Satisfying your curiosity in a specific field, using technology to enhance your hobby, social networking: it's all online somewhere.
My main motto these days is "get off the sofa!"
While use of the Internet can make some people more sedentary, it can also get us up and out. As data plans and new smart phones get cheaper, we'll definitely be taking the WWW with us more.
Check out what The Financial Times served up recently.
A GPS device
Linking up revolutions
Geocaching is not the only pursuit to marry virtual and real worlds. Here are a few of the most popular
{MapMyRun}
This dazzlingly interactive website enables runners to find and swap jogging routes around the world. Using the site’s sophisticated mapping data, you can plot the course of your run and save it to a personal profile, where there is an option to keep a training log. The profile can be private or shared; more competitive users can also create a leaderboard to compare times for a specific run.
www.mapmyrun.com
{BookCrossing}
Founded in 2001, BookCrossing was inspired by the website wheresgeorge.com, which tracks American currency through serial numbers. Its literary counterpart invites people to release a book “into the wild” in a public place, perhaps a bench or train station, where it may be “caught” by a fellow BookCrosser. Members log books they donate and find on the BookCrossing website. At the time of going to press, there were 5,549 undiscovered offerings in the UK, including two hidden in geocaches. The verb “to bookcross” entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004, which gives an idea of its popularity.
www.bookcrossing.com
{Flashmobbing}
Flashmobbing, as its name suggests, brings together a large mob of people for a brief time, usually no longer than five minutes. Flashmobbers get details of where to meet and what to wear from the website. There is usually an element of performance, which helps attract attention. Flashmobs often raise awareness for a group or cause: this weekend there is a Serbian Flashmob tribute to Michael Jackson; a few weeks ago Flashmobbers stood still at Victoria station for nine minutes wearing balloons under their clothes to promote the National Organisation on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
www.flashmob.co.uk
from UK's The Financial Times
My main motto these days is "get off the sofa!"
While use of the Internet can make some people more sedentary, it can also get us up and out. As data plans and new smart phones get cheaper, we'll definitely be taking the WWW with us more.
Check out what The Financial Times served up recently.
A GPS device
Linking up revolutions
Geocaching is not the only pursuit to marry virtual and real worlds. Here are a few of the most popular
{MapMyRun}
This dazzlingly interactive website enables runners to find and swap jogging routes around the world. Using the site’s sophisticated mapping data, you can plot the course of your run and save it to a personal profile, where there is an option to keep a training log. The profile can be private or shared; more competitive users can also create a leaderboard to compare times for a specific run.
www.mapmyrun.com
{BookCrossing}
Founded in 2001, BookCrossing was inspired by the website wheresgeorge.com, which tracks American currency through serial numbers. Its literary counterpart invites people to release a book “into the wild” in a public place, perhaps a bench or train station, where it may be “caught” by a fellow BookCrosser. Members log books they donate and find on the BookCrossing website. At the time of going to press, there were 5,549 undiscovered offerings in the UK, including two hidden in geocaches. The verb “to bookcross” entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2004, which gives an idea of its popularity.
www.bookcrossing.com
{Flashmobbing}
Flashmobbing, as its name suggests, brings together a large mob of people for a brief time, usually no longer than five minutes. Flashmobbers get details of where to meet and what to wear from the website. There is usually an element of performance, which helps attract attention. Flashmobs often raise awareness for a group or cause: this weekend there is a Serbian Flashmob tribute to Michael Jackson; a few weeks ago Flashmobbers stood still at Victoria station for nine minutes wearing balloons under their clothes to promote the National Organisation on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
www.flashmob.co.uk
from UK's The Financial Times
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