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v-2: Whatever happened to serendipity?

This is the concluding speech (I think), by Adam Greenfield, at the 1imc: the 1st International moblogging conference.

Seems to have been an interesting conference indeed. See more links at the end of the post.

Adam Greenfield defines what to him is the defining aspects of moblogging: the intersection of people, place and information. Hey, make it 3P instead: People, Places, Postings. ;)

In his speech he talks about the future of moblogging, and how it can grow to a new way of getting information while travelling for instance.

He rounds up with a few words of warning: what happens when you have all the information you ever need and ask for in your palm, telling you beforehand what you will meet or find at a new place? Adventure is lost. Discovery disappears. Is that what we want?

Not really, is it? That won't make us feel very special when encountering new music or great clubs or cozy neighborhood pubs. The feeling of serendipity, I guess. ;)

.define serendipity
serendipity is defined as:-
1. pure luck in discovering things you were not looking for

(I love the tool in #joiito to look up words.)

We need to be careful, Adam says, not to ruin the feeling of seeing something for the very first time or finding something precious to you that you invested a lot of time and effort searching for.

v-2 Organisation | media culture | Whatever happened to serendipity?

Links to more info about the 1imc:

marginwalker.org - official site and blog

PeteBW - The 1imc conference: Blogged updates from the day

Joi Ito - of course

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