 1st, 2007 at 10:46 am
I wonder what would happen if you ate something sprinkled with that RFID dust. This would be great for social studies and cultural anthro.