Small world, loosely joined

I’m in Seattle. Dopplr tells me that Bobbie is showing up in Seattle on the last day of my visit. I send Bobbie a direct message on Twitter. He tells me the name of the hotel he’ll be staying at.

I use Google Maps to find the exact address. All addresses on Google Maps are marked up with . I press the in my bookmarks bar to download the converted vcard into my address book. Thanks to , my updated address book is soon in the cloud online. My gets the updated information within moments.

I go to the address. I meet Bobbie. We have coffee. We have a chat.

The World Wide Web is a beautiful piece of social software.

Have you published a response to this? :

Previously on this day

13 years ago I wrote The diversity division

The diversity debate is back.

13 years ago I wrote Casting about

I’ve been contributing to a few podcasts.

14 years ago I wrote Carson Summit Podcast

Ryan provided MP3s and I’ve wrapped them up in an RSS file.

18 years ago I wrote A Fair Cop

As I pass by the newsagents on the way to my house, I always enjoy trying to make sense of the curt headlines that are posted outside. "Binmen Lorry Chain Protest" for instance.