Saturday, April 25, 2009

The idea

It's simple. Wherever we are in the world, we should be able to get information tailored to what is around us.

Curious people wonder, "why does my world look like this? why does my world act like this? what was it like before? what's around the next corner?" The confluence of technologies represented by GPS, Google Maps and the iPhone allows us to seek out and find those answers on the spot. No waiting.

So let's create content that helps answer those questions for the places we know best. Let's sort information by location. Let's make connections via proximity.

I live in the audio world where podcasting is revolutionizing radio, music and the media of storytelling. So I propose this next step: Placecasting. Audio tours, news stories, soundclips and real voices tied to the physical space the listener is in now.

Some of this is out there already. This is a place to aggregate and experiment at the same time.

Jeff

Read more about the big picture ideas around placecasting.

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