From Smart Mobs, and higly relevant to some of the Smart Mobs for which we hope to begin providing in the environment where we are exploring “Great Good Place Technologies”, which means we are to be part Social Software, part Smart Mob( which is also very much about social software running on social technology tools — “scaffolding for social psychology). Anyway, this is posted direct to radio from Smart Mobs
Notes On Moblogging Conference.
Adam Greenfield, who was one of the people instrumental in developing the conference, wrote a long article about the history, evolution and dynamics of mobile blogging. If you care about Weblogs or wireless, it’s well worth reading.
One part of Adam’s presentation highlights uses of camera phones. This is useful because it should start people thinking (hear that cellular operators?!) about how people are using camera phones. Here are Adam’s illustrations:
* “Do NOT use this bus stop – no fewer than three of my friends have been mugged here over the last year. If you must use it, be sure and stand on the south side [picture], where the light from the bodega reaches.”
* “I love this magazine stand!!! Lots of cute ppl, you can always get hard to find stuff like French Vogue, and there’s a soup bar around the corner which serves tasty minestrone. (+1 Mildly Informative, rated by 21 users.)”
* “This is the car that hit her – this happened right here last night (corner of Geary and Divisadero), at 9:31. Sorry it’s so blurry, but I took the picture with my phone. If anyone has any information on this car or its driver, please mail me, or call SFPD Sergeant Bill Fong at 555-1212. Jill is OK, but she won’t be running anywhere for awhile.”
* “I saw David Beckham at the Shinjuku tsutaya about half an hour ago, third fl. He looked fashed but then again I would too. Anyway I rented Donnie Darko cuz the cover looked cool, but haven’t watched it yet. Is it any good.”
* “You’re on the corner of Washington and Greene facing southeast. In front of you is what is now NYU’s Main building. Now look up – you’re looking at the site of the worst fire in the history of New York City. On March 25th, 1911, 146 women doing textile piecework burned to death inside of fifteen minutes because the bosses had locked the doors on them.”
[Smart Mobs]