What's the point of all those check-ins your friends inundate you with? Who cares that they checked in at a boutique liquor store or Korean taco truck? Two days before gift-giving zero-hour, you should. Use check-ins as a last-minute gift guide.
Commenter prb dropped off this idea in our #tips box, and it's a good, timely bit of advanced common sense. Ask people, or friends of those people, what they'd like, and they'll often draw a blank. Look at where they actually go each day, or where they semi-publicly brag about going, and you'll get some workable ideas for last-minute gift certificates. Facebook Places is the easy way in for people already friends on Facebook; if you have to sign up for Foursquare and ask for a friend approval, it's not too much of an effort for the pay-off.
Gift ideas from check-ins [#tips]