Tuesday, September 12, 2006

We Are All Connected

Networking is the second if not first most important part of this project because though mapping and making these stories/experiences can be fun and/or sentimental, the fact remains that it should be a social community.

The networking aspect of it will probably most likely be easiest if responses are tagged. I posted earlier about if you had a story about your cat dying, you may want to tag a map : DEATH PET CAT

I want to create a tagging system like the one similar to delicious so people can find stories that they feel are related to them. People care about something more if they feel connected, so this network of tagging is the easiest way to connect people who were at the same concert or did a certain profession.

I feel like many times in life we meet people, and have casual conversations, then eventually find out something about them that is very similar to your own experience, this is a way of finding out those things with people that you may have never known otherwise. Sort of a social realizor.

The interface and networking features should feel like everyone can be and is connected to each other whether by stories, locations, other maps, etc.

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