Focus Can Help You Plan Your Meet-Ups and Outings
We have plenty of mapping apps available to us. Heck, there's one already on our iPhone when we set it up. These are great for telling you what locations are around you, but don't help much in finding things to do. That's where Focus comes in, serving as not only a map of where things are, but when things are happening.
With Focus, you can create your own personalized, interactive map. The app helps you find things to do, people you want to meet up with, and places to visit.
When you first launch the app and create your profile, you will tell Focus what sort of events or happenings you're interested in.
Choices include things like meeting up, having coffee, business, entertainment, fitness, sports, and much more.
Once you've finished the initial setup, you can create your first pin. A pin is your current location and its category, along with a description of what you're doing.
Pins disappear after 24 hours, or the next time you pin into a location.
Focus also tracks events that are happening near you, so you can find out about upcoming hockey games, concerts, or the next installment of Disney on Ice.
There's more, too, but that's just a taste of what sort of events the app can tell you about.
Next is the social aspect of Focus. You can follow your friends, near or afar, and follow along with where they're going and what they're doing.
Focus is good for organizing meet-ups, since everyone gets the location on a map that they can then get directions from.
The map that answers the question: what should I do right now?
What's truly awesome about Focus is the way it encourages you to interact with other people. You won't see all that much on your map until you start following friends, but once you do, Focus becomes really helpful.
When someone pins a location, you can see that on your map if you follow them. This is a terrific way to set up meet-ups with your friends, saving you from having to text out the address to half a dozen people.
Just pin the location on the map, and invite others to come on down.
Focus is also a great way to keep up with your local sports teams. I live in a fairly small city, but our local hockey team has all of its upcoming games loaded into Focus already.
The app developers have obviously integrated with quite a few data sources, because there's plenty of events listed when I look for something to do.
After you've marked that you're attending an event, it shows up in your timeline. You can also invite other people to the event, making for a great way to organize that next football game tailgate party.
If you want an app that will help you not just find things around you, but also learn about what's happening, Focus is the app for you. It will help you find your friends, locate theaters and museums, and even find out about live sporting events and concerts.
Setting up Focus is fast and easy
Create your profile from your Facebook or Google account, select your preferred focus categories, and away you go.
Find stuff to do
Obviously, a great use for Focus is to find things to do. You can get a good list of upcoming events within the app, and can always add your own through pins.
Follow people and pin your location
The data in Focus is always pretty fresh, because your pins (and others) disappear after 24 hours or the next time you (or they) pin a location.
