Feel really quite torn by this. On one hand, being someone of a fairly geographic and map-oriented persuasion, being able to geographically track my friends and my life is immensely appealing. On the other though, at what point do you stop experiencing the world fully unless it's foursquared, facebooked or tweeted - nevermind the privacy issues.
It's the consumption of tourist spaces by photographs taken to the next level. The experiential nature of being somewhere has to be validated with evidence which, as it moves towards the realtime web, means that that validation inevitably dilutes the actual experience of being there.
As to foursquare, no iPhone and working from home kind of puts the mockers on that, but I do kind of wonder for how long.
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- Andy
- I'm a freelance journalist specialising in writing about broadcast and film technology for a range of outlets. Nowadays that means I also write about mobile, IPTV, computing and pretty much any other medium which involves putting a moving picture on a screen somewhere along the line. I also copywrite for a range of corporate clients, sub-edit, edit, and research...Basically, if it involves words, I do it. Feel free to contact me for more info: andy@stouters.com
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