Thursday, June 25, 2009

Mobido is back!

I finally found some spare hours to bang out the Mobido redux. It's a quick hack but I think some people will find it pretty useful.

In short, it's an experiment in social networking which makes a break from traditional username based systems: Mobido is a username-less social network that I feel more closely mirrors the real world. And it's designed to be used on mobile phones to provide an additional virtual layer on top of physical locations and social events. People enter "gatherings" with any name they choose and any picture they want, just like the real world where you introduce yourself by your first name and are seen in the clothes you picked for that night. And just like in the real world there is no connection made between these different personalities you try on for different gatherings. This may encourage a new level of freedom and I'm very interested in how it will be used.

Of course, there are many tweaks still ahead and I'll post as I get a chance to add them in.

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