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While this may sound scary at first, I suspect it could mature, with people finding the appropriate social norms around this new technology, and slowly integrat
by alexandros 18y ago
While this may sound scary at first, I suspect it could mature, with people finding the appropriate social norms around this new technology, and slowly integrating into their daily lives. In this sense it could resemble the social network or the mobile phone, where even luddites eventually cave in, as it eventually becomes a no-brainer, benefits greatly outweighing drawbacks.
That said, there is still a long way to go and this technology still has not found a compelling application. The only reason I would consider using it is to be one of the first people to actually figure it out on the ground and potentially find those compelling uses, if they exist.
- axod 18y agoI think there's a pretty solid trail of startups who have tried and failed to make a compelling use case for it so far.
- riklomas 18y agoYahoo has also tried too, not to much success though: http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/ http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/
- ajju 18y agoExcept fireeagle doesn't have a client with an install base as large as Google Maps' and is really more of a pipe/aggregator than a client in the first place.
- ajju 18y agoSharing your location is, at least right now, more of a feature than a product in users minds. If you have a google maps client on your phone already, you'll probably try it. Users probably won't download an app that does just that as readily. Google has the classic big company/large install base edge in this area.
- axod 18y agoCompletely agree. It's a feature, and if it was a free add-on, it'd be useful. eg if someone is going on a long journey, be able to track them to see they get there safely etc But I don't think it's anything more than a feature.
- wallflower 18y agoIf sharing the location is not the neat feature - perhaps it's visualizing/mining that information accrued over your daily life/time. Here's some concepts from MIT http://web.media.mit.edu/~orkan/projects/portraits/main.html http://web.media.mit.edu/~orkan/projects/portraits/main.html
- brlewis 18y agoLive journalism is one use case: http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer?service=feed&serviceid=13e9baedf2af41dbb2c241bc2a9677ba http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer?service=feed&servic...