future app · only auto-stamps places you've never been idea AI-enhanced
pin
pin uses your location history to detect places you've genuinely never been before — and only those — auto-stamping a one-tap memento.
"Foursquare rewards frequency. pin rewards novelty."
The hook
No check-in button. pin watches and only nudges you on actual first-times. One-tap memento, otherwise silent.
The user
Slow travelers, urban explorers, anyone proud of new over most. Right now because Foursquare-style check-ins reward frequency, not novelty.
The klip-feed
| Replaces | The check-in |
| Klip payload | First-time pin + map tile + venue card |
| Profile signal | Your personal first-times atlas |
AI layer
| What it does | A pattern model defines "place" semantically (not just GPS coords) — sitting in a friend's apartment isn't a first-time if you've been to that building before; a new café in a known neighborhood is. Filters out transit, parking, errands. |
| Input | Full location history + venue database |
| Output | Novelty score per stop + "first-time" detection at venue granularity |
| Why with > without | Without AI, raw GPS coords spam you with "first times" at every traffic light. With AI, pin only pings when something is genuinely new. |
Status
idea Filed 2026-05-16 from brainstorm session. Overlap watch: shares territory with bench (sit-spots) and stamp (return-visits). pin = first-times; bench = stop-spots; stamp = return-visits. Triad covers movement-as-signal.
Obsidian mirror
Two-way-linked to the vault. See the Future apps — ideas → pin section in Lino Labs.md.
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