Archive for November, 2008

Links for 2008-11-13: Travel

Posted 13 November 2008 | By Emily | Categories: creativity, links, technology, travel, webstuff | No Comments

Street with a View Reality intervention: Street With A View introduces fiction, both subtle and spectacular, into the doppelganger world of Google Street View. Then neighbors and passers-by noticed what was going on and got in on the action, devising their own unplanned scenarios. (tags: art googlemaps maps artisticintervention technology mapping fiction streetwithaview) transfercar – [...]

Links for 2008-11-12: Evolving Evolution

Posted 12 November 2008 | By Emily | Categories: links | No Comments

transfercar – from a to b for free Great idea – Transfercar makes it easy for rental car companies that need to relocate vehicles and travelers that want to save money to find each other. Travelers get a free ride driving "relocation cars" for the rental companies, which saves them costs as well. (tags: free [...]

Links for 2008-11-10: Web for Change

Posted 10 November 2008 | By Emily | Categories: activism, better world, consciousness, culture, environment, links, sustainability, webstuff | No Comments

Al Gore and the Purpose-Driven Web Forget about swapping party pictures on Facebook and other “gee-whiz stuff,” says former Vice President Al Gore. “Web 2.0 has to have a purpose.” “The purpose, I would urge all of you — as many of you as are willing to take it up — is to bring about [...]