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TBD and Foursquare offer a guide to DC dining

You’ve seen on us Twitter, Facebook and Flickr – now TBD’s infiltrating Foursquare.

Don’t worry, we aren’t stalking you – we just want to help make social media work a little harder for you.

Yeah, that’s right – Foursquare and work. It isn’t JUST a game.

In addition to the never-ending quest to earn badges and mayorships, Foursquare gives users a unique opportunity to share and access information about the places they visit.

Imagine checking in at a restaurant you’ve never been to only to find all the info you need right on your phone in the form of user tips. One person recommends a dish that isn’t on the menu (“but they’ll make it if you ask”), another informs you there’s another ladies room in the basement. Handy info, right?

We’d like to think so. That’s why TBD is teaming up with Foursquare and our network of 100+ community partners to bring you tips on local dining and attractions as you wander the DMV.

Become friends with us on Foursquare and you can get help with your order from the hungry bloggers of Dining in DC, Metrocurean, Capitol Bites and more of our partners. If you want more info, click on the link in the tip to see the full review on the blog.

You find out to avoid the fish at Cafe So-and-So and some deserving local bloggers get new readers coming to their sites. Everybody wins.

Aside from dining tips, we have a lot more we want to do with Foursquare once we get this thing launched. If you’re currently a member, follow us. If you’re not, well, we’ll understand.

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Talk to TBD on The Internets

If you’re a blogger or Twitterer in D.C., Northern Virginia or Maryland and you’ve gotten indication some weirdo is following you — that’s probably me. I promise I am not a stalker (at least not right now). Instead, consider me an alien looking to learn your ways and language.

In my first week on the job here at TBD, I’ve found being the social media producer for a website that doesn’t yet exist in a city that doesn’t know you is pretty daunting (whodathunkit?). I’m the new kid in school, lurking invisibly in your hallways and avoiding wedgies.

It’s an odd reversal. I moved here from Cincinnati, OH, where I felt confident in my place in the local Twittersphere. I knew a lot of people and they knew me — from the Twitterati types in the local bar scene to the media hounds and PR flacks, I was virtually surrounded by potential sources and tipsters. Now I’m starting over — and that takes time and plenty of cooperation.

If you’re interested in what you’ve heard about TBD so far, let’s start talking. Get your say in on what you want out of TBD — I’m all ears (or, I guess…eyes?).

I want to hear about your social media circle – what you like, what you can’t stand and what you want out of all those stolen moments you log on the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. Tell me what kind of tools, mobile apps or info you wish you were getting — and we’ll see what we can do to fix the problem. Share your favorite people, blogs and tweetups — and I’ll check them out.

For my part, I’ll keep you up to speed on what we’re doing here — and make sure you’re the first to know when we’re rolling out new stuff (like the TBD official Twitter account – coming soon to a Tweetdeck near you). I’ll try my best to answer your questions about what we’re planning — or anything else you might care to wonder.

If at any point you randomly have an idea, complaint or tip you want to be sure we hear about, you can always just drop #heytbd in a tweet to shout it out to the world.

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