A challenge for all you people out there!

As promised, this post will cover the intricacies of How to Plan a Bluepulse Scavenger Hunt. In tandem with the contest, we at Bluepulse would like to challenge everyone to top this story with one of their own! The following is a faithful representation of what transpired on the fateful Friday of July 25th, and we would love to hear YOUR stories and share it with everyone else, with your permission. So, US residents (sorry to everyone else!) sign up 5 or more of your friends onto Bluepulse, plan some crazy event and tell us all about it! A chance at a $250 Apple Gift Card AND a cool story to share - what more could you ask for? :)

How to plan a Bluepulse Scavenger Hunt:

Aim: To have fun and experience Bluepulse in action
Materials: 9 Bluepulsers with mobile phones and Bluepulse accounts
Method:

Thursday

• Create a group on Bluepulse and invite Bluepulsers to join it

Friday afternoon

• Receive a message from Ben in Bluepulse with information on our first meeting place

Friday evening:

• Arrive at the meeting place via various modes of transport (Christopher biked [from the Caltrain station]!!! in hilly SF!!! I am in awe.)
• Ben leaves with Pete and plans on messaging us on Bluepulse to tell us where to go next
• We turn the tables on Ben & Pete and tell them where to meet us
• Use the Urban Spoon on Veera's iPhone to decide on a dinner place
• Use the compass on Luke's watch to figure out which direction to walk (I have no idea why we weren't using the iPhone GPS function)
• Realize that the restaurant was three doors down from the bar we were originally at (we overshot without realizing)
• Order dinner by messaging Christopher with our choice of dish so he has the entire list on his phone and can rattle it off to the waitress

Monday morning:

• Do a post-mortem where Ben asks, "What was the most memorable thing that annoyed you?"
• Understand problems that users have, such as:
• Not being able to search for a private group
• Lost group invitations
• Confusion between group messages and status updates
• But also acknowledging the good parts!
• Having a threaded group conversation while out and about
• Updating statuses to reflect where people are
• Being able to go back and look at those messages later on (yay inside jokes!)

There you have it, the epic Friday night that Bluepulsers spent in the city. Now, it's your turn! Remember to share that cool story and begin your own adventure by signing up those 5 friends and getting a chance to win $250 to spend at Apple. More details on the contest here.