[mikeleeorg]

I'm inclined to believe this was a genuine experiment too, or at least a cool viral marketing campaign that I hope to use - for a free coffee :)

Out of curiosity, is Jonathan on HN too? It would be interesting to hear out of the horse's mouth here. I see a user with an ID of "jonathanstark":

http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jonathanstark

P.S. Not all Starbucks cafes accept this card/image. I tried it this morning and was told they don't accept this method of "payment."

[cdcarter]

Not all Starbucks shops accept mobile payment yet. To do it, they have to re-fit their POS computers, the roll out has been taking almost a year and it's still not complete.

[kellishaver]

He is and yes, that is his account. I suspect he'll chime in when he notices this.