Shiny, unhappy people
I shamelessly stole this title from an illuminating article in New Scientist (2739/40/41) in which the author talks about the risk of modern man being enslaved by gadgets, technology and (demanding) services. I am old enough (44) to remember a time before mobile phones, email, Facebook and Gowalla – it now seems odd if I [...]
Location, location, location
Following on from Sam’s excellent post recently I thought I’d take a look at where location based services might go in the next few years. Before I start I should add that there are a plethora of really good location-based services out there including FourSquare, Gowalla and Twitter but these are really just the tip [...]
Formspring.me
Over the weekend I stumbled across a relatively new social media site Formspring.me. Launched in November 2009 and now has over 12 million accounts. The idea of it is you find and add friends and ask them questions about anything which they answer and vice versa, it’s just another way of communicating with people you [...]
User generated advertising
Recently I’ve become a regular user of Gowalla, a location based social networking app which allows you to tell friends where you are via Twitter and Facebook. Using the iPhone GPS, it finds your location and provides you with all the information it has on businesses and attractions (called “spots”) around you, allowing you to [...]
